Torreya State Park Campground

There's also camping offered here. They also have a yurt and a cabin for rent. Very beautiful park with a historic 19th century home on site for tours.

Great, peaceful park. Scenery is stunning.

Every site lacks shade so if it’s the middle of summer I’m not coming here but fall and winter it’s the place for me. Site 1 if probably one of the most private sites. All others lack any brush in between. The morning views are nice and it’s basically a get away into nature. The air is super crisp in the mornings as we’re on top of a Deep forested hill in the pan handle of Florida quite some distance from the cities and highway. People were saying 30-40 min off of I-10 but it’s only about 25 minutes off I-10. Bathrooms are nice too if you use them.

If you are looking for a nice spot to see the stars at night, this state park will fit the bill. It's a relatively small campground but the facilities are good. The people who work there are very friendly and accommodating.

This park had easy access off a paved road. 2 sites are concrete pads. The rest are dirt or dirt with some spots of grass. By dirt I mean sand that adheres to the soles of your shoes and you better have a long handled brush available to clean off your shoes EVERY time you want to enter your vehicle or else you'll have one horrible mess. Otherwise this is a great park. Rest rooms super clean and well maintained. Hot showers. Book exchange. Very reasonably priced clothes washer and dryer. Pleasant campground hosts. The sites are rather close together so you'll definitely get conversation noise from your neighbors. Otherwise the area is quite quiet -- no highway noise, no airplanes, no trains. Fairly good trails thru the forest but you better keep a sharp lookout for copperhead snakes; they abound here but are very docile and you just move them out of the way with a long stick. A self guided tour of the Gregory house is a must -- such splendor. This park lies adjacent to the Apalachacola River and contains the remains of a Confederate battery that protected the supply shipments from Columbus GA, Price above reflects discount for Florida seniors.

Price mentioned above is for Florida Seniors. Very friendly and efficient campground hosts. The campground and bathhouse were kept spotless. The campsite’s are quite narrow, unless you are able to get sites 25-30. Paved roads to the campground, but sites are sandy.

Very quiet, sites rather close, maybe 2/3 full. Had reserved #28 but moved to #19 with a lot more room and privacy. Showers and bathrooms clean, great hot water, and personnel friendly. Walked out to Gregory House for a look-see. Lovely little campground.

Torreya State Park is tucked away by itself and has a smaller campground at only 29 sites, and it's part of what makes it a great place to get away.

Small and remote means peace and quiet. The sites aren't very private, but there aren't many and folks seem to keep to themselves.

The bathrooms are small but decent and well-maintained, and there are 30-amp electric and water on each site. Another nice feature is a very clean laundry area. It only has one washer and dryer, but the campground is small enough that doesn't seem to be a problem.

Nearby trails, some accessible right from the campground, also make this a good spot to use as a basecamp if you want to get out and explore some of Florida's natural beauty. Also, Gregory House is an 1850s plantation home that you can visit for a guided tour and is within walking distance of the campground.

This is our 6th Florida State Park in the Panhandle the past three weeks. So we can compare this experience to the other state parks. What we love about nature and this life style is hiking. So this park ranks among the others as having the best hiking of all! And that is because it reminds us of the Appalachian Trail in Virginia, or the Boone Trail in North Carolina. Details about the hiking are in our blog added in here.

Additional best features of the park:
-Although only one of each, there is an outdoor laundry room with commercial grade machines and worked very well. Only $1.00 for each, washer goes about 30 min and the dryer about 45.
-Restroom are clean. Water pressure was good and plenty hot water.
-All sites are level, have a fire ring, clothes line, electric. The water spigot is placed between campsites so the even numbered ones have it on the same side as electric. Our neighbor didn't have enough hose, so he filled up his tank in his Motor Home.
-Church on Sunday! Sorry we won't be here to enjoy it! When we return, we will take this into consideration.
-Plenty of firewood for a meager suggested donation of $5.00. It's a bit green but if you bring your own hatchet and split it, it will burn with plenty of starter wood.
-Two Ranger offices with some supplies such as toilet paper and mosquito spray. One is in the center of the campground and the other at the Historic Gregory House.The Rangers are readily available. We didn't interact with the camp host, who is behind the scenes apparently. The one additional staff person was very friendly and helpful.
-We love historical tours of any kind, so the tour of the Historical Gregory House was a must! But during the week, only one tour time a day, at 10:00 am for an hour. Use your manual watch the day you want to take the tour! See below....

The not so good features:
-While the sites are very level, they are very narrow and are dirt. In fact, it is a dirt road to the campground, so when we were here, we got dusted good whenever we walked the 1/4 mile to the dumpster. The dirt roads were bumpy so not sure what it would be like to come when its very wet.
-The mosquitos came out the day we arrived (note arrived mid-March). And they are big and swarm you...so need good spray to keep them off.
-Upon checking in, the ranger nearly scared us to death about the copperhead snake. Now, we did need the warning but we came to hike and we have hiked all over the Appalachian and Great Smoky Mountains without any incidents. He said they do have 3 or 4 bites a year and while normally not fatal (unless you are allergic to the venom) it is painful and you will end up in the hospital. He said wear boots and long pants. They use camouflage for protection so are hard to see. They know where to strike if you step on one, thus boots and long pants will help. We ended up hiking a lot and never saw one, but our first hike was done with great trepidation.
-This campground is right at the Central Time Zone/Eastern Time Zone tower so my iPhone kept telling me we were back in Central Time...but this campground and the TOUR are run on Eastern time! So it was just a little annoying at first as I kept thinking we had more "time" than we actually did!

GOOD or BAD, your choice!
This park is very isolated, so come well-stocked and with your tank full or nearly full! It's about a 30 minute drive to civilization. It is convenient to I-10 however. So east or west and you will find supplies/gas. We came prepared and we loved the sounds of nature only!

I came here for the hiking. The campground is all sand/dirt so your trailer will get dirty. Additionally, most of the sites are close together with no real privacy. Luckily I had some great neighbors, therefore the camping experience was great. They have several hiking trails and one of the longer hikes travels thru so many different eco-systems, it was just amazing. Sometimes forgot I was in Florida.