Our Favorite Camp Spot in Ocala National Forest

[@SteveNoble-u7t]

Watch your dogs believe me those gators will lock on your dogs I've seen it happen it's not pretty I've been hunting the OCALA FOR FORTY YEARS THIS OLD FLORIDA BOY KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT .

[@adventureoffroadx]

It’s definitely my favorite spot in Florida by far🤙 Great video

[@venturevalzone2799]

Absolutely! Love this spot!

[@andrewbrooks819]

I know that exact sport and love climbing those trees 🌳

[@venturevalzone2799]

For all the times I’ve camped out there I never climbed the tree 😂, might have to go back 🤔

[@travelingshotgun1028]

Absolutely gorgeous spot,I can see why it's your favorite

[@dawx3044]

Great video, great spot. My man also has a classical music playlist, absolute versatile legend. Sorry about the dog’s heart condition bro, but glad to see you got her out swimming, looks like she got a great time.

[@venturevalzone2799]

Thank you! Can go wrong with some classical music while camping. Still to this date my favorite camp spot! Our pup lived it up on this trip and thankfully we gave her a life of adventure and love.

[@paulspeakman551]

So sorry about your pup. Great spot and I think I figured out where it is but I'll never tell - I keep my favorite spots to myself too. I might be able to make it there in my 20 year old Outback by itself but not likely when towing the 1500 lb cargo trailer I camp in (I'm to old and broken down for all the tent set up business, lol).

[@venturevalzone2799]

Thank you! An outback should have no prob getting back there

[@paulspeakman551]

@@venturevalzone2799 Thanks. Hopefully I'll be able to get up that way and explore soon, just waiting on it to cool down a little to start camping season.

[@venturevalzone2799]

@@paulspeakman551 yeah it’s a bit to hot to camp there now, we usually head down in November just before hunting season starts and go back in February just before it starts getting warm again. Ocala nf is one of the nicest spots in the winter!

[@GATORADDAM]

I know that forest all to well. I know that spot.

[@aclockworkpeon]

Are dogs allowed there? I was wondering how safe it was because I have two labs and was thinking of going there next year. I would likely bring our own water as I don't trust them being at the edge of the water as I have heard that when dogs take a drink or wade in to it, gators think they are prey.

[@cbrawr1000rr]

We brought our dogs out here multiple times, and just kept a very close eye on them. It’s Florida so gators, bears, and other predators are out and about so there is always a risk, but if you keep a close eye on them as you should then I wouldn’t worry.

[@Hjt892]

Any tips of how to find nice spots like this

[@venturevalzone2799]

@@Hjt892 Download an overland map app like onX or Gaia gps, search around and find some trails or forest roads and go out and explore. You can also join some overland/ offroad Facebook groups for some guidance for locations or place to go out to. Some of those groups may even host rides or events that you can get out and explore with them to find some of these places

[@greghyde7550]

That is a sweet spot, haven’t finished the video yet but we are headed to HardRock out there this weekend and camping somewhere. Where is this spot located?

[@venturevalzone2799]

It’s located in Ocala NF, the rest is secret 🤫, all part of the adventure. Have fun at hard rock! Haven’t been out there yet but I hear it’s a good time!

[@greghyde7550]

@@venturevalzone2799 dang bro don’t be like that 😢.

[@venturevalzone2799]

@@greghyde7550 sorry man, that’s part of the fun and part of exploring. There are tons of great camp spots in Ocala, just have to be willing to look for them!

[@greghyde7550]

@@venturevalzone2799 this is our first time in Ocalla, I live five minutes from Osceola national forest in north Florida so that’s where we mostly adventure. I think I found this spot though between flipping back-and-forth through Google Maps and Avenza.

[@venturevalzone2799]

@@greghyde7550 it’s not hard to find but it’s really fun to get too. We found it on accident the first time we camped in Ocala

[@MikeyB9282]

Somebody please post where this spot is.

[@venturevalzone2799]

It’s in Ocala nf and it’s one of that you have to find. Quite a few people that spend time exploring out there know the spot but part of the fun and adventure is mapping and exploring which makes spots like this even better.

[@christopherblaisdel]

@@venturevalzone2799 that is part of what you found fun? Or you are deciding for Mike Burney what he should find fun?

[@venturevalzone2799]

@@christopherblaisdel wtf are you talking about dude?!?

[@christopherblaisdel]

@@venturevalzone2799 You posted a camp spot. Mike asked you where the spot is. You said you would not tell him because it was "part of the fun" to drive around searching for it. I simply asked: who would that be fun for? You? Or Mike?

[@venturevalzone2799]

@@christopherblaisdel If you don’t enjoy the exploring part then why would you want to go remote camping in this manner, let alone watch my videos. A top of that there are plenty of options at state parks and local campgrounds that would remove the “fun” that you’re worried about. To answer your question more bluntly, it’s the nice way of saying no I’m not telling, but I would hope that was an obvious.

[@julioosilia]

Hi, why the water has that brownish color? How does it smell?

[@venturevalzone2799]

The water is murky due to the river flowing in from local salt water marshes and black water rivers that connect to it. The water does not smell.

[@dominictesoro69]

Can you camp out there during hunting season? I was told hunting season starts this month, or already has… Was hoping to find some sites like this during our trip on November 30th.

[@venturevalzone2799]

Dispersed camping by my understanding is not allowed during hunting season in Ocala Nf. Check out the Nf website to clarify.

[@jamesellis5549]

plenty of people camp there during hunting season dispersed or otherwise but it is not the safest place during hunting season especially with the dog deer hunting.I live 15 minutes away but stay out of much of forest during hunting season because of the unsafe hunters.

[@mikefussell8991]

Check ur dogs for ticks they can be bad in some places in ocala

[@venturevalzone2799]

They are on flee and tick prevention, but we still always check them after any outting in the woods.

[@mikefussell8991]

Lake dorr is a nice spot

[@MikeyB9282]

That isn't lake Dorr

[@mikefussell8991]

@@MikeyB9282 hard to say but it looks like it but they all kinda look like that in ocala so u might be right .but lake dorr does have spots just like that too

[@HorseHeadMike]

Dorr it’s that clean! The homeless people had taken over on the backside 🤬

[@jamesellis5549]

the gaors will not bother you but they will eat your dog.

[@jimfarley1096]

Yes it is a beautiful place to spend a couple days, with that said , please stop posting where these places are. People with a lot less respect for the forest find these sites and leave their garbage and their fire burning. I’m not trying to be nasty. I live the forest too, every time the wife and I go anywhere to get away we always bring our trash and other people’s trash back home with us

[@venturevalzone2799]

I’m not posting locations. I have had hundreds of people ask and my answer is always the same for everyone. “Finding places is all part of the adventure”. People will ruin things regardless. We try our best to pick up trash whenever we are out as well. Me posting a video will not change the way people treat our national forest sadly. All we can do is show their beauty and try to be good stewards and relay information on tread lightly and packing out what you pack in. Our goals is always to leave it better then we found it.

[@christopherblaisdel]

Explain the logic behind how you have concluded that the people who currently know where this spot is must obviously have superior "respect" than those who haven't found it yet? Surely the strewn garbage on the spot doesn't constitute such evidence.

[@venturevalzone2799]

@@christopherblaisdel Agreed. All we can do is promote a better way of exploring and hope people follow suit.

[@jimfarley1096]

@@christopherblaisdel Throughly enjoy your satire. Could you read the signage posted? It’s not odd for us to carry more trash home than one can generate . Thank you for stepping up and helping to keep these areas tidy . By doing so , we can keep these areas open to other public land owners like our selves , kudos

[@christopherblaisdel]

@@jimfarley1096 I definitely believe you. My intent was just to point out the logical fallacy of you effectively asserting that the set of people WITH these particular GPS coordinates in some way have "more respect for the forest" than the set of people like myself who lack the coordinates.