# Gateway Trails

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- **Location:** Holt, Florida, United States
- **Price:** from $14.00/night
- **Rating:** 99% recommend (150 reviews)
- **Sites:** 6
- **Size:** 14 acres
- **Host:** Jay And Suzette W.

## Overview

🌲 Gateway Trails – Wooded, Gated and Peaceful Getaway

Welcome to Gateway Trails, a 14-acre gated and wooded campground bordering Blackwater River State Forest—your basecamp for North Florida’s best rivers, trails, and beaches. Whether you’re tent camping, van traveling, or bringing your RV, you’ll find spacious, private, and well-maintained sites surrounded by pines and native forest.

🦌 Enjoy both forest and coast — explore the creeks, canoe routes, and hiking trails of Blackwater River State Forest, or head 45 minutes south to the Emerald Coast beaches of Destin, Navarre, and Okaloosa Island.

🏕️ Campsites

• 3 Full Hook-Up RV Sites – Water, electric, sewer (1 × 50 AMP, 2 × 30 AMP)

• Water, Electric Site – Ideal for smaller RVs or vans

• Tent/Car/Van Site – With water & electric hookup

• Boondocking Site – Dry camping; dump station available ($10 fee)

• Primitive Tent Site – Quiet, secluded forest spot

🚿 Amenities

• 🧺 Washhouse – Full bathroom with shower, flush toilet & coin washer/dryer

• 🚰 Dump Station – $10 use fee

• 🚗 Secure Gated Entry for guest privacy

• 🌐 Wi-Fi (spotty in some wooded areas)

• 🐾 Pet Friendly – Off-leash time possible with host coordination

• 🥾 ½-Mile Trail – On-site hiking & biking loop

📍 Location Highlights

3 mi → Baker or Holt for groceries & restaurants

7 min → I-10 Holt Exit 45

1.9 mi → Bone Creek Recreation Area

5 mi → Blackwater River access (via dirt road)

35–50 mi → Destin / Pensacola / Pensacola Beach

Convenient stop for travelers from TX, LA, AL, or GA en route to Tampa or Walt Disney World!

🌿 Sounds of Nature

Gateway Trails is a peaceful setting, but you may hear the friendly chorus of nearby farm life—donkeys braying, roosters crowing, cows mooing, or the occasional dog announcing deer in the forest. It’s all part of the charm of country camping!

🧺 Washhouse Courtesy & Cleanliness

The washhouse is a shared courtesy space for all campers. Cleanliness and respect are mandatory. No one cleans up after you. Failure to follow rules may result in loss of access or removal without refund. Please ensure you’re aligned with our washhouse expectations before booking.

🌐 Find Us

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## Highlights

- **Full RV hookups:** Electrical, water, and sewage hookups are available at select sites.
- **Jay and Suzette is a Star Host:** Star Hosts are highly rated, responsive, and committed to providing incredible experiences.
- **Private sites:** 95% of recent Hipcampers say the sites felt private.

## Amenities

- **Amenities:** Pets, Potable water, Toilets, Campfires, Showers, Trash, Picnic table, Wifi, Laundry
- **RV amenities:** Electricity Hookup, Water Hookup, Sewage Hookup, Generators
- **Activities:** Biking, Fishing, Hiking, Swimming, Wildlife watching
- **Terrain:** Forest

## Sites

- **RV2-Red Oak Nook** (rv-tent, up to 6 guests, $30.00/night)
- **RV 3-Bull's Landing** (rv-tent, up to 6 guests, $30.00/night)
- **Field-RV Boondocking** (vehicles, up to 4 guests, $14.00/night)
- **Tent3-Primitive Camping Nook** (tents, up to 6 guests, $15.00/night)
- **Tent 2 - Primitive, Park at Site** (tents, up to 6 guests, $16.00/night)
- **RV1-Long Leaf Landing** (rv-tent, up to 6 guests, $30.00/night)

## Recent reviews

> The boondicking site is perfect for car camping. The hosts Jay and Suzette have been very helpful in sending over all the required information. The washrooms are very well kept and the area is very peaceful and quiet. Would recommend this place for an overnight stay
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> - Gssv A., November 4, 2026

> Great place to stay. Clean and well signed. Even helped jump my car battery
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> - Jody A., November 1, 2026

> Such a lovely spot. Very welcoming hosts and awesome set up. Camp toilet was super nice and clean. Shop was awesome, plenty of things to buy and games to play. Would recommend!
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> - Louis  H., October 8, 2026

> Unbelievable such a great place. The hosts were amazing. The tent sites were very private. Thought I was the only person there. The bathhouse was immaculate. I love the box flowers on the wall. Nice touch.
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> - Michael H., September 23, 2026

> Pretty much the best campsite ive ever been to so far.
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> - Joshua C., July 30, 2026