Gainesville is home to the University of Florida and sits right on I-75. Just south of town, Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park has a campground on the edge of a huge open prairie. To the northwest, High Springs is the jumping-off point for Ginnie Springs, Poe Springs and the Santa Fe River, which draw a lot of campers.
Where we work
Campgrounds around High Springs and the Santa Fe and Ichetucknee rivers. Paynes Prairie and the Micanopy area. RV parks along I-75 exits. Gator football weekends, when RVs fill lots around town. And storage lots around Alachua County.
What we see here
Tree cover. Spring campgrounds are shady, and shady sites starve solar panels. If you count on solar to keep your batteries up, you may need more battery capacity or to run the generator more here. See solar battery basics.
Weekend RVs. Tailgate RVs and weekend campers that sit between trips drain their chassis batteries. Read why RV batteries keep dying.
Cold snaps. Gainesville gets frosty mornings in winter. Weak starting batteries show themselves then.
Services people ask for
Battery testing before a trip, replacement of tired house banks, and lithium upgrades for campers who want to stay longer at sites without hookups.
Game days
University of Florida football brings RVs to Gainesville on fall Saturdays. Tailgating RVs run generators and batteries hard. If your RV won't start after a game, we'll come to you.
Campgrounds
Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, just south of town, has a campground. I-75 runs along the west side of the city.
Nearby
Ocala to the south and Lake City to the north. The North Central Florida page lists every county.
Gainesville on the map
Map of Gainesville and nearby city pages
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