Interstate 4 is entirely inside Florida, running from I-275 in Tampa to I-95 at Daytona Beach. It connects the Gulf coast to the Atlantic coast through Lakeland and Orlando. For RV travelers it is the route to Orlando's theme parks and the many RV resorts around Kissimmee and Polk County.
Stretches we cover
Tampa to Plant City. Traffic builds fast near Tampa. The Florida State Fairgrounds, home of the annual Florida RV SuperShow, sits just off I-4 in east Tampa. See Tampa.
Lakeland and Polk County. Lots of RV parks between Lakeland and Haines City. See Lakeland.
Kissimmee and the attractions area. US 192 and the theme parks bring heavy, stop-and-go traffic with tourists who don't know the roads. See Kissimmee.
Orlando. I-4 through downtown has express lanes and frequent congestion. See Orlando.
Sanford, DeLand and Daytona. Calmer, until race weeks at Daytona. See Daytona Beach.
Short trips, big drains
Many I-4 RV trips are short hops between parks. Short drives don't give the alternator much time to recharge the chassis battery, especially if you ran the generator off the starting battery or the coach sat between trips. That pattern shows up a lot in our Central Florida calls.
Connections
I-4 meets I-75 near Tampa, the Florida Turnpike in Orlando, and I-95 at Daytona. See I-75, the Turnpike and I-95.
Cities and regions along this route
Where this highway meets our city pages
Map of Florida with city pages along this highway
Outline: the State of Florida, our whole service area. Pins mark places with their own page, not offices. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors; state boundary from U.S. Census Bureau data.