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Come For A Day, Stay For A While, Make Us Your Home Floridays RV Park is inspired by Jimmy Buffett’s title song (from his fifteenth album; 1986) about taking the trusty RV on the road in search of “better days” in a sunny place along Florida’s fabled Highway 1. We are about clear blue skies and the ocean’s whisper just beyond the fence. Dreamers find life to be real nice at Floridays RV Park. Come for a day, stay for a while, or make us your home. We are Old Florida at its best. Our fancy pool is an ocean two miles away, and our activity room is 11,500 acres of nearby wild and scenic parkland. About Us Floridays is a friendly 84-site community of like-minded people who love the RV lifestyle. We have vacationers, snowbirds, and around 30 full-timers who live and work in Hobe Sound. Our location is blessed with nearby natural attractions and landmark restaurants and is right on Florida’s infamous Highway 1, or as the locals call it—Federal Highway. While Hobe Sound lies along the Treasure Coast just north of the elegant Palm Beaches, it may as well be a million miles away. Shopping and fine dining are nearby, but the real Hobe Sound is Floridays—“better days” kayaking down the Loxahatchee River, hiking wooded trails, watching giant Loggerhead turtles dig their nest on the beach, or just hanging out either with the bikers at Horsefeather’s or the locals listening to live music at Harry and the Natives. Our History When we purchased what was then Angle Inn Mobile Court in October 2010, the park was an eyesore. From the moment of purchase improvements were underway. Invasive plant species were torn out and replaced with native vegetation. Young oaks were planted as part of an overall long-term landscaping plan to provide lush foliage for year-round shade. Unstable RV pads were reinforced and firmed-up making them suitable for the largest RVs. Laundry facilities were expanded and vending machines added for guest convenience. The once run-down RV park is now experiencing its own kind of “Floridays” under its new, very appropriate name Floridays RV Park. Hobe Sound’s History Hobe Sound, population 11,500, is 6 square miles of old Florida charm, founded by shipwreck survivors in 1696. As the story goes, Captain Jonathan Dickinson and his crew convinced Jobe Indians to help his party survive. The Florida State Park named after him will be a highlight of your stay in Hobe Sound. Hobe Sound was pineapple plantations around the time Henry Flagler built his famous coastal railroad. A group of English investors bought the land and developed road, bridges, and water systems. In the Roaring 20s Hobe Sound was renamed Picture City by the Olympia Improvement Corporation with plans to be the new Hollywood. Streets were spokes around a town park and had names like Zeus, Saturn, Mercury, Mars, Olympus, Venus, Pluto and Athena. Less than 10 years and one strong hurricane later, the original name was restored, but the street names and streetlights remain. After languishing through the Great Depression, The Hobe Sound Company bought the town. Two members of that group were William Barstow and Joseph V. Reed, both of whom went on to make a huge and important impact on Hobe Sound’s slow growth policy and preservation as a part of old Florida. During WWII the US Army Signal Corps build a base to train men to repair and operate RADAR units. After the war, the 10,000 acres were acquired by the state and became Jonathan Dickinson State Park. Celebrities such as Tiger Woods, Celine Dion, Greg Norman, and Alan Jackson (Jimmy Buffett’s buddy) have called Jupiter Island home. |
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Just minutes from the beach, fishing, boating, public golf, and Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Floridays is the place to be for a great escape. Walk or bike to grocery stores and locally grown food stands, restaurants, banks, post office and public library. |