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A recreational vehicle resort at 6837 NE Cubitis Avenue in Arcadia, with a clubhouse holding a billiards room with three tables, an exercise room, a library, a craft room and card rooms. Outside there is a lap pool and a second pool, a hot tub, tennis and pickleball courts, bocce, petanque and shuffleboard, laundry, step-free showers, and dog parks for small and large dogs.
A park of 270 full-hookup sites on 24 acres along the Peace River at Arcadia. There is a swimming pool, a recreation hall with a kitchen, laundry, a library, a welcome center, a picnic area and a fire pit on the river bank. A canoe launch gives onto the water, and there are courts for bocce, pickleball, shuffleboard and horseshoes.
A park for older residents between Arcadia, Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte, taking mobile homes, park models and recreational vehicles, for the season or all year. There is a swimming pool, shuffleboard courts, a canoe launch and water access, a picnic area, a clubhouse with a kitchen, laundry and a library. County boat ramps onto the Peace River are minutes away and the nearest shops about six miles.
A park for people over 55 at 7895 NE Cubitis Avenue in Arcadia, taking rigs up to forty-two feet; families are welcome for up to two weeks. There is a pool, a clubhouse with a full week of activities, laundry, showers, a walking track, two dog parks, and courts for shuffleboard, basketball, bocce and cornhole. The Peace River paddling trail is close.
A park for people over 55 at 2626 NE Highway 70 in Arcadia, with 172 sites: 100 on concrete pads and 72 on grass, all full hookup with thirty or fifty amp power, water, sewer, a picnic table and wireless internet, taking rigs up to forty feet. There is a pool and hot tub, a clubhouse, laundry, showers, shuffleboard, pickleball, horseshoes and two dog parks. Cottages and park models are let to people without a rig.
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