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A park for people over 55 at 500 South Main Street in LaBelle, within walking distance of the downtown shops. Lots are large and planted, with paver pads and patios, city water and sewer, taking a big rig; there are lakefront lots for motorcoaches and a section set aside for park models. There is a clubhouse with a swimming pool, pickleball and shuffleboard, and things on through the winter. Pets are welcome.
A gated motorcoach resort on the Caloosahatchee River near LaBelle, with its own marina, boat launch and slips, and a way out to the Intracoastal Waterway, the Gulf, Lake Okeechobee and the Atlantic. There is a heated pool of Olympic size with a lift, two jacuzzis, eight lit pickleball courts with covered seating, two gated dog parks, four lakes with lit fountains and three clubhouses, one with a fitness room and kitchen.
A Holiday Inn Express at 1024 West Sugarland Highway in Clewiston, two miles from Lake Okeechobee. Breakfast, wireless internet and parking are included, and the parking lot takes buses, trailers and trucks. There is an outdoor pool and whirlpool, a fitness room open all hours, a business center and a boardroom. No pets and no restaurant on site.
An 86-room Hampton Inn at 305 West Sugarland Highway in Clewiston, with a hot breakfast, wireless internet and parking included, an outdoor pool, a fitness room and one meeting room of about 1,250 square feet. Guests may come and go from the parking lot. No pets, and no smoking in the rooms.
A community for people over 55 at 900 Aqua Isles Boulevard in LaBelle, on the Caloosahatchee River, taking manufactured homes and RVs. Standard sites sleep six and have water, sewer and electricity, and there are larger sites as well. There is a clubhouse with a kitchen, a fitness room, a library, a swimming pool, laundry, showers, wireless internet, private docks, catch-and-release fishing and courts for tennis, basketball, pickleball and volleyball.
A campground at 34950 Halls Road on the Big Cypress Seminole reservation, about an hour from Fort Lauderdale, open all year, with paved full-hookup sites and air-conditioned cabins. There is a heated swimming pool, mini golf, a basketball court, shuffleboard, laundry and an exercise room. The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum is on the same ground, and the Swamp Water Cafe and the Big Cypress rodeo are close. Pets are welcome.
A recreational vehicle park at 620 South Main Street in LaBelle, open all year, with pull-through sites carrying thirty and fifty amp power, water and sewer, and no limit on the length of a rig. There is a pool, showers and toilets. All kinds of rig are taken and there is no age restriction.
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