Fisherman’s Cove Resort

Fisherman’s Cove Resort sits at the corner of State Route 19 and North Eichelberger Road in Tavares, right on Lake Harris and within the broader Harris Chain of Lakes that gives this part of Lake County its identity as a boating and fishing destination. The property combines a working marina with RV camping and a small motel, which makes it one of the more versatile overnight stops in Tavares for travelers who arrive by boat, by RV, or by car. The marina side of the business is an EPA Certified Clean Marina and Boat Yard, with a dry stack storage building, a public boat ramp, and wet slips for guests who want to keep their boat in the water for the length of their stay. That marina access is a genuine draw for anglers working the Harris Chain, since Lake Harris connects by canal to Little Lake Harris and on toward Lake Dora and Lake Eustis.

The RV resort covers 330 concrete pad sites with full hookups, and the layout gives most sites a water view or a clear path down to the marina. Stays can run a single night, a week, a month, or the better part of a year, and the resort markets itself to snowbirds as much as to short term travelers passing through Central Florida. For guests who do not travel with an RV, the property also rents a small number of motel style rooms with a mid century look, screened porches, and views over the marina. One of these rooms is set up as an accessible unit with a wider entry doorway and a roll in shower, though the resort notes the original building predates 1966 and asks guests with specific accessibility needs to call ahead and confirm what is available.

Beyond the docks and RV pads, the grounds include a heated swimming pool, a fitness center, a clubhouse used for community events and food truck nights, shuffleboard courts, and a seasonal par 3 golf course that gives the resort a country club feel without the country club price. Housekeeping is provided for the motel rooms, and the resort is pet friendly, which matters for the RV travelers who make up a large share of its guests. Wi-Fi is available across the property, and the office handles check-in as well as questions about slip rentals and boat storage.

Because it sits close to downtown Tavares, guests can walk or drive a short distance into the Seaplane City’s waterfront district, and the resort’s own boat ramp makes it easy to explore the rest of the Harris Chain without trailering far. Anyone planning a stay should call ahead for current site and room rates, since the resort does not publish pricing online and instead handles reservations by phone or through its online booking portal. Between the marina, the RV sites, and the handful of motel rooms, Fisherman’s Cove functions less like a single hotel and more like a small, self contained lake community, which is part of why it has stayed a fixture of the Tavares waterfront for decades.