Seventy-five rooms inside the gated Watersound Club community, the only hotel on 30A whose key opens the doors of an entire private members' club, three eighteen-hole golf courses, five outdoor pools, and the Watersound Beach Club, the corridor's quietest grown-up retreat.
"The corridor's only hotel where the room key opens an entire private members' club. Seventy-five rooms inside the Watersound Club gates, three Tom Fazio courses on the property, the only true golf-resort proposition on 30A, and the AAA Four-Diamond rating earned in its second year of operation."
Camp Creek Inn opened in May 2023 as the first dedicated hotel inside Watersound, the St. Joe Company's master-planned community on the eastern end of 30A. The Watersound footprint covers approximately 14,000 acres of former timber land north and south of County Road 30A; the gated Watersound Club within it controls three eighteen-hole golf courses (Camp Creek by Tom Fazio, Shark's Tooth by Greg Norman, and The Third by Davis Love III), five outdoor pools, the racquet centre, and the Watersound Beach Club on the Gulf side. Camp Creek Inn was conceived as the public-facing front door to that members' world: every room booking includes Member-for-a-Stay status, the corridor's most generous single-stay private-club access programme.
Seventy-five rooms and suites are arranged across three floors of a low pale-stucco building dressed in the Watersound Anglo-Caribbean vernacular. Standard King and Queen rooms run 425 to 475 square feet, with private balconies overlooking the Camp Creek course or the Watersound community pool deck. Junior Suites add a sitting area; the One-Bedroom Suites at 800 square feet are the property's primary couples and small-group room category. The named Camp Creek Suite at the corner of the third floor delivers the only true panoramic view across the golf course and the pool deck, the property's only top-tier room. Interiors run cream and bone with bleached oak case-goods and sand-coloured textiles.
Tipsy Turtle is the inn's poolside venue, a casual all-day kitchen and cocktail bar; The Lookout serves as the breakfast room and the social space adjacent to the lobby; in-room dining covers the full duration of stay. Member-for-a-Stay access opens the entire Watersound Club catalogue: tee times at all three golf courses, racquet at the racquet centre, the spa floor at the Watersound Wellness Centre, the day-camp programme at Camp Watersound, and the Beach Club's restaurant and pool. The shuttle programme runs guests between the inn, the Beach Club, the racquet centre, and the three golf clubhouses throughout the day.
Camp Creek Inn earned AAA Four-Diamond recognition in 2026, in the property's second year of operation, the corridor's fastest small-hotel rating progression. Service runs at the higher end of small-property standards; the staff-to-room ratio is competitive with the corridor's other Four-Diamond hotels. The clientele divides between Watersound owners using the inn for guest accommodation, single golfers staying on a buddies-trip, and the quiet adults-only stays Camp Creek is increasingly known for. For 30A travellers who want the corridor's most considered all-inclusive private-club experience, this is the only address.
Camp Creek Inn is the corridor's quietest solo-traveller proposition. A King Room, four mornings of golf at Camp Creek and Shark's Tooth, the Watersound spa floor in the afternoons, dinner at Tipsy Turtle, no children, no large groups. The gated community context is the central asset: arrivals and departures are managed at the gate, the inn is essentially private once a guest is inside the perimeter.
A 30A anniversary at Camp Creek leans into the Member-for-a-Stay programme: a One-Bedroom Suite for the standard milestone, the Camp Creek Suite for a major year, golf at Shark's Tooth for the morning, the Beach Club for the afternoon, and the inn's quiet poolside dinner. The property is far enough from the 30A retail corridor to feel like an actual retreat.
The Watersound Wellness Centre, which Camp Creek guests access through the Member-for-a-Stay programme, is the corridor's most considered private-club spa. A four-night booking (King Room, four spa services, two morning yoga classes on the pool deck, the daily walking trail through the Watersound conservation easement) is the inn's editorially preferred mid-week stay.
684 Fazio Drive
Inlet Beach, FL 32461
United States
Inside the gated Watersound Club; Rosemary Beach 5 minutes by car; Alys Beach 8 minutes; Northwest Florida Beaches International (ECP) 25 minutes; Destin, Fort Walton Beach (VPS) 50 minutes.
75 rooms & suites
King Rooms from $625/night
Junior Suites from $785/night
One-Bedroom Suites from $1,150/night
Camp Creek Suite from $2,400/night
$55 daily resort amenity fee
Check-in: 4:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
Opened May 2023; AAA Four-Diamond 2026; Watersound Club operated by St. Joe Hospitality.
Tipsy Turtle restaurant
Member-for-a-Stay access
3 eighteen-hole golf courses
Watersound Beach Club
Five outdoor pools, racquet centre
Wellness centre, complimentary shuttle
From $625/night. The inn's seventy-five rooms book three to four months ahead for spring weekends and the first two weeks of October. Tee times at the three Watersound courses can be reserved at booking through the concierge.
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