The Howard Johnson Ocala is a green certified and enviromentally friendly hotel is centrally located off I-75 at Exit 354 in Ocala -The Horse Capital of the World. The hotel is just four miles from Downtown Ocala, The Middle District of Florida, Ocala, The Marion County Circuit Court House, the Ocala Speedway, the Ocala Thunder Bowl Quad Flat Track, the Southeastern Livestock Pavilion, College of Central Florida, all major Marion County sports venues, nine miles from Silver Springs Natural Theme Park/Wild Waters, and 12 miles from Post Time Horse Farm where the annual Ocala HITS Horse Show takes place every winter. Within five miles of the hotel are two medical centers, Ocala Regional Medical Center and Munroe Regional, as well as over 30 chain restaurants along the SR 200 corridor. The hotel itself, with its 125 rooms liberally plotted on a 10 acre parcel of land, ample RV and boat parking, features a large outdoor 40,000 gallon heated swimming pool and adjoining outdoor spa tub, an on-site restaurant, an on-site car wash, an on-site putt-putt golf course, an on-site basketball court, an on-site fitness facility, and lots of landscaped green areas to take that evening stroll or morning walk. The hotel has both smoking and permanent non smoking rooms. Stay includes a deluxe complimentary continental breakfast with hot items such as our made-to-order Belgian Waffles. The restaurant serves dinner nightly with optional room service. For your comfort, all of our upgraded rooms have Serta mattresses, a coffee maker, iron and board, 25�� TVS offering an expanded cable lineup with HBO and the Spanish Channel and free high-speed internet access. Pets welcomed at 15.00 USD per night per pet payable directly to the hotel at check-in.