Established Camping
Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park
About
State Park
One of Florida's first state parks, the park was developed on a 600-acre site by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the 1930s. The extraordinary craftsmanship of the CCC is still evident today.
Gold Head has three campground loops, Sandhill, Turkey Oak and Lakeview. The park's 73 campsites…
Fee Info
$20 per night plus tax, plus a non-refundable $6.70 reservation fee and a $7 nightly utility fee for RVs. (Utility fee does not apply to tent camping.) The utility fee includes water and electricity. Sites 57 and 60-67 do not have electricity. Maximum of eight people per campsite.
Reservation Info
Each site may have up to two vehicles, two tents and eight people. A site with a recreational vehicle may have one tent. Reservations can be made up to 11 months in advance. Visit the Florida State Parks reservations website or call 800-326-3521 or TDD 888-433-0287.
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
- Walk-InPark in a lot, walk to your site.
- Hike-InBackcountry sites.
Stay Connected
- WiFiUnknown
- VerizonUnknown
- AT&TAvailable
- T-MobileUnknown
Site Types
- Tent Sites
- RV Sites
- Group
- Cabins
Features
For Campers
- Market
- ADA Access
- Trash
- Picnic Table
- Firewood Available
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- WiFi
- Showers
- Drinking Water
- Electric Hookups
- Toilets
- Alcohol
- Pets
- Fires
For Vehicles
- Sanitary Dump
- Sewer Hookups
- Water Hookups
- Pull-Through Sites
- Big Rig Friendly
The CCC's built the best CG's
Rustic CCC campground. Far from the road no noise or light pollution yet only 5-10 minutes to the supermarket. Clean Bathrooms, small loops.
Big park, low lakes
The site was HUGE! Lots of woods, little smoky due to controlled burns, but not bad at the site. Sewer drop was far in the back of the park. Could be a great place, but not many campers. Water and amenities could be amazing but local lakes are low due to local industry, so beach and water…
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Great park!
There are so many places to walk to and bike ride to. The sites have nice spacing in the section we stayed at. Tons of birds around which was really cool to listen to.
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Location
Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park is located in Florida
Directions
Park is located 6 miles north of Keystone Heights on State Road 21 midway between Gainesville and Jacksonville in northeast Florida.
Address
6239 SR 21
Keystone Heights, FL 32656
Coordinates
29.847746543272653 N
81.96181742435897 W