The Sand Pond Campground can be found at the Pine Log State Forest Recreation Area. All sites are fully equipped with electric and water hook-ups. Restrooms with showers and a sanitary dumping station are located on-site. 

The Sand Pond Group Camp is available for youth groups. There are two small picnic pavilion areas, fire rings and access to water. The area is near the restroom and shower facilities but separate from other camping.

Primitive campsites are available and are dispersed along Pine Log Creek. Primitive campers are not entitled to use of restrooms or shower facilities. A gate combination is required to access the primitive campsites. 

To make reservations and receive the combination to the locked gate for the primitive campsites, visit Reserve America.

Sand Pond Campground - Pine Log State Forest

Super nice primitive sites! Would advise to book Campsite 2 or 3 as they are more spacious and provide better river views. Overall, well kept and neat. You really feel like you are in a pine forest all by yourself. Looking forward to coming back. 

Great little find!

There are 2 different camps in the forest. Sand pond, which has hookups for water and electric, very nice, well maintained and enjoyable. Then there is Primitive camping- absolutely the best way to reconnect with nature, enjoy the natural forest and all natural amenities. Absolutely loved being out in primitive. 3 sites total along pine log creek, approx. 1/2 mile apart. Cannot wait to go back!!!!

Beautiful, Peaceful, 

This was a very quiet and peaceful campground. We stayed on a campsite right next to the pond. It made for fantastic sunsets! 

We Loved this campground

Camped here in August of 2019 a quiet campground located about 25 miles from Panama City Beach. Mostly pine forrest nice campsites and a beautiful  lake.

Nice camping area with fishing pond

I initially had a reservation at one of the primitive camp grounds, but my reservation was cancelled due to flooding that closed all three primitive camp grounds. Better yet, I got an RV spot on the day of arrival. Great pull-through sites with fire ring, picnic table, water, and electricity. Pitched my tent on the banks of Sand Pond.

  

The two-mile Campground Trail, part of the Forest Service's Trailwalker Program, winds along the banks of Cyprus Pond, through the mixed hardwood/pine forest, and around Sand Pond. This is a nice and easy, well-maintained, level trail.

  

Was lulled to sleep by the croaking of bull frogs while watching the moon rise from my sleeping bag. A thoroughly enjoyable stay.

Quiet, secluded, and beautiful.

Spent 3 nights at Sandpond.  Campsite was clean and met Camp Host Kenny who was very nice and welcoming!

Campground was peaceful and quiet at night so good nights sleep with an occasional hoot of a nearby owl!

surrounded by many long needle pine trees, lake, peaceful

Unfortunately we got rained out early but that wasn’t the campgrounds fault. Other than the rain we had a great time! Felt safe and secure with my toddlers. Pretty and our site was spacious. Everything was clean and the shower was really nice! Our site was in a counter by the woods and super nice! Right on the pond! 

Wonderful campground

Great little campground near Panama City! Almost all sites were water front. The sites were paved, spacious, and well spaced out. The grounds were well kept with many pine trees. The trees make it a perfect hammock heaven! Bathrooms were clean and and spacious, so were the showers. Site had water and electric, and a dump station. 

Well kept with lots of pine trees

We had a great time and really liked the campground except for the fact that there is not full hookups and the dump station was closed.  Camp host is super nice.  Also found out that you can't fly a drone in state forest land.  Glad the camp host was cool and let me know before the Rangers came and I got in trouble.

Great campsites

Great place, level concrete sites, many with pond view, nice, clean bathhouse, trash cans, and dumpsters, water and electric , dump station... The only con is sites are close. 

Best price this close to beach 

Far yet close…that’s the first thing that comes to mind. Far enough away from the hustle and bustle of the beach areas but close enough to enjoy them just the same. Do yourself a favor and give this place a try if you are in the Panama City beach/bay county/Walton county area. Quiet, serene, easy to get to if you don’t mind dirt roads that are amazingly maintained for a state forest campground! Site 10 was fabulous and all sites have 50/30 amp hookup and water. Dump station nearby and a hood bathhouse area with showers. You have a pond with a fishing dock and a camp host in site 1. I can’t say enough good things about this little gem just 15 miles north of PCB. Off hwy 79 it’s a short drive off interstate 10 exit 112. My wife, 12 yr old and mini Aussie are having a blast, so much so maybe I need to just keep this a secret??!!! Haha happy camping!

Far yet close

With only 20 sites, this Campground is small, but very peaceful with great views.  Most sites are a tight Squeeze for larger campers.