Places to Camp near Everglades National Park

Best Camping Sites Near Everglades National Park, FL (67)

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   Monument Lake Campground — Big Cypress National Preserve

   19 Reviews

   92 Photos

   118 Saves

   Ochopee, Florida

   Overview

   Monument Lake Campground is a beautiful place where visitors can enjoy the surrounding preserve while sitting at their picnic table. Visitors may enjoy nearby activities such as fishing, hiking through the preserve, and exploring the many boardwalks.

   Recreation

   Monument Lake Campground is centrally located in Big Cypress National Preserve offering a multitude of recreational activities including hiking, biking, fishing, hunting, photography, and off-road vehicle trails.

   Facilities

   This campground offers flush toilets and drinking water. Fire rings are available at the tent sites.

   Natural Features

   The RV campsites surround the lake offering a view from every site. Each campsite is open with limited to no shade. Tent sites are tucked away from the RV area and close to the campground host and restroom.

   Nearby Attractions

   Located just off the highway, this campground is close to the Oasis Visitor Center, Miccosukee Cultural Center, Shark Valley, and Clyde Butcher's Art Gallery.

   contact_info

   For facility specific information, please call (239) 631-9988.

   • Pets
   • Fires
   • Phone Service
   • RVs
   • Tents
   • Group

   $28 / night

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   Midway Campground — Big Cypress National Preserve

   16 Reviews

   70 Photos

   61 Saves

   Ochopee, Florida

   Overview

   Midway Campground is a beautiful place where visitors can enjoy the surrounding preserve while sitting at their picnic table. Visitors may enjoy nearby activities such as fishing, hiking through the preserve, and exploring the many boardwalks.

   Recreation

   Midway Campground is centrally located in Big Cypress National Preserve, offering a multitude of recreational activities. Ranging from hiking, biking, fishing, hunting, photography, and off-road vehicle trails.

   Facilities

   This campground offers electric hookups for RV sites, dump station, flush toilets, and water. Each RV campsite has its own picnic table and hibachi style grill. Covered picnic areas are located around the lake for day use.

   Natural Features

   The RV campsites surround the lake offering a view from every site. Each campsite is open with limited to no shade. The outer perimeter of the campground is lined with a mixture of different trees.

   Nearby Attractions

   Located just off the highway, this campground is close to the Oasis Visitor Center, Miccosukee Cultural Center, Shark Valley, and Clyde Butcher's Art Gallery.

   contact_info

   For facility specific information, please call (239) 631-9988.

   • Pets
   • Fires
   • Electric Hookups
   • Phone Service
   • RVs
   • Tents

   $30 / night

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   Trail Lakes Campground

   11 Reviews

   168 Photos

   91 Saves

   Ochopee, Florida

   Trail Lakes Campground is Everglades RV and tent camping at its best!! Camp in the Everglades with the conveniences of home. We are located in the Big Cypress National Preserve and surrounded by over 1 million acres of National Park lands. Trail Lakes Campground offers a truly unique wilderness camping experience. We’re owned and operated by the Shealy family for three generations. This old- style Florida campground is one of a kind. We offer primitive tent camping, tent camping with electric (Class B site), rustic cabins with A/C, and Native American built chickee cottages for a clamping-style experience. Amenities include showers, laundry, ice, firewood, general camping sundries, a gift shop and nearby fishing areas and hiking trails. Information regarding availability, unit capacity and reservations are available on our website. Fishing and safari guide services are available directly on site. Restaurants, grocery, gas, hardware, bait and tackle supplies and National park water access are easily accessible in nearby Everglades City, just 12 minutes away. Experience the real Florida at Trail Lakes Campground.

   • Pets
   • Fires
   • Electric Hookups
   • Reservable
   • RVs
   • Tents

   $45 - $225 / night

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   Backcountry Hells Bay Chickee — Everglades National Park

   4 Reviews

   13 Photos

   20 Saves

   Everglades National Park, Florida

   • Phone Service
   • Reservable
   • Tents
   • Toilets
   • Alcohol

   $23 - $33 / night

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   John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Campground

   27 Reviews

   88 Photos

   403 Saves

   Key Largo, Florida

   Renowned for being the country’s first undersea park, John Pennekamp camping encompasses an impressive 70 nautical square miles. While many visitors view the park’s colorful coral reefs and teeming marine life on a glass-bottom boat tour, one can get a closer look by scuba diving or snorkeling. Canoeing and kayaking through the park's waters are popular activities; fishing is permitted in designated areas.

   Visitors can also enjoy walking on short trails through tropical hammocks, picnicking or swimming at the beach. The visitor center features several large saltwater aquariums filled with sea creatures, and nature videos are shown in its theater. Full-facility and youth/group campsites are available.

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   • Fires
   • Electric Hookups
   • Phone Service
   • Reservable
   • ADA Access
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   Backcountry Highland Beach — Everglades National Park

   1 Review

   3 Photos

   13 Saves

   Everglades National Park, Florida

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   Canepatch Wilderness Campground — Everglades National Park

   1 Review

   5 Photos

   21 Saves

   Everglades National Park, Florida

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   Collier–Seminole State Park Campground

   30 Reviews

   109 Photos

   137 Saves

   Goodland, Florida

   The campground is considered a tropical outpost on the edge of the Everglades. All sites have electricity, water, a grill and picnic table. The 104 campsites accommodate all campers, from tents to large motor homes.

   Sites 1-19 are for tents and pop-ups only. Hammock camping is designated in campsites 2, 5, 34, 53 and 79.

   This park is frequented in the winter by motor-home campers seeking warmer climates.

   Pets are welcome in the campground. Consumption of alcohol is prohibited except in designated areas. The restrooms have hot showers and two have laundry facilities. A centralized dump station is available for RV campers. Maximum RV length = 50 feet.

   The primitive campsite for hikers is located 3 miles from the parking area within the Strand Swamp Trail, one of two trails, located north of Highway 41. The site accommodates up to six people. The hiking trail is wet during the summer months and some sections are muddy all year. Registration is required by calling the ranger station at 239-394-3397.

   The primitive canoe campsite at Grocery Place on the Blackwater River accommodates up to eight people. Accessible only by boat or canoe/kayak, the site is located 9 miles from the park boat basin.

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   • Fires
   • Electric Hookups
   • Phone Service
   • Reservable
   • ADA Access
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   Mitchell Landing Campground — Big Cypress National Preserve

   4 Reviews

   29 Photos

   57 Saves

   Ochopee, Florida

   Overview

   Mitchell Landing Campground is a primitive campground located in Big Cypress National Preserve. Access to the campground is along a secondary gravel road. Cell phone service is limited and it is highly encouraged that reservations be made in advance.__ Mitchell Landing Campground is open August 15-April 15 and offers 12 campsites. This campground allows for tent, RV, and travel trailer camping. Visitors may enjoy nearby activities such as off-road vehicle trail access, hiking, fishing, and our popular loop road scenic drive. The campground offers vault toilets, picnic tables, and fire rings. There is no water available.__

   Recreation

   Mitchell Landing Campground is a popular location for airboat users. It is part of the Stairstep backcountry unit, the only unit open to airboats in the park. Visitors with an off-road vehicle (ORV) permit can access airboat trails directly from the campground. This location also offers the opportunity for nearby hiking, fishing, and access to the popular loop road scenic drive. For more information on fishing regulations please visit myfwc.com. For more information on ORV use please call the off- road vehicle office at 239-695-1117 or visit our website at https://www.nps.gov/bicy/planyourvisit/orv-use.htm.

   Facilities

   Mitchell Landing Campground is a primitive campground located along a secondary gravel road. Campsites have gravel or grass pads and accommodate tent and RV campers. This campground offers vault toilets, picnic tables, shared food storage, and fire rings. There is no water available.

   Natural Features

   The freshwaters of the Big Cypress Swamp, essential to the health of the neighboring Everglades, support the rich marine estuaries along Florida___s southwest coast. Protecting over 720,000 acres of this vast swamp, Big Cypress National Preserve contains a mixture of tropical and temperate plant communities that are home to a diversity of wildlife, including the elusive Florida Panther.

   Nearby Attractions

   Mitchell Landing Campground is located directly off the popular loop road scenic drive. Shark Valley Visitor Center, part of Everglades National Park, is located 11 miles east. The Stairstep backcountry trails are accessible directly form the campground and they offer the only airboat trails in the preserve. The Florida National Scenic Trail is accessible 22 miles to the east.__

   contact_info

   For facility specific information, please call (239) 631-9988.

   • Pets
   • Fires
   • RVs
   • Tents
   • Standard (Tent/RV)
   • Trash

   $24 / night

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    Burns Lake Campground — Big Cypress National Preserve

    7 Reviews

    72 Photos

    67 Saves

    Ochopee, Florida

    Overview

    Burns Lake Campground offers lake views from every campsite. Offering direct backcountry access, this campground is the ideal place for hunters and off-road vehicle enthusiasts.

    Recreation

    Burns Lake offers a great access point for your permitted off-road vehicle. Campers can enjoy fishing in the lake and surrounding areas with the appropriate licensure. Just far enough from any major highway, this campground offers countless wildlife viewing opportunities.

    Facilities

    This campground offers a picnic day use area, vault toilets, and an off-road vehicle parking lot and access point. No fresh water is available.

    Natural Features

    Surrounded by towering pine trees and wrapping around a lake, this campground allows you to feel like you are getting away while still being close enough to modern conveniences.

    Nearby Attractions

    Campers can enjoy local sight-seeing attractions such as airboat and swamp buggy tours, museums, art galleries, and boardwalks. This campground is located close to multiple national and state parks.

    contact_info

    For facility specific information, please call (239) 631-9988.

    • Pets
    • Fires
    • RVs
    • Tents
    • Group
    • Standard (Tent/RV)

    $24 / night