Sigsbee Military RV Park

I have camped all of my life, mostly tent camping. This is the worst tent camping facility I’ve ever paid for. It is disgraceful. This place is designed for RVs and not well designed for them. The closest trash, potable water, and bath house facilities to much of the tent sites are over a block and a half away. All facilities are in the middle of the RV sites. Tent sites can be rocky. Not every site even has a picnic table. There are no fire rings or grills. Few tent campers were cooking at all. Tent campers have no privacy. You hear people farting in other tents. You can’t have a private conversation. So much for getting away from it all. The management doesn’t care about tent campers. Dennis, the main MWR manager, in his own words said “I don’t care any more” when it comes to dealing with problems reported like - people having a pit bull mix dog not tied up, tent campers expanding beyond their assigned spaces, RV school bus conversions illegally boondocking in tent site parking areas to avoid paying camping fees, no assigned parking spaces for tent sites, etc. Our 8’ wide, four person blue tent is shown in the photo. We were told tent sites were 20’ by 20’. There is no way our site was that wide. When I showed the photo to Dennis, he said to me ‘that photo doesn’t tell me anything”. I felt like saying to him, “Get off your dead a$$ and get out there and look at what is going on!”  Again, it just shows the terrible attitude of the people who run the place. It really shows. Other campers do let their dogs run loose, especially at night. One evening I was charged by someone’s unchained, growling large dog that I had startled as I was out walking. Had I not stood my ground, I think the dog would have attacked me. The bath house facilities are mostly clean, but the facilities are OLD, think built in the 1950’s. The entire campground (all RVs and tents) has TWO toilets in the one men’s room. The bar and lounge are really kinda sad. Food available is mostly fried. Drinks are only ok. Prices aren’t great. The commissary and exchange which are small and not well stocked are closed all day on Sunday and Monday. There is no real place to eat a sit down meal with table service or get coffee anywhere on the base. This isn’t a “real” military base. Navy MWR runs it. Most of the time there is no on at the gate checking people coming on the base. So much for security. The entire operation is nothing short of a sh!t show. The campground is near the water. That is its only redeeming quality. Do yourself a favor. Pay more and camp somewhere else in the Keys. No matter how cheap this is, it isn’t worth it. It really sucks. Needless to say, even though we only live a few hours away we will NEVER EVER be back.

My husband and I came down from MacDill AFB fam/camp on our 2 week rotation . Was terribly disappointed with the tent sites . They are on top of each other with zero shade . Our tipi has guylines that were so close to the neighbors site we couldn’t even walk around our own site . Park is filled with full timers trying to circumvent the new 2022 rotation policies, and are not friendly to newcomers …in my opinion.. very clicky and act like they own the place . If you’re a military campground visitor you’ll be shocked how this park just “runs a muk” . There’s no gate guard and anyone can just drive in . The tent site/ dry camp bathroom is large but floods easily . Not once did I shower where the floor didn’t have standing water . I used the other bathroom that’s about a half mile away from my area .. it was less populated and your allowed to do so .. though someone did say to my husband “ what are tent campers doing here “… I’m giving it a 3 because the MWR staff is nice and the price is awesome for the area otherwise it would be a firm 1 star from this camper . Tenters pay the same as dry RV and get half the room . We definitely won’t be coming back in our tipi .. maybe in our RV , but not in the tent area again .