Gator Head Campground in FL -- Campground & RV Camping in Florida
Gator Head Campground in FL
National Park Service allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Gator Head Campground is a primitive backcountry outpost in the Bear Island Unit of Big Cypress National Preserve. Access is strictly limited to foot, bicycle, or permitted off-road vehicles, with camping restricted to tents and pickup campers. The site offers nine individual campsites equipped with picnic tables, fire rings, and shared food storage lockers. Vault toilets are located on site, but there is no drinking water. Surrounded by swamp and pine terrain, it sits directly on over 20 miles of backcountry trails for ORV use, hiking, and hunting.
The road in has not been measured -- unknown, not bad. Sits on broad, near-level ground.
Private here -- the nearest through road is 2.7 miles off, a 9-site campground. Open country -- nothing named rises within 30 miles of here. The nearest town, Ave Maria, is 13 mi off.
September normals 74–91°F, 8.2″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Set by National Park Service. Stage 1 and 2 orders change within days -- check the current order before you build a fire.
nps.gov