Fort Pickens Campground in FL -- Campground & RV Camping in Florida

Fort Pickens Campground sits on Santa Rosa Island within Gulf Islands National Seashore, situated between Pensacola Bay and the Gulf of Mexico among live oak groves. The facility contains 137 sites with water and 20/30/50-amp electric hookups, 40 non-electric tent sites, eight wheelchair-accessible sites, and a tent-only group site. Each campsite has a paved parking pad, picnic table, and fire ring. Amenities include heated showers, flush toilets, drinking water, and a dump station. Historic Fort Pickens, built in 1834, is 1 mile away.

Getting there: Physical Address (NO MAIL SERVICE): 1400 Fort Pickens Road, Pensacola Beach, FL 32561 From I10W: 1. At Exit 12, head right on the ramp for I-110 South toward Pensacola Bch / Pensacola; 6.2 mi 2. Take the ramp on the left for FL-30 / E Chase St; 0.6 mi 3.Keep straight to get onto US-98 E Bus / FL-30 / E Chase St; 341 ft 4. Keep straight to get onto US-98 E / FL-30 / E Chase St; 5.5 mi From I-10 East of Navarre to U.S. 98, using State Road 87: 1. Take I-10, Exit 31 (State Road 87) south. 2. Continue to south on State Road 87 to U.S. 98 in Navarre. 3. Travel west on U.S. 98 to Gulf Breeze or Pensacola Beach. 4. Turn right onto FL Highway 399 to Pensacola Beach. A (Sunpass) toll booth is on entering Pensacola Beach. Proceed to first light; turn right onto Fort Pickens Road. It is about 3 miles to the park entrance station where you pay to enter, then go 4 miles to the campground registration office.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 200-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• Sits on broad, near-level ground.
• Pensacola Bay lies 0.2 mi off.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 5, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
• Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
• Most sites here have an electric hookup, with one on the water.

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