Florida Keys Camping Spots

One of Florida's southernmost state parks, Bahia Honda State Park is set on the island of Bahia Honda in the lower Florida Keys, and is best known for its world-class snorkeling, and scuba-diving, pristine white sandy beaches, and out-of-this-world sunsets. The park has two campsites, namely Buttonwood and Bayside, that offer different camping experiences. Buttonwood Campsite has sites for RV and tents with, electricity, water, picnic tables, and grills, and a bathhouse with restrooms and hot showers, as well as a dump station. Bayside Campsite is much smaller with just eight campsites, all of which are non-electric but have picnic tables, grills, and drinking water.

Monroe County, Florida

Big Pine Key Fishing Lodge (previously known as Big Pine Key Fishing Lodge) is set on ten acres of beautiful landscapes with breath-taking views of both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, and offers a variety of accommodations from guest lodges and motel rooms to rustic campsites. The campsite features spacious private sites for tents, RVs, and trailers with full water and electrical hook-ups, cable television, picnic tables, and fire pits. Waterfront sites offer an ideal spot for boat owners to launch boats next to their sites, and a 2,000-square-foot camp store is fully stocked with camping essentials. A large rooftop swimming pool is available for guests to use.

33000 Overseas Hwy, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, Phone: 305-872-2351

Biscayne National Park is a spectacular national park that is home to shoreline mangrove forests and uninhabited islands, beautiful coral reefs teeming with marine life, lush sea-grass beds, and aquamarine waters and several shipwrecks.

Accessible only by boat, the pristine reefs in the park offer some of the best snorkeling and scuba diving in the world, including the underwater Maritime Heritage Trail, which has six shipwrecks. The park has two campgrounds on islands within the park, namely Elliott Key and Boca Chita Key and they can only be accessed by boat. Boca Chita Key offers a grassy camping area with picnic tables and grills, and vault toilets and Elliott Key offers several sites with access to restrooms with cold showers, drinking water, picnic tables, and grills.

Romantic Camping Ideas

Bluewater Key RV Resort is a luxury RV resort in the beautiful Florida Keys and is an ideal base for exploring the beautiful beaches and wilderness of the southernmost point in the United States. The park offers comfortable waterfront sites surrounded by tropical plants, shrubbery, and trees, full hook-ups with electricity, water and sewerage, and amenities such as complimentary cable television and wireless Internet, a laundry room, and modern restrooms with hot showers. Some sites have private docks, and direct access to the beach, and guest facilities and activities include golf, fishing, visiting the Shipwreck Museum, or heading to Hemingway’s House or the famous Duval Street for a fun night out. Don’t miss the famous Sunset Celebrations that happen every evening.

2950 Overseas Hwy, Key West, FL 33040, Phone: 305-745-2494

Boca Chita Key Campground is a family-friendly campground based on Boca Chita Island in the Biscayne National Park. Recognizable by its iconic and historic lighthouse that was built by Mark Honeywell in the 1930s to guide boats to the beauty and wonders of the park, Boca Chita is the most popular island in the park. Accessible only by boat, the island offers primitive camping with rustic sites for tents and vault toilets, however, there are no restrooms, drinking water, or electricity. All trash needs to be taken off the island, and no animals are allowed on the island. Activities on the island include hiking, fishing, and sunbathing.

9700 SW 328th Street, Sir Lancelot Jones Way, Homestead, FL 33033, Phone: 305-230-1144

Established over 50 years ago, Boyd's Key West Campground is a family-owned and operated campground offering spaces for RVs, campers, and big rigs with concrete driveways and pads, 30/50-amp electricity hook-ups, water and sewerage, modern restrooms with hot showers and flushing toilets, and covered picnic areas with barbecue grills. Deluxe amenities include commercial laundry facilities washers and dryers, a swimming pool, a recreation hall and outdoor pavilion, a games room, and a dump station and a camp store selling essentials.

6401 Maloney Ave, Key West, FL 33040, Phone: 305-294-1465

Buttonwood Campsite is located within Bahia Honda State Park, which is situated on the island of Bahia Honda in the lower Florida Keys. The park is world-renowned for its world-class snorkeling, and scuba-diving, pristine white sandy beaches, and out-of-this-world sunsets. Buttonwood Campsite has sites for RV and tents with, electricity, water, picnic tables, and grills, and a bathhouse with restrooms and hot showers, as well as a dump station. Visitors can enjoy a variety of activities in the park, including picnicking, hiking, swimming, and exploring the coral reefs by snorkeling or scuba-diving.

Monroe County, Florida

Family Camping Ideas

Curry Hammock State Park is situated along both sides of US 1 on Crawl Key in the Florida Keys and protects large areas of mangrove swamp, seagrass beds, and rock land hammocks. Set on the most significant uninhabited parcel of land between Key Largo and Big Pine Key, Curry Hammock State Park features a 28-site campground along the oceanfront with beautiful Atlantic Ocean views and open year-round. The campsite has both tent and RV pitches with electricity and water connections, picnic tables, and charcoal grills, and a dump station is available nearby. The campground also has restrooms with composting toilets and solar-powered hot showers, and a gravel parking area for cars and RVs. Activities in the park include hiking and mountain biking on the 1.5-mile Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail, boating, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and powerboating.

56200 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, FL 33050, Phone: 305-289-2690

Dry Tortugas National Park is located 68 miles west of Key West and protects seven Dry Tortuga Islands, the most isolated of the Florida Keys, and Fort Jefferson. Set in the Gulf of Mexico, the Tortugas National Park has pristine coral reefs, beautiful white sandy beaches, an abundance of sea life, large breeding grounds for tropical birds, and legends of shipwrecks and sunken treasures. The park offers a variety of activities, including camping, picnicking, snorkeling and scuba diving, fishing, canoeing and kayaking, and birdwatching. The Dry Tortugas National Park is only accessible by boat or seaplane and is part of the Everglades & Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve.

The Fiesta Key RV Resort & Marina is a spacious 28-acre resort on an exclusive island surrounded by incredible Gulf of Mexico ocean views that features an on-site marina, an on-site restaurant, a beach bar, a luxury spa, and a swimming pool. The resort offers a variety of sites for camping rigs from large RVs to small tents with grassy sites, electricity, water, picnic tables, and grills. The campsite has modern restrooms and hot showers, as well as a dump station, and some sites have spectacular ocean views. Deluxe amenities include commercial laundry facilities washers and dryers, a swimming pool, a recreation hall and outdoor pavilion, a games room, and a dump station and a camp store selling essentials. Popular nearby attractions include the Dolphin Research Center, Long Key State Park, and Bud 'N' Mary's world-famous fishing marina.

70001 Overseas Hwy, Layton, FL 33001, Phone: 305-249-1035