Long Pine Key Campground

Long Pine Key campground is open seasonally November-May. It is one of two frontcountry camping options run by the “Flamingo Adventures'' concession. Reservations are available for RV’s and tents along with first come first serve sites. If sites are booked, more camping may be available further down the Main Park Road in Flamingo.

There are two drive-in campgrounds accessible from the Homestead entrance of the park: Long Pine Key Campground and Flamingo Campground. Both accommodate tents and RV's with a limited number of group sites. Reservations can be made with Everglades Guest Services by calling 1-855-708-2207. There are no front country campsites anywhere else in Everglades National Park.

Amphitheater

Yes - year round

Cell reception

Yes - year round

Drinking water

Yes - year round

Dump station

Yes - year round

Host on site

Yes - seasonal

Showers

Free - Year Round · Hot - Year Round

Toilets

Flush Toilets - year round

Trash & recycling

Yes - year round

Camp store

No

Firewood for sale

No

Food storage lockers

No

Ice for sale

No

Internet

No

Laundry

No

RVs

Allowed · up to 35 ft

Trailers

Not allowed

Access roads

Paved Roads - All vehicles OK

Classification

Developed Campground

Cell service

Cellphone reception is not reliable.

Long Pine Key Campground is located seven miles (11 km) from the main entrance to the park near Homestead, just off the main road.

The winter/spring dry season extends from about December to mid-May, with temperatures ranging from the low 50s to upper 70s (12 to 25 degrees Celsius) and low humidity. Continental weather fronts occasionally bring near-freezing temperatures to south Florida. Often-breezy winter weather conditions can create a wind chill factor that makes perceived temperatures feel considerably cooler than what the thermometer reads.

Maximum of eight people and two vehicles per campsite; one RV and one or two tents per campsite. Check-out time is 12 p.m. Register by 10 a.m. Campground speed limit is 15 mph. Obey all traffic signs. RV's and vehicles must be parked on paved parking area. An extra vehicle must park on the grassy shoulder, parallel to the road. Roller skates, skateboards and similar devices are not permitted. Generators may be operated from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. only. Quiet hours are from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Pets must be kept on a leash (max. of 6 feet in length) at all times. Pets are only allowed in the campground, parking lots and along roadsides. Do not leave pets unattended and clean up after your pet. Wastewater drainage of any kind is prohibited. Use the dump station for sewage and gray water disposal. Washing of dishes, food, clothing, or other property, and bathing at public water faucets is prohibited. Utility sinks for dish washing are located in the rear of each restroom. The use of portable showers is prohibited.

Turning off the main park road to the Long Pine Key day use and camping area, is the pine rockland habitat. Pine rocklands are characterized by tall slash pine trees, with peeling brown bark and high green needles. The ground between the spaced out pine trees is a low lying shrubby mixture of saw palmettos, dense grasses numerous wooded shrubs. Craggy, chalky white limestone characterizes the ground, and can make walking off path difficult. If there has been a fire recently, there can be charred remains of burnt trees and crunch ash on the pineland floor Follow the slowly winding Pinelands road to a forked split to either the campground or a day use area. A slight left will take you to the campground. A white building with a green metallic roof welcomes campers to the Long Pine Key Campground. Behind this entrance station is a small patch of grass containing several garbage receptacles and tall information boards including a map of the campground and interpretive information about fire’s role in the habitat. A red payphone stands next to the information boards. The campground road follows a one-way counter clockwise loop, approximately a mile in length, that is in the shape of an oval. Slash pine trees are the dominant plant species, but a wide variety of small shrubs such as beauty berry and sumac add purple or red to the green foliage. As you follow the road around in a slow arc moving south west, the loop is bisected by alphabetized roads ascending from ‘A’ to ‘K’. Each lettered road has anywhere between 5-7 camping areas. Camping areas include a paved slab for vehicle parking, a mowed lawn area, a circular black metal fire ring with a grill attachment, and a 6 or 8 foot gray picnic table. On alternating lettered roads, the restrooms sit in white buildings with green roofs and have two separate entrances on either side. White cement shower buildings have tall green roofs which are covered by solar panels for water heating. Through the vegetation to the north, there is a large blue human made lake, which surrounds an island with dozens of tall slash pines sitting atop the rocky outcrop. At the loop halfway point lies a small parking area and a paved, lighted walking path leading to an amphitheater. The amphitheater hugs the lakeside shoreline and contains twelve rows of benched seating, bisected by a center aisle. A large white wooden backdrop faces the benches as well as a presentation podium for a speaker. The road begins to circle around the loop and now heads to the northeast. The lettered roads begin to move up from ‘K’ to ‘A’ and there are spaced out camp areas on either side. To the south the Pine Rockland habitat extends for over a mile, with the tall slash pines looming over the campground. Following the road, to its completion the entrance station is approached from the opposite side and you can exit the campground area back to the Long Pine Key Road.

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