Bear Island Campground

If you leave your site to go hiking make sure all your personal belongings are r e locked up say use people are not to be trusted and the host is not close.

20 miles of a straight line of unpaved dirt roads with lots of potholes leads into a beautiful campsite with lots of trails to explore.

3/25/24 here now! Enjoying the peace and dark skies. We are at camp site #4. You have to make reservations. There is no place to pay when you arrive. The roads are being maintained just not every day. I’ve seen worse elsewhere. If you camp this is a destination you want to put on your bucket list.

This is a great remote campground. Road can be very rough at times and it’s a gravel road, 45 minutes from the main road. No frills… but if you’re like me and want to be away from crowds and camp in the Everglades, this is a good spot.

Very well spaced campsites. Picnic table, fire pit, and lantern post included. We got campsite #2 and the picnic table has shade in the morning. The drive here was long on a gravel road but the road was smooth for the most part. Only a few rutted and washboard sections. Make sure you have plenty of mosquito deterrents on hand. The evening swarm is horrendous. From dusk through the night they are hungry. Came out in the morning and it was good. Only a few here and there. Plenty of birds to watch.