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Easy check-in after hours. Reasonably private sites. Not much shade at site 63 but I knew that coming in. Mosquitoes were bad but that's to be expected. Easy access to Royal Palm area.
Great campground. The only drawback is that they allow even the very loud gaz external generators. I think all these campgrounds should not aloud generators that produce more than a certain amount of decibels. So easy to measure now with a smart phone…. And these solar and electric silent generators are an answer to solve that issue.
This is the first National Park stay in a while and we had to notice a very step drop off in infrastructure and staffing compared to the other 4 State Parks we stayed at this last few months in FL.
The staff here are friendly but clearly understaffed. Washrooms don't get cleaned often and the dish washing sinks are an insult to anyone that payed to stay here. The faucet is 2 feet from the sink, no hot water and the one in the picture did not even drain. Clearly no one that runs or manages this place has ever stayed here and used their own facilities. They are just happy to charge the money and let the place degrade to an unusable status. They don't allow cancelations for upcoming nights after check-in... I'm sure that's because they get a lot of cancelations once people arrive and try cooking and living here for a day or two and then decide it's not worth the money. I'm sure the Park itself has lots to offer but the facilities/infrastructure is not just poor, it's insulting.
We loved this campground, stayed for four nights and five days in a tent. The volunteers were so kind as well as the attendants. Plenty of shower houses and bathrooms. Showers have plenty of hot water. The lake is nice as well as the events they hold every day. We didn’t get a chance to try the wet walk but it was highly recommended. A fresh water refill station is provided, you can also buy bags of ice from the entrance. Nice central location to visit Flamingo, the Florida Keys, and Miami.
I don’t believe you can rate a campground based off of bugs and weather. We went mid February and it was more than tolerable, just plan your stay in the Everglades accordingly.
