Big Camp Hunt Camp
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The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
Situated in the Osceola National Forest, the Big Camp Hunt Camp is the perfect location to get back to nature. Enjoy this primitive camping area on the north edge of the Big Gum Swamp Wilderness . Camping This area is a perfect and spacious location for larger hunting groups or just individuals trying to catch their game. Big Gump Wilderness Area Information This large, nearly level area consists primarily of a poorly drained to very poorly drained freshwater swamp of cypress and gum. The surface is a thick, spongy mat of organic material, sluggishly cut by a few shallow sloughs. Keep reading
Longleaf and slash pine flatwoods with a dense understory of saw palmetto, gallberry and bay form the perimeter of the swamp. Loggers made off with most of the original timber between 1915 and 1920, and earthen railroad trams, some of which are still visible, penetrated the interior. Over time, all signs of human intrusion into the swamp have greatly subsided. However, you might find remnants of naval stores or "turpentining" operations that began in the area in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Backpacking/Hiking A designated hiking trail makes a loop through the drier pine flatwoods of the perimeter on the west-northwestern side. Boggy terrain, dense vegetation, insects and warm, humid conditions make travel here extremely challenging - exacerbated by the fact that the trails are not maintained (your best bet is to follow one of the many old logging roads). On the northwest side, an old road tunnels through a stand of massive live oaks that tower overhead. Wilderness areas are the most protected public lands in America. To learn more, please visit www.wilderness.net .
Around the campground
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Phone before you drive
recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.
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record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
Ocean Pond CampgroundOsceola National Forest · 11 mi
Group LandingOsceola National Forest · 12 mi
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge Overnight Camping PermitOkefenokee National Wildlife Refuge · 29 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Lake City, FL
Typical weather
Typical October night 59°F, day 83°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 40°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Big Camp Hunt Camp is in Florida’s 3rd congressional district. Its representative, Kat Cammack (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →