U.S. Forest Service · Osceola National Forest · FL

Cobb Hunt Camp

The agency doesn’t say how you get a siteIts record carries no access type, so treat it as a place to phone before you drive.
Right now
Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
Drawn from the record · 160 ft · 47% tree cover · water within reach · Bortle 4 sky
160 ftElevation
20 ftWater · an unnamed pond
10.2 miNE of Watertown, FL
47%Tree cover
Bortle 4Night sky · 23rd darkest of 60 in FL

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there

In the agency’s own words

If you're looking for a nice quiet spot outside of the city, the primitive Cobb Hunt Camp is perfect for you. The campground sits under the pines of the Osceola National Forest, located between Ocean Pond and Olustee Battlefield, with access to the Florida National Scenic Trail. Camping This area is a perfect and spacious location for larger hunting groups or just individuals trying to catch their game. Hiking With a year-round access to deep forest, this area is popular for hikers to wander off path to find look for their special spot away from civilization. Just remember that general gun season runs from mid-November to early January, please consider wearing bright flashy colors.

Source: USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse · Aug 24, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
Coast
Source: Stated in the agency description

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.

Booking window6 months outBooking opens 6 months ahead; today unlocks arrivals through April 16, 2027. The agency publishes no reservable season in the record we hold, so the window may close earlier than that.recreation.gov
Runs itU.S. Forest Servicethe agency’s record
Every line of the receipt · 4

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service
The U.S. Forest Service publishes no per-night rate for this campground that we can read, so there’s no sign price to print. That’s a gap in the record, not a free campground.
Free
The booking feerecreation.gov
We hold no recreation.gov booking record for this campground, so we can’t say whether a booking fee applies.
What a stay costs
The agency publishes no nightly rate for this campground, so there’s no total to show.
How we know this receipt · 4
Source: USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse · Aug 24, 2026

record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this

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Getting there

the map and the coordinate

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Overnight65°Mostly Cloudy11% rain
Saturday74°Partly Sunny4% rain
Saturday Night52°Mostly Clear
Sunday70°Sunny

NWS forecast for Watertown, FL

Typical weather

Typical October night 59°F, day 79°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 41°F. Bring the bag rated for it.

100°30°

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.

Measured at: LAKE CITY 2 E, FL (USC00084731), 12 miles away and 35 ft higher

The land, and who answers for it

what threatens it · who answers for it

Roadless country, and what’s coming for it

Roadless
Natural Area Wsa2,543 acres · 9 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Impassable Bay2,789 acres · 10 mi · inventoried roadless area

You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.

Who answers for this land

Kat Cammack, official portrait

Cobb 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 →

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How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: U.S. Forest Service publishes no season and no closure for this campground, and it takes no bookings we can read. That’s a gap in the record and not a locked gate.
Cell signal: the Forest Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.