Florida Campground
- Right now
- Closed for the seasonOut of the season the agency publishes
- Season
- May 1 – September 30Open May 1 through September 30
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
The Florida Campground is located 4 miles north of Miller Creek Campground above Lemon reservoir along the Florida River. The campground has 20 shaded campsites, all first-come, first serve. A few short pull-thru and back-in sites can accommodate larger RVs. Douglas fire, blue spruce and aspens provide campers with some well-shaded sites near the river. Services include potable water, trash pickup, vault toilets, picnic tables, and fire grates. Large groups can reserve the Florida Group Area located just beyond the regular camping area. The group site accommodates up to 75 people, has 6 double tables, a buffet table, and 4 fire grates. RV parking is limited. Between September and May, there are no services (water, trash pick up or restrooms). Please keep the campground clean and pack out any trash!
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…include potable water, trash pickup, vault toilets, picnic tables, and fire grates. Large groups can…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…sites near the river. Services include potable water, trash pickup, vault toilets, picnic tables, and…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, River, Creek
- Fall color · reported 9 days ago, 12 km away
- Patchy color
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.
Every line of the receipt · 4
What you actually pay
How we know this receipt · 4
record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Durango, CO
Typical weather
Typical May night 35°F, day 63°F.
Coldest night of the open season: typical May night 35°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season
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
Florida Campground is in Colorado’s 3rd congressional district. Its representative, Jeff Hurd (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →