Florida Campground (CO)
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $27–$54Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 20All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 7 notices
In the agency’s own words
Florida Campground is located near the north end of Lemon Reservoir, in southwestern Colorado. Visitors enjoy the area for its fishing, trail opportunities and scenic natural setting. Keep reading
Recreation
The Florida River is well known for its rainbow and brown trout fishing, but the river runs through much private land, so anglers should be careful not to trespass. Hiking and biking are popular activities in the area. The Burnt Timber Trail No. 667 begins at Transfer Park, about a mile north of the campground. The East Florida Road (Forest Road 597) winds steeply uphill past the campground. Lost Lake and Stump Lake Trails begin along this road, offering short, easy hikes to backcountry lakes. The surrounding area is open to public hunting. Deer, elk and small game such as rabbits and grouse inhabit the forest.
Facilities
The campground offers one group site, equipped with picnic and serving tables, as well as campfire rings with grills. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. There are also 20 first come first served campsites here.
Natural Features
This lightly used campground is situated in a shady forest of Colorado blue spruce, Douglas fir and aspen trees. The swift Florida River flows next to the campground. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (661) 702-1420.
Nearby Attractions
Lemon Reservoir is about three miles from the campground, offering boating, water skiing and fishing opportunities. The reservoir is stocked with rainbow trout and kokanee salmon. Many visitors take advantage of Colorado's Free Fishing Days, held annually the first full weekend of June. Young's Canyon Trail No. 546 begins at the north end of the reservoir. Hikers must cross the Florida River to access the trail; crossing is tricky during high water. The trail is very popular during hunting season.
Charges & Cancellations
Group Sites Group Facility (including Cabins and Lookouts): A visitor who cancels a group overnight facility reservation less than 14 days before the arrival date will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee. No-Shows A no-show visitor is one who does not arrive at a campground and does not cancel the reservation by check-out time on the day after the scheduled arrival date. Staff will hold a campsite until check-out time on the day following the arrival date. No-shows are assessed $20.00 service fee and forfeit the first night's rate, taxes and applicable add-on for a campsite. Refunds Visitors may submit a refund request through their Recreation.gov profile within 7 days of the end date of their reservation. Refunds will not be issued after the 7 days has ended. Refunds for debit or credit card payments will be issued as a credit to the original bank or credit card used to pay. For check or cash purchases, Recreation.gov will mail a Treasury check for refunds of cash, check, or money order payments to the address associated with the reservation. Treasury check refunds may take up to 6-8 weeks to arrive. In the event of an emergency closure, the Recreation.gov team or facility manager will refund all fees and will attempt to notify you using the contact information within the Recreation.gov visitor profile.
What the agency tells you
The campground offers one group site including a picnic shelter equipped with picnic and serving tables, as well as campfire rings with grills. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided.
For general information about the San Juan National Forest, please call (970) 884-2512. Campsite availability is not available at this phone number.
The Group Parking area can accommodate 25 vehicles; please adjust capacity if camping in RVs
Everything else this campground posts · 4
Additional fees for additional people will be collected at the campground
Click here for more information on the San Juan National Forest
Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing organisms by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
First Come First Served (FCFS) Campsites are also available at this campground. These FCFS campsites must be claimed in Person. We are unable to provide availability by phone, so we recommend arriving early to secure a spot.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 20 · 1 group
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 40 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…as well as campfire rings with grills. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. There are also 20…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…rings with grills. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. There are also 20 first come first…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, River
- Biking
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Hunting
- Picnicking
- Water sports
- Night sky · 228th darkest of 522 in CO
- Bortle 2
- Fall color · reported 9 days ago, 10 km away
- Patchy color
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
Watch for a cancellation
Full? Watch it.
One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 14
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $27–$54 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
“Group Sites Group Facility (including Cabins and Lookouts): A visitor who cancels a group overnight facility reservation less than 14 days before the arrival date will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee. No-shows are assessed $20.00 service fee and forfeit the first night's rate, taxes an…” · this campground’s own no-show terms
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 6
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
20 sites · the site map
All 20 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 20 of the 20 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Florida | 02 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| Florida | 03 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| Florida | 04 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| Florida | 05 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| Florida | 06 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| Florida | 07 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| Florida | 08 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| Florida | 09 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| Florida | 10 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| Florida | 11 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| Florida | 12 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| Florida | 13 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| Florida | 14 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| Florida | 15 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| Florida | 16 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| Florida | 17 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| Florida | 18 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| Florida | 19 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| Florida | 20 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | $27–$54 | |
| GRP | 1 | group standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 844 ft | $150 |
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions
Where it is
Florida CampgroundSan Juan National Forest · 0.9 mi
Transfer Park CampgroundSan Juan National Forest · 1.2 mi
Miller CreekSan Juan National Forest · 3.1 mi
Lower Hermosa (CO)San Juan National Forest · 4.4 mi
Sig CreekSan Juan National Forest · 4.4 mi
Vallecito CampgroundSan Juan National Forest · 6.8 miFrom Bayfield, travel north from U.S. Highway 160 to County Road 501. Go 10 miles, then turn left onto County Road 240 and drive 3 miles. Turn right on County Road 243, then continue 7 miles to the campground.
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 October night 20°F, day 55°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night -6°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
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
Florida Campground (CO) 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 →