Fore Lake Campground
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights; a database flag says not open read 15:34 UTC
- A night
- $20–$36Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 3231 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices
In the agency’s own words
In the stillness of the morning fog, a red-shouldered hawk calls out with an echo across Fore Lake. Bounded by marshes, this lake in a scrub ecosystem is an excellent spot for birding from the shores of Fore Lake Recreation Area, where visitors can picnic and swim, or make a night of it in one of the 31 campsites tucked away between the saw palmetto and oak trees. Bring your fishing gear to make full use of the pier and canoe launch area. 14 day stay limit in a 30 day period in ALL Ocala National Forest Campgrounds For reservations or refund request please call (877) 444-6777 Facilities 31 Campsites Tents and camping trailers welcome. Maximum stay of 14 consecutive days in a 30-day period Bathhouse with showers and flush toilets Dump Station free for paid campers Contact Info This location has limited staffing. Please call (352) 625-2520 for general information.
What the agency tells you
Main entrance gate opens from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Check in- 3 p.m. Check out- 11 a.m.
Camping fee covers 2 vehicles maximum
Everything else this campground posts · 3
14 day stay limit
If it is your intent to rent an RV or trailer from a third party entity, please note that the USDA Forest Service does not allow RV or trailer rentals to be pre-placed and/or delivered to the recreation area. The Reservation holder must drive the RV or trailer to the recreation area as it is their sole responsibility and alleviates the FS from any liability. Any commercial business that operates on federal land is required to have a special use permit. 36 CFR 261.10 (K)(L)
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Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 32
- Hookups
- 5 electric
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…30-day period Bathhouse with showers and flush toilets Dump Station free for paid campers Contact Info…”
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “Maximum stay of 14 consecutive days in a 30-day period Bathhouse with showers and flush toilets Dump Station free for paid campers Contact Info This location has limited staffing.”
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
44 of 62 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 15:34 UTC
recreation.gov lists 31 of the 32 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
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Every line of the receipt · 14
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $20–$36 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.
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 · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 15:34 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
32 sites
All 32 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. 32 of the 32 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Fore Lake | 1 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 10 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 11 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 12 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 13 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 14 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 15 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 16 | standard electric | 30 amp | $36 |
| Fore Lake | 17 | standard electric | 30 amp | $36 |
| Fore Lake | 18 | standard electric | 30 amp | $36 |
| Fore Lake | 19 | standard electric | 30 amp | $36 |
| Fore Lake | 2 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 20 | standard electric | 30 amp | $36 |
| Fore Lake | 21 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 22 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 23 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 24 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 25 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 26 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 27 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 28 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 29 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 3 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 30 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 31 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 4 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 5 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 6 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 7 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 8 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| Fore Lake | 9 | standard nonelectric | $20 | |
| S&P | Dump Station | type not stated | $10 |
25 of 32 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the phone number
Where it is
Lake Shore Group CampOcala National Forest · 0.3 mi
Lake Eaton CampgroundOcala National Forest · 3.4 mi
Mill Dam Group CampOcala National Forest · 8.1 mi
Salt Springs Recreation AreaOcala National Forest · 13 mi
Lake Delancy West CampgroundOcala National Forest · 13 mi
Juniper Springs Rec AreaOcala National Game Refuge · 14 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Lake Kerr, FL
Typical weather
Typical October night 63°F, day 84°F.
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
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Fore Lake Campground is in Florida’s 6th congressional district. Its representative, Randy Fine (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: D-. See every public-lands vote →