Lake Dorr Campground
1Heads up1 fire 24 mi away
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 15:34 UTC
- A night
- $20From, per site
- Sites
- 34All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 5 notices
In the agency’s own words
A massive patch of blue in a sea of green - that's Lake Dorr, one of the prettiest big lakes in the Ocala National Forest. Experience outdoor recreation at either the Lake Dorr Recreation Area - campground or day use - or by renting the cabin for your family or group. Along the northwest shore of the lake, the recreation area is set under the deep shade of an oak hammock. Offering RV camping, we also have a boat ramp and picnic area overlooking the view. 14 day stay limit in a 30 day period in ALL Ocala National Forest Campgrounds Camping: Bring the family out and get back to nature in this picturesque setting. Keep reading
with campsites for tents, campers and RVs. Boating: Bring your boat, kayak or canoe and enjoy a day of fishing or exploring. Fishing: Cast for bass in the middle of Lake Dorr or drop a line in from the shore. Boat ramp available. Waterskiing Interested in getting on the water while gliding across the surface at high rates of speed? Sounds fun doesn't it? Bring your boat and get out there. For reservations or refund request please call (877) 444-6777 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.
14 day stay limit
Everything else this campground posts · 2
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)
Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 34
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Something open on 30 of the next 30 bookable nightsread 15:34 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $20 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
34 sites
All 34 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. 34 of the 34 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Lake Dorr | 1 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 10 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 11 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 12 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 13 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 14 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 15 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 16 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 17 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 18 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 19 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 2 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 20 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 21 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 22 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 23 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 24 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 25 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 26 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 27 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 28 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 29 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 3 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 30 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 31 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 32 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 33 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 34 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 4 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 5 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 6 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 7 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 8 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
| Lake Dorr | 9 | standard nonelectric | $20 |
25 of 34 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the phone number
Where it is
Lake Dorr CabinOcala National Forest · 2.3 mi
Clearwater Lake Rec AreaOcala National Forest · 5.6 mi
Alexander Springs Recreation AreaOcala National Forest · 5.8 mi
Buck Lake Group CampgroundOcala National Forest · 5.9 mi
Big Scrub CampgroundOcala National Forest · 7.9 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Pittman, FL
Typical weather
Typical October night 64°F, day 81°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
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
Lake Dorr 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 →