Monument Lake Campground
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- OpenThe agency lists it open
- A night
- $24–$28Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 38All of them booked ahead
- Season
- August 15 – April 15Open August 15 through April 15, across the new year
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices
In the agency’s own words
Monument Lake Campground is a beautiful place where visitors can enjoy the surrounding preserve while sitting at their picnic table. Visitors may enjoy nearby activities such as fishing, hiking through the preserve, and exploring the many boardwalks. Keep reading
Recreation
Monument Lake Campground is centrally located in Big Cypress National Preserve offering a multitude of recreational activities including hiking, biking, fishing, hunting, photography, and off-road vehicle trails.
Facilities
This campground offers flush toilets and drinking water. Fire rings are available at the tent sites.
Natural Features
The RV campsites surround the lake offering a view from every site. Each campsite is open with limited to no shade. Tent sites are tucked away from the RV area and close to the campground host and restroom. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (239) 631-9988.
Nearby Attractions
Located just off the highway, this campground is close to the Oasis Visitor Center, Miccosukee Cultural Center, Shark Valley, and Clyde Butcher's Art Gallery.
What the agency tells you
There are no fire rings or grills at the RV sites
Pets must remain on a leash
No off-road vehicle use in campground
Everything else this campground posts · 6
For more information please call the off-road vehicle office at 239-631-9988.
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.
Cash payments are not accepted at this campground. Payments must be made online. There is limited to no cell phone coverage at the campground, advance reservations are highly recommended.
Be considerate of your fellow campers by observing quiet hours from 10:00 pm to 6:00 am. All generators must be off at 10:00 pm
Any violations of park rules or regulations will cause a revocation of your camping permit and no refund will be given.
No fishing in Monument Lake please see Superintendent's Compendium at the following link: Big Cypress Superintendent Compendium - Big Cypress National Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 38 · 10 tent-only
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 45 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets - seasonal
- Drinking water
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake
- Fishing
- Hunting
- Night sky · 14th darkest of 60 in FL
- Bortle 4
70 of 76 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:42 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
OpenBooked
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 · 13
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $24–$28 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 16:42 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
38 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 38 mapped sitesAll 38 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. 38 of the 38 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Monument Lake Campground | 1 | rv nonelectric | 45 ft | 77 ft | 119 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 10 | tent only nonelectric | 53 ft | 143 ft | $24 | |
| Monument Lake Campground | 11 | tent only nonelectric | 68 ft | 274 ft | $24 | |
| Monument Lake Campground | 12 | tent only nonelectric | 52 ft | 265 ft | $24 | |
| Monument Lake Campground | 13 | tent only nonelectric | 52 ft | 223 ft | $24 | |
| Monument Lake Campground | 14 | rv nonelectric | 41 ft | 102 ft | $28 | |
| Monument Lake Campground | 15 | rv nonelectric | 45 ft | 34 ft | 106 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 16 | rv nonelectric | 45 ft | 34 ft | 109 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 17 | rv nonelectric | 45 ft | 33 ft | 109 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 18 | rv nonelectric | 42 ft | 33 ft | 112 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 19 | rv nonelectric | 40 ft | 37 ft | 114 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 2 | rv nonelectric | 40 ft | 68 ft | 123 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 20 | rv nonelectric | 40 ft | 36 ft | 116 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 21 | rv nonelectric | 45 ft | 36 ft | 115 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 22 | rv nonelectric | 42 ft | 39 ft | 114 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 23 | rv nonelectric | 42 ft | 35 ft | 111 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 24 | rv nonelectric | 42 ft | 33 ft | 109 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 25 | rv nonelectric | 40 ft | 33 ft | 107 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 26 | rv nonelectric | 35 ft | 34 ft | 105 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 27 | rv nonelectric | 35 ft | 60 ft | 77 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 28 | rv nonelectric | 45 ft | 55 ft | 79 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 29 | rv nonelectric | 45 ft | 55 ft | 77 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 3 | rv nonelectric | 35 ft | 68 ft | 131 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 30 | rv nonelectric | 42 ft | 57 ft | 75 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 31 | rv nonelectric | 40 ft | 56 ft | 76 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 32 | rv nonelectric | 42 ft | 56 ft | 74 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 33 | rv nonelectric | 45 ft | 58 ft | 78 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 34 | rv nonelectric | 45 ft | 58 ft | 94 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 35 | rv nonelectric | 40 ft | 61 ft | 92 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 36 | rv nonelectric | 35 ft | 61 ft | 79 ft | $28 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 37 | rv nonelectric | 64 ft | 100 ft | $28 | |
| Monument Lake Campground | 38 | rv nonelectric | 64 ft | 102 ft | $28 | |
| Monument Lake Campground | 4 | tent only nonelectric | 35 ft | 45 ft | 323 ft | $24 |
| Monument Lake Campground | 5 | tent only nonelectric | 34 ft | 306 ft | $24 | |
| Monument Lake Campground | 6 | tent only nonelectric | 34 ft | 291 ft | $24 | |
| Monument Lake Campground | 7 | tent only nonelectric | 40 ft | 276 ft | $24 | |
| Monument Lake Campground | 8 | tent only nonelectric | 64 ft | 174 ft | $24 | |
| Monument Lake Campground | 9 | tent only nonelectric | 53 ft | 162 ft | $24 |
25 of 38 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
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Midway Campground (FL)Big Cypress National Preserve · 8.0 mi
Mitchell Landing CampgroundBig Cypress National Preserve · 14 miFrom Naples: Follow US HWY 41 east until you see the sign for campground (approximately mile marker 59).
From Miami: Follow US HIWY 41 west until you see the sign for campground (approximately mile marker 59)
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Chokoloskee, FL
Typical weather
Typical October night 71°F, day 89°F.
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 Augusts are colder than the August line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Monument Lake Campground is in Florida’s 26th congressional district. Its representative, Mario Diaz-Balart (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →