Pinecrest Group Campground
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- OpenThe agency lists it open
- Sites
- 4All of them booked ahead
- Season
- Year-roundOpen year-round
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 8 notices
In the agency’s own words
Pinecrest Campground offers four group campsites that provide a nice, quiet and relaxing atmosphere. This is a wonderful location for a group to start their south Florida adventure. Keep reading
Recreation
Pinecrest offers access to recreational activities such as paddling, hiking, birding, fishing, and hunting with proper licensure.
Facilities
This campground is for primitive group use camping only. Picnic tables and fire rings are available at each site. There are no covered picnic areas, toilets, hookups, or water. Minimal shade is provided by surrounding trees.
Natural Features
Situated alongside Loop Road the campground is located in a clearing and surrounded by pine and oak trees. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (239) 631-9988.
Nearby Attractions
Located on historic Loop Road this campground is close to the Miccosukee Cultural Center, Oasis Visitor Center, and Shark Valley.
What the agency tells you
There are no facilities at this campground and the nearest service station is 15 miles
Food should be stored in a manner as to not attract wildlife
Wildlife in the area includes but is not limited to: coyotes, bob cats, alligators, snakes, and panthers
Everything else this campground posts · 5
Cell phone coverage is minimal
During the summer months there is a higher nuisance of biting insects
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.
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.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 4 · 4 group
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 30 ft
- Accessible sites
- 4
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- None. Pack out what you bring in
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
Around the campground
- Biking
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Night sky · 31st darkest of 60 in FL
- Bortle 4
4 of 4 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:37 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 · 12
What you actually pay
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 16:37 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
4 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 4 mapped sitesAll 4 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. 4 of the 4 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Pinecrest Group Campground | 001 | group standard area nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | 92 ft | 1,114 ft | $30 |
| Pinecrest Group Campground | 002 | group standard area nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | 90 ft | 1,205 ft | $30 |
| Pinecrest Group Campground | 003 | group standard area nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | 84 ft | 1,248 ft | $30 |
| Pinecrest Group Campground | 004 | group standard area nonelectric | 30 ft | yes | 84 ft | 1,230 ft | $30 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions
Where it is
Mitchell Landing CampgroundBig Cypress National Preserve · 0.7 mi
Midway Campground (FL)Big Cypress National Preserve · 7.5 mi
Monument Lake Campground14 mi
Bear Island CampgroundBig Cypress National Preserve · 18 mi
Pink Jeep CampgroundBig Cypress National Preserve · 18 mi
Burns Lake CampgroundBig Cypress National Preserve · 21 miFrom Naples: Follow US HWY 41 east to Loop Road,Milemarker40. Take Loop Road south until you see sign for campground. From Miami: Follow US HWY 41 west to Loop Road; Mile marker 40; take Loop Road south until you see signs for campground.
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 more
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
Pinecrest Group Campground is in Florida’s 28th congressional district. Its representative, Carlos Gimenez (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →