Camel Lake Campground

Great hosts. Quiet and peaceful.

The camp hosts are excellent. They engage with all campers and keep a close eye on the campground. Since it is a remote location they make it safe. Bath house facilities kept clean. We had Site 1 with beautiful view of lake.

Beautiful and peaceful.

Off the beaten path, quiet for a campground, and very well maintained. Hosts were all great to talk to, and treat the guests very well. I will be back as soon as I can! Awesome place to stay during hunting season with the hunt camps all full, and dispersed sites not allowed in the forest.

Great remote location with plenty of hiking right from campsite. Friendly and helpful camp hosts keep this place in good shape.

If you are looking for peace and quiet this is your place!

Camel Lake is a wonderful park and would love to go again. The Camphost wasn’t good. They didn’t clean the sites, fire pits or bathrooms. He was rude and we did not have a peaceful time there because of him. I would like to come back but not if that host is there. Ranger was very nice and polite but host was not.

Nice small clean quiet CG on the edge of Camel Lake. Hosts are very friendly and helpful. Be aware that this CG is 50 mi from the coast in a huge boggy very remote pine forest . Nearest gas and convenience is 20-25 minutes away.

Amazing experience at this campground. Such a beautiful site. Take the trail around the lake at sunrise hour, you won't regret it!!! Found the gnome that the host placed along the trail :)

Definitely 5 stars! This campground was an excellent December 2023 basecamp for our Florida Trail day hikes and other nearby exploration to the north and south. We were very comfortable in our backpacking tent sheltered by some palmetto, with a nice hot fire nearby. There was plenty of dead and down turkey oak to cut with a small backpacking saw.

The hosts were great at checking in during morning and evening, and we had some entertaining conversations. The bathrooms were clean, and the showers had hot water. It was on the cold side for swimming (40s to 60s F), but the lake swim area looked like it would be great for the warmer months.

The loop trail around the lake was nice and would be decent for trail running loops. Our hip waders allowed us to explore the Florida Trail and Trail of Lakes segments north and east of the campground in dry luxury (there had been a large rain event a couple days prior, and water levels were just below knee level in a few spots). Hunting season does see a lot of traffic on the fire roads on the weekend, but weekdays on hiking trails was secluded (no other people, just wildlife). No mosquitoes during the cold spell, but some ticks during the warmer days (as expected).

We hope to return one day during the spring months to see pitcher plants (saw a sundew this trip!). The poor mobile signal was a plus for us, since we wanted to get away and unplug. Absolutely recommend this location!