About Camel Lake Campground
Number of accommodations: 10
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Open year round
This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
Campground Amenities
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Pet friendly
Water Access
- Lake Access
Pets and Policies
- Pet friendly
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Reviews (286)
What Guests Are Saying
Camel Lake Campground offers a peaceful and picturesque setting with spacious, well-maintained sites and a friendly camp host. Visitors appreciate the beautiful lake views, hiking trails, and quiet atmosphere, making it ideal for relaxation. However, some guests noted issues with restroom cleanliness and a rough access road, along with occasional reservation challenges.
What Guests Are Saying
Camel Lake Campground offers a peaceful and picturesque setting with spacious, well-maintained sites and a friendly camp host. Visitors appreciate the beautiful lake views, hiking trails, and quiet atmosphere, making it ideal for relaxation. However, some guests noted issues with restroom cleanliness and a rough access road, along with occasional reservation challenges.
Review Summary
George P
VerifiedFebruary 18, 2020 • Stayed at: 04, Loop: CAMEL LAKE CAMPGROUND
The campground itself is excellent! The road really sucks. Hard to understand why because a newer John Deere road grader is just sitting at the campground rusting away.
Richard S
VerifiedFebruary 3, 2020 • Stayed at: 07, Loop: CAMEL LAKE CAMPGROUND
Pleasant location in the forest, with a nice beach at a small attractive lake. Campground is nicely laid out and the campsites are spacious. Nice hosts. Only a few of the sites have hookups, and a side effect of that is that quite a few of the campers used generators, making the overall feeling rather noisy. The location is rather far off the beaten path, so getting to other attractions and even getting propane requires long trips.
Roger B
VerifiedJanuary 29, 2020 • Stayed at: 09, Loop: CAMEL LAKE CAMPGROUND
Small but beautiful campground in a large forested area. Huge campsites, very quiet. Some have water and electric some are dry camping. Pretty lake for fishing etc.
Joseph E
VerifiedJanuary 29, 2020 • Stayed at: 05, Loop: CAMEL LAKE CAMPGROUND
It wasn't posted that the gates to enter the campground close. I recommend adding that to the registration email.
I tried checking online but couldn't find any hours.
So unfortunately I didn't get to stay there. Looks lovely though!
bob w
VerifiedJanuary 27, 2020 • Stayed at: 07, Loop: CAMEL LAKE CAMPGROUND
Wonderful, quiet, well treed, beautiful pond, warm showers, clean. NOTE, some GPS will take you thru the National Forest, many miles. The park is only 2 miles east of state highway 12 South of Bristol. That 2 miles is a solid road. Have fun
charles v
VerifiedJanuary 25, 2020 • Stayed at: 05, Loop: CAMEL LAKE CAMPGROUND
My only complaint was I didn't get to stay longer! Excellent campgrounds, very clean. Showers are clean and hot. Camp host was helpful and very friendly. The lake is crystal clear, it was a little cold for swimming, but a kayak float in the morning sun was wonderful. I will be back in the very near future.
HB W
VerifiedJanuary 24, 2020 • Stayed at: 03, Loop: CAMEL LAKE CAMPGROUND
Phenomenal location, Rick and Robert are terrific co-hosts. The setting was wonderful, generous site sizes. It's small and intimate and within a couple of days you know all of the campers there but not in an intrusive basis. The only reason for not five stars was the bathroom facility was quite worn and needs updating, and there is no dump site.
Jean Guy P
VerifiedJanuary 24, 2020 • Stayed at: 04, Loop: CAMEL LAKE CAMPGROUND
Quiet, spacious and clean.
Larry M
VerifiedJanuary 24, 2020 • Stayed at: 04, Loop: CAMEL LAKE CAMPGROUND
This is one of the best campgrounds to stay in up in the panhandle. The campground has only 10 sites & in a fairly remote part of the
Apalachicola N.F. One of my favorite places to camp.
David W
VerifiedJanuary 24, 2020 • Stayed at: 10, Loop: CAMEL LAKE CAMPGROUND
Nice site helpful host
Location Camel Lake Campground
Address:
23239 Nw Camel Lake Rd
Bristol, FL, 32321
United States
Take SR 20 west from Tallahassee through Hosford to Bristol. Turn south on SR 12. Continue south to the Apalachicola National Forest boundary sign and look for a sign for Camel Lake soon after you pass the work station and trailhead on the left. Turn left on Forest Road 105, which is an unpaved road. Drive 2 miles to the recreation area entrance on the right.
Camel Lake Campground is accessible via State Road 20 and State Road 12, which provide connections to the surrounding areas.
Latitude & Longitude: 30.2771 / -84.9866
Elevation: 25 feet
Policies & Rules
General
- No motor boats permitted on the lake.
- CAUTION: Bears and other animals frequent the area. All food must be kept in approved containers.
- There are no walk in only sites. All sites at this facility can be reserved. Tent camping is allowed at all the sites.
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Last updated: June 3, 2026
