Monument Lake Campground

Had a wonderful trip to Big Cypress and the Everglades. The campground was great! Had drinking water, a large outdoor sink for doing dishes, and restrooms. The tent-only campsites have a picnic table (which states each spot's number) as well as a fire pit area that includes a grate on a swivel for cooking food or putting a pan on top of it. We enjoyed the dark skies for star gazing! There is a road nearby so we did hear some cars traveling in the evening, but overall it was quiet and peaceful. We saw an alligator in the lake, so be careful with children and pets! March was a perfect time of year to go as there were no mosquitos during our visit. The lake offered a nice cooling breeze.

It's a nice campground to stay at near the Everglades. There isn't much as far as hiking or other activities to make it a destination. Overall a pleasant experience and I would recommend if you are going to try and see Shark Valley or somewhere nearby.

Peaceful sites with great campground hosts that keep the amenities in good shape.

Excellent place!!...
My family and I have been there twice this year already, restrooms are always super clean, the campground is really quiet and you can see Alligators on the lake!!

The Campground was beautiful. We saw lots of wildlife. The camp hosts were amazing! Our problem was your generator hours. They are allowed to run 6am till 10pm. The people never to us ran their very load generator from 7am till 10pm. Even when they left the campsite for most of the day for 2 days, they left the generator running. We couldn't take it anymore so we left 2 days early. We don't blame them. They followed the rules. It is the rules that need to be changed. Because of this we had to leave a clean, beautiful park. Please think about changing the generator hours!

This place is gorgeous! Quiet, clean, well taken care of. The hosts are the best! Very friendly and they make sure you are happy and comfortable. It is off-grid/boondocking/no hook ups, but there is a water hose open for anyone to use.
The alligators and birds and turtles are amazing to see! AND they just stick to themselves. We saw the alligators every single day, and it was really cool to just see them in their own environment. At first it was scary, cause they were RIGHT THERE! BUT they really do stay in the lake, or on the side of the lake, right near the signs that say to stay away from the alligators. haha!
I completely recommend this place for camping with no hook ups. After traveling the country in an RV full time for almost a year, I can honestly say that this was one of my favorite places to stay.

This is one of my favorite campgrounds. Friendly and helpful hosts, a lake with fish and a couple of gators, sites are well-kept, clean bathrooms, potable well water on site, and best of all at least for me, a cell tower next door that provides 100% signal to all cell companies. Close to Marco Island beaches, Naples, Everglades City for day activities, hiking, biking, and exploring.

Great staff. Friendly and knowledgeable.

Went with my 2 kids, girlfriend and her 2 kids. The site was ideal. The bathrooms were clean and modern. Plenty of space for the few campers there to spread out and have their own space. Highly recommend.

The campground is quite nice for dry camping. The entrance and loop and RV sites are smoothly paved with crushed shell. The bathhouse was being re-roofed, so I didn't evaluate that building. Be sure to watch for the alligator in the lake.

My only complaint is that the camping loop is much too close to the US-41, which stays busy all night. Burns Lake campground, with it's mile-long driveway, is much quiter. I chose Monument Lake this time, however, because I needed mobile phone service to download articles and photos to edit and publish a club newsletter to a website. Verizon service is extremely weak or non-existent at Burns Lake.