The Florida Explorer

Below are the 26 best places to camp via RV and Tent in the Florida Keys. I included links to each respective campground listed. The list is completely unbiased. I have no financial arrangement with any of the campgrounds. My only motivation is to make sure you have the correct information, as I know how frustrating it can be to plan a trip to the Florida Keys.

Statistics show 33,500+ New Yorkers have moved from New York to Florida from Sept 2020 – June 2021. The latest statistics suggest somewhere around 1 Million people have moved here since 2020, and I for one would like to say: “WELCOME HOME!”

I previously wrote 23 Places To Go Camping In Tampa Bay, which covers Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties. This article covers the additional counties often associated with Tampa Bay: Hernando, Polk, and Manatee.

Here are the 21 Travis McGee novels in order:

In this article, camping in Sarasota is defined as camping trips in Sarasota, Manatee, Hardee, Desoto, and Charlotte Counties. I put in links to my relevant blog articles throughout. At the end of each location I put a link(s) to the respective website so you can get more info.

Upon returning from another successful family car camping trip in which my children swam in crystalline springs, cooked food over the flame, tracked wildlife, didn’t touch devices with screens and didn’t miss those devices one bit, etc; a manliness blog I follow published a piece entitled Car Camping Is The Worst.

In this article, camping in Tampa Bay is defined as camping trips in Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco Counties. I put in links to my relevant blog articles. At the end of each location I put a link(s) to the respective website so you can get more info.

Hillsborough River State Park will always have a special place in my heart as it was the first Florida State Park that I went camping in. Camping is happy good here. This is a must-visit park if you live in Tampa.

Living in Tampa Bay for 10+ years and going to all of the beaches, these are the best beaches to bring your family to for a day trip.

Bahia Honda State Park in the Florida Keys just might be the most competitive place to book a site in all of Florida. Luckily, I beat the odds and snagged an epic 8 day family camping trip. Now I will show you how to do the same.

In our quest to preserve and make available as many Florida writings as possible, here’s a public domain piece from Florida Enchantments, dated 1908.

In our quest to preserve and make available as many Florida writings as possible, here’s a public domain article from Florida Enchantments, dated 1908.

In our quest to preserve and make available as many Florida writings as possible, here’s a public domain article from Florida Enchantments, dated 1908.

by Craig Pittman, Florida Phoenix
April 23, 2020

Nestle’s plan to drain Ginnie Springs in order to put it in plastic bottles to make a lot of money has been tabled–for now. But you better believe they are still coming for our water.

In our quest to preserve and make available as many Florida writings as possible, here’s a public domain piece from Florida Enchantments, dated 1908.

In our quest to preserve and make available as many Florida writings as possible, here’s a public domain article from Florida Enchantments, dated 1908.

In our quest to preserve and make available as many Florida writings as possible, here’s a public domain article from Florida Enchantments, dated 1908.

In our quest to preserve and make available as many Florida writings as possible, here’s a public domain piece from Florida Enchantments, dated 1915.