Pink Jeep Campground

Pink Jeep Campground is a primitive campground located in the backcountry within the Bear Island Unit of Big Cypress National Preserve. It can only be accessed with an ORV permit, on foot, or by bicycle. All ORVs must have a valid ORV permit, and campers must also carry a backcountry permit. Cell phone service is limited. The campground has 9 campsites and offers pickup camper and tent camping only; no trailers or RVs are allowed in the backcountry. Amenities include vault toilets, picnic tables, and fire rings. Pink Jeep Campground offers visitors a wonderful opportunity to camp at a designated campground in the Big Cypress backcountry. Visitors may enjoy nearby hiking, biking, hunting, fishing, and off-road vehicle trails with a permitted off-road vehicle. The Bear Island Unit offers 20 plus miles of backcountry trails. The freshwaters of the Big Cypress Swamp, essential to the health of the neighboring Everglades, support the rich marine estuaries along Florida's southwest coast. Protecting over 720,000 acres of this vast swamp, Big Cypress National Preserve contains a mixture of tropical and temperate plant communities that are home to a diversity of wildlife, including the elusive Florida Panther. Everglades City is located 30 miles south and provides dining, sight-seeing, and historical sites; Everglades National Park can also be accessed via Everglades City. The Nathaniel P. Reed Welcome Center is also located 30 miles to the south.