A beige tent is set up on a beach. There is a gear and a book on the ground by the tent. Trees, clouds, and water in the background.

Two roofed, wooden platforms above the water joined by a narrow bridge. A blue portable toilet is on the bridge between the two platforms.

Colors of orange, pink, and purple are seen as the sun sets with a mangrove tree silhouetted

Mapping your way through the Everglades backcountry

Looking towards the bow of an orange kayak. Water and trees in the background.

A dock leads to a ground campsite with people setting up a tent

The bow of an orange kayak is in a dense mangrove tunnel. The tunnel appears narrow and with low clearance.

The last light of the sunset is visible on the horizon over the water

A group camps on a chickee platform with canoe and gear in the foreground

Everglades Backcountry Wilderness Camping Permits

FLBC Roberts River Chickee

FLBC North River Chickee

FLBC Cane Patch Campsite

FLBC Lane Bay Chickee

FLBC Watson River Chickee

FLBC Pearl Bay Chickee

FLBC Hells Bay Chickee

Ingraham (Ground Sites)

FLBC Lard Can Campsite

FLBC Shark River Chickee

NWBC Camp Lonesome Campsite

FLBC Oyster Bay Chickee

FLBC Joe River Chickee

Everglades Flamingo Backcountry Campsite South Joe River Chickee

FLBC Harney River Chickee

Long Pine Key Campground

PILP Long Pine Key Campground

Ernest Coe (Ground Sites)

Everglades Flamingo Alligator Creek Ground Campsite

Everglades Northwest Backcountry Campsite Rodgers River Bay Chickee

Established in 1947 as the first national park created for its biodiversity, Everglades National Park protects 1.5 million acres of wetland, forest, and marine habitats and the native plants and animals that call it home. With several international designations, the park provides a major source of drinking water for local residents of South Florida and recreational opportunities for all.

Everglades National Park

Johnson Key Chickee

Bird's eye view of the campground

Shark Point Chickee

Alligator Creek (Ground Sites)

North Nest Key (Ground Sites)

Pavilion Key (Beach Sites)

Graveyard Creek (Ground Sites)

Lard Can (Ground Sites)

Harney River Chickee

South Joe River Chickee

Darwin’s Place (Ground Sites)

Highland Beach (Beach Sites)

Lostman’s Five (Ground Sites)

Mormon Key (Beach Sites)

Picnic Key (Beach Sites)

Rabbit Key (Beach Sites)

Tiger Key (Beach Sites)

Watson’s Place (Ground Sites)

Willy Willy (Ground Sites)

Watson River Chickee

Joe River Chickee

Lane Bay Chickee

North River Chickee

Shark River Chickee

Northwest Cape Sable (Beach Sites)

Lopez River (Ground Sites)

Turkey Key (Beach Sites)

Out of Park/On Boards/On Boat

Camp Lonesome (Ground Sites)

Broad River (Ground Sites)

Sweetwater Chickee

Canepatch (Ground Sites)

East Cape Sable (Beach Sites)

Crooked Creek Chickee

Rodger’s River Chickee

Clubhouse Beach (Beach Sites)

Plate Creek Chickee

New Turkey Key (Beach Sites)

East Clubhouse Beach (Beach Sites)

Jewell Key (Beach Sites)

Hog Key (Beach Sites)

Hell’s Bay Chickee

Middle Cape Sable (Beach Sites)

Oyster Bay Chickee

Little Rabbit Key (Ground Sites)

Pearl Bay Chickee (Accessible)

Robert’s River Chickee

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