Camp Lonesome

Camp Lonesome

NPS Photo

Quick Facts

Location:

25.4877 / -81.000619

Amenities

5 listed

Benches/Seating, Canoe/Kayak/Small Boat Launch, Picnic Table, Scenic View/Photo Spot, Toilet - Vault/Composting

This ground campsite is located on an old Calusa Indian mound and shaded by tropical hardwood trees. The Seminole Indians had a hunting camp here when the Park was established in 1947. At least one Seminole claimed to have grown up at his family’s home at Camp Lonesome. This site is one of the few which extends inland into the sawgrass prairie. Paddlers may want to explore the Wood River (unmarked) just south of the site.

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