Standard State Park with Welcome Center, bathrooms, etc. Small rocky beach on the bay for some swimming (bring shoes for the water- rocks are sharp). Place has the standard picnic areas with barbeques, and you can take a glass bottom boat ride or rent a canoe/kyack. Nothing great- can get busy and loud- $9 for 2 ppl. entrance fee which... More

We enjoyed the park it self.The camgrounds is very poor the sewer is at mid point of you RV so your neigbours hook ups are in the center of your stall right out your door. The RV's are right on top of each other so you read the VIN number on the next unit. The campgrounds also has a lot... More

We RV camped at John Pennekamp State Park the weekend of February 10-12th. I was hesitant to stay there after hearing how poorly the RV sites were layed out - not much privacy (trees/srubs). I have to admit it really wasn't that bad. We did have some separation between us and the tent campers on one side and the other... More

All sites have EWS, a BBQ grill and picnic table. Sites are extremely narrow (average width = 16 feet) and not very deep. Laundry (wash and dry = $1.50 each), free wifi at the rear of concession store. There is a small beach, canoe and kayak rentals are available, and there is an on-site dive shop and snorkling tours are... More

We camped for five nights at John Pennekamp and loved it. The sites are big enough that you don't feel squashed, and we appreciated the trees and foliage around each site. We were surprised and happy to find that in addition to water and electric, each site also had a sewer connection. Rare at many state parks. The bathrooms were... More

The snorkeling boat here is a mass-production operation. The crew showed contempt for the snorkelers (maybe because they weren't divers). Even worse, they were quite careless about watching out for the people in the water. There were 34 people who went out to snorkel, but only one member of the crew of three actually observed those in the water. One... More

Im a local , I live in Miami 45 min from Key largo we had been in several campgrounds however this was our first time in Pennekamp . Park staff was very friendly , Park looks to be good , not great but just good . We didn't walk around cause the weather was very bad with 99% rain .... More

prepare for lights all night, noisy generators and huge RVs blocking all the breezes in their "campground". the asphalt road collects heat and stinks terribly while the staff drives up and down in golf carts "blowing the rocks off". this park has some great amenities, but tent camping was not any fun at all. More

This was the worst camping experience i have ever had! We were so excited to be tent camping here for 3 days. But when we arrived we were soon disapointed to learn that our very public camp site was sandwhiched between two loud and stinky RVs and off a freshly blacktoped road. The fumes from the road loomed over us... More