Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Cypress National Preserve is a national preserve run by the National Park Service in Collier County, Florida. There is no entrance fee. It is open during posted hours; see the visitor center hours below.
Check current closures and fire restrictions for Big Cypress National Preserve on the managing agency's own page.
Big Cypress National Preserve map
Big Cypress National Preserve boundary from USGS PAD-US or the managing agency, simplified for display. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.
Fire restrictions
This unit's own agency alerts list no fire restriction as of Oct. 5, 2026. We do not check a statewide fire-order feed for FL, so that is not a statement that no order exists, and not a green light for a fire. Check with the land manager and your county before you light anything.
County and local burn bans may also apply on private, state, or county land nearby. On federal land, follow the land manager's order; off it, follow the strictest county or local rule that applies. When both touch your trip, obey both.
Common questions
- Yes. Big Cypress National Preserve has no entrance fee.
- Big Cypress National Preserve is open during posted hours; see the visitor center hours below.
- Yes. Some campgrounds take reservations and others are first come, first served. Outside campgrounds, vehicle camping is allowed only at designated sites.
- Pets are allowed in Big Cypress National Preserve.
Fees, passes, and hours
Big Cypress National Preserve has no entrance fee.
Big Cypress National Preserve is open during posted hours; see the visitor center hours below.
Sources: nps.gov, checked 2026-09-30; nps.gov, checked 2026-09-30.
Camping in Big Cypress National Preserve
Some campgrounds take reservations and others are first come, first served. Outside campgrounds, vehicle camping is allowed only at designated sites.
Campgrounds inside the park's Florida boundary: Burns Lake Campground, Gator Head Campground, Midway Campground, Mitchell Landing Campground, Pinecrest Group Campground and Pink Jeep Campground , each with its sites, fees, season and reservations on campgroundsdb.com.
Monument Lake Campground (right at the boundary): its sites, fees, and reservations on campgroundsdb.com.
Source: nps.gov, checked 2026-09-30.
Pets
Pets are allowed in Big Cypress National Preserve.
Source: nps.gov, checked 2026-09-30.
Getting there
- Nearest town: Ave Maria, 22.1 miles
Source: www2.census.gov, checked 2026-09-30.
Public lands next to Big Cypress National Preserve
- National Park Service unitBig Cypress National Preserve borders Everglades National Park.
- State parkBig Cypress National Preserve borders Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park.
- National wildlife refugeBig Cypress National Preserve borders Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge.
- Wilderness areaBig Cypress National Preserve borders Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness.
Measured between the units' boundaries as mapped in USGS PAD-US. Distances are straight line, not driving.
- nps.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- www2.census.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- nps.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- nps.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- nps.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- nps.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- nps.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
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