I am interested in camping this year (spring, fall, winter) at campgrounds that are "free" to tent campers.

It does not matter the location of these campgrounds; also, there may be restrictions on the number of days that one may stay, but the bottom line is that there is no payment for a permit or a fee for camping.

If you have details regarding the campground you are naming, such as amenities (hot showers, distance to a town or foodstore, etc.) please indicate these as well as a basic location.

I will start with a campground in Florida, Williams Landing, 11 miles west of Tallahasse, FL on Highway 20; there is a sign that is clearly legible from the highway. There are however, several other pay campgrounds, state parks, RV pay sites, etc. close by so make sure you have found the correct campground.

The max stay is 10 days consecutive; a total of 30 days in any one year.

The campground lies on a very pretty lake (good fishing, bream, channel catfish); nice, quiet area, a little busier on weekends when locals come out for some fresh air.

To the left of this forum is a yellow box with Google displayed. Assuming you are talking about national forests, type in the search box: "rate: no charge" (w/o) the quotes. Every campground in the U.S. National Forest Campground Guide that has no charge is listed. You can click on the various entries to research the characteristics of each listed campground.

To organize the query a bit, you could enter "rate: no charge colorado". This will display so-called free campgrounds in Colorado. There may be some extraneous entries for non-Colorado campgrounds that have the word colorado in the data. Nobody is perfect

Hope this helps . . . Fred

I did as you suggest and got only one listing - this one:

Web Results 1 - 1 of 1 from www.forestcamping.com for rate: no charge florida with Safesearch on. (0.33 seconds)

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I have never done a google search and got only 1 result,...but here it is.

I will ask again if anyone knows of free campsites in the Ocala National Forest.

I see free primitive camping offered in the overview of Ocala National Forest, but no specific sites mentioned in the campsite list.

Where are they?

I know of no free developed campgrounds in the Ocala. There is dispersed (primitive) camping, however. Is that what you are talking about? If so, suggest you go to the Ocala website at http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/florida/ocala/recreation/camping.rules.php?p=1.1.3.4 for rules pertaining to such camping.

When looking for a "No Charge" campsite that is semi-developed here a suggestion - look for campsites identified as "Hunt or Hunter Camps". It will be your most basic campsite and no water, pack-it-in and pack-it-out and may or may not have a port-a-potty depending on the season. These may be called "Primitive" campsites in some forests and differ from "Dispersed" because the do have a specific locations. I would hope the national forest is getting "Hunter" and "Primitive" sites GPS'd but not sure about that.

FYI: Osceola NF has "hunter" camps and seems to discourage dispersed camps while Ocala has "primitive" and "dispersed" camps but no "hunt" camps. Go figure