We visited Collier-Seminole State Park in July 2020. It is a real nice park. The park has a few historical sites on premises (see photos). There is a boat launch, kayak launch, trails, and dock for fishing and boating. The bathrooms are older but well maintained and clean. There are some quaint areas locally. There is beach access, but it is paid beach access and rather expensive at $2.50 an hour. Also, there is airboats rides in the area.

Great Campgrounds! Went tent camping at site #8 for Labor day weekend 2020. Had a great time despite some rain (but hey this is Florida so you kind of expect that). The campgrounds were clean, the bathrooms were cleaned daily so no issues there. There is a kayak (& boat) launch on the Blackwater River you can launch your own kayak from. There is a hiking trail nearby but that was closed while we were there. San Marco island is not far and worth the 20 minute drive. We rented jet skis from splitting waves and spent a day on San Marco exploring the islands and the Cape Romano Dome Houses, I would highly recommend!

Another fantastic state park camping experience in Florida. I was surprised by how many available campsites there were! Everything is well kept and clean and there is no shortage of things to do like hiking, fishing and nature viewing. There are also some historical sites to check out. The campground was very well kept with clean bathhouses. Some things were closed off due to Covid but still plenty to keep busy. The proximity to Marco Island cant be beat! We definitely made a few beach excursions during our stay. Bring bug spray and sunscreen for the trails in the park!

Very clean, pretty level slots, but a relatively small park unless you leave the main park to go to the trails. Bathrooms were clean. Close to Marco Island and other attractions in Naples. We are coming back.

Cute little state park in the Ten Thousand Islands area. Not much to do but kayak through the mangroves out to the bay. Nice little campground with camp spots very close together. Online camp reservations end at 1pm for same day.

What a incredible facility. Friendly helpful staff, clean restrooms . Great camp sites. Whole park was very clean. Very family friendly, lots of kids, highly recommend

Love the peace and tranquility. A perfect place to be one with nature. They do offer some modern conveniences like a bath house and laundry services. Or you can bring your RV or hauler and plug in. Each camp sight has a bench, non-gas grill, electric, and water.

Nothing really going on here. The old walking dredge was cool but thats about it. One could go into town and find stuff to do but you could stay home and do that. Camp sites are too close together with no block between your site and the one thats only 10 feet from you. It is a clean park so thats a plus.

Nice park. They keep it pretty clean. The mosquito invasion is outrageous so bring lots of strong repellent and maybe sleeves!

My husband and I are first timers camping here the park has low reception its perfect to go off the grid and have family time price is great its clean quiet plenty of spots lots of shade bathhouses are cleaned everyday staff and the other campers are friendly 20 min ride to the beach close to restaurants. Well be making plans to go back

Outstanding, clean state park. very well maintained. Baths, showers cleaned daily. Areas designated for tenting. Spacious areas for RV. H2O/Electric only. Dump stations, available.Quiet serene area.Short jaunt to Marko Island and Naples beaches.Tin city, A/C indoor shops, waterfront dining. Enjoyed our stay, will return in our travels. Reservations only thru Reserve America

The park is very nice. We enjoyed the points of intrest and history of the area. Campsites are small for an RV.

Super clean facilities and helpful staff. Has showers in the bathroom building as well as washer and dryers that are pet per use. We camped in the tent area and had a picnic table, fire pit ring, water and electric.

Beautiful park, camped here for one night with my fiancé. Hot showers, good amenities, and caring rangers. Make sure to bring bug spray and a tent fan!

Absolutely love this camp ground. Its gorgeous and the staff is super friendly and show they really care about the camp ground. Already booked another weekend.

Is a nice good soccer park. Is well kept. We did camping, or did was a good size enough for a16 people tent had a ground grill, water and power.You have to be prepared this is in the everglades so expect tons of mosquitoes and Flys. It was extremely hot so we couldnt do the trails. A lot of wild life, we heard wild boars, saw eagles all kinds of insects and frogs. It was a great experience for our family.

We just spent a couple of days camping with our two kids in our travel trailer. We live in Naples, and we did not expect much from this park. Yet, we were pleasantly surprised! Here are a few tips:Wait until the bathhouse and tent-loop renovations are finished around mid-April before booking a site here.If you have a pop-up or tent, stick to the shady, more private sites in the tent-only loop.In the large campground loop, book the sites on the outer periphery (35-39 and 81-89) for a bit more privacy and reduced traffic.Bring bikes and/or scooters for the whole family.Do not miss the opportunity to go on a paddle among the mangroves. Bring your own kayak or rent one.Mosquitoes were pretty bad and we are not even in the summer yet, so load up on DEET!

Lovely park. Only $5/car. Lots of mosquitos all use lots of repellent and wear long sleeves.

Excellent tent campground with a nice barrier of trees between each site. Nice showers and laundry too. Some nice historic sites at the park and a very good kayak launch. A lot of the park is the water area and the part on land is relatively small compared to some other parks, but very nice.

Went here on Halloween and had lots of fun, to me its a really good place to go for a family trip.

Be sure to take the canoe tour of the mangrove swamp of the black river. These tours are for all skill levels and are led by highly knowledgable volunteers. Revenue collected go to support park activities. 3 hours with 4 stops (10 min) to hear interesting information about habitat, development, Seminoles and Florida Panther.

Its a laid bk camp but the ground is mushy and mostly mud. Not bad at all but mosquitoes are huge so being spray

Nice park with boat and kayak ramp. Camp grounds are clean and very nice. Dont forget your Bug Spray and sun block!

Couple nice walking trails. Didnt see much the day we went.

Very spacious, well kept, clean bathrooms with showers. good warm water. Wheelchair accessible. Plenty of dog walking ares. Canoing available. Marsh walks. Historical sites. Close to shopping and restaurants. Lots to do in the area.

Staff was very helpful! All electrical panels need replacing! We had to move to another site after we were set up for a week because of a electrical failure! Other campers had to move as well! Again the staff was amazing and hard working!

Great park with plenty to do within 20 minute drive. Everglades city and big cypress national park are close by. Short drive into Naples if you need any supplies / groceries.

This Florida State Park is 17 miles south of Naples. There is camping but you need reservations November through March. Expect lots of insects and downpours during the summer. Theres a $5 admission fee per car.The only concession of any kind in the park is the canoe and kayak rental station. There is a friendly and helpful fellow there who is probably lonely and likes to talk who will rent you kayaks and or canoes and give you information about not getting lost.So, I repeat again, no concessions. No little store no place to buy a Coca-Cola No place to get sunscreen or food. Come prepared!There are guided canoe tours which occur Friday Saturday and Sunday only. I believe they start at 10:30 in the morning. I have the impression that inexperienced people should not go out on their own kayaking on the river that runs through the mangrove swamp but your results may vary.There is a nature walk out into the mangroves which is somewhat interesting if you have never been among mangroves... We saw very few birds there but it was still and peaceful. There are other trails that we simply didnt have enough energy to go on.There is a very involved looking machine which is one of the actual dredges used to build the tamiami trail through the Everglades. When you see this machine which is a glory of mechanical engineering for its time, You were marvel at the energy and money and time it must have taken to dig through the Everglades and get even the beginning of what we have today a way to travel up from Miami to Tampa. We happen to run into a garrulous old fellow who was very familiar with the equipment and he answered all my questions and then some.So come to camp or come to see the Bay City walking dredge or come to take a guided canoe tour, but be prepared with everything you need.

Great place to go a few trials...have a boat ramp..some old stuff u can look at...we camped 2 nights there was nice but not private at all...if go back to visit tho

Alot of people but nice and clean bathrooms.

Great park for kayaking from beginners to more advanced. Able to kayak to various campsites (permit needed to stay overnight). Had a nice boardwalk trail (a little less than one mile). The 6.5 mile trail is closed, you can still use the service road to hike - it is about 2 miles. Highly recommend for kayaking or canoeing.If you use a tent and dont go primitive, try to get campsite 1 - 19, they are more private.

I love state parks. This is a great camping spot but remember the bug spray. Lots of mosquitos especially as soon as the sun starts to set. We camped with a self contained RV camper so we kept the a/c on and windows closed. Call ahead to make sure there are available spots or better yet make an early reservation. State parks are very popular. I highly recommend them.

This place is great. Make sure to check out the Walking Dredge.

Great park friendly staff will definitely be visiting again.

Beautifully located just south of Naples with quick access to the beaches on Marco Island. Beach parking is $8 and cars only, no RV parking on Marci Island. One of the less private state parks with no vegetation between sites but our site 47 was very roomy and level with crushed shell and grass pad, picnic table & fire ring. There are bike & canoe rentals. Most interesting was the swamp dredge and its history. We were there in January and there were few insects but we have also been there in November when its still hot and there were tons of biting insects. Bring a screen tent or plenty of feet. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because of the loud road noise, especially on weekends when there were a lot of very loud motorcycles going by.

If you like kayaking in wide open waters with strong currents and strong winds this is the place for you. After you paddle for 2 hours to get to a good spot youre too tired to go look at the good spot you just wanna go home because you know you have a long way to go. I would not recommend this to anybody.

Came out on a Monday, and there was really nobody here yet. We were told we the first first visitors of the day, and it was after 8am. The rangers were very hospitable, and we hiked the nearby trail to find Floridas first GeoCache. The park itself is extremely well maintained. I really enjoyed it here

We have visited many Florida State Parks and have enjoyed all of them, except Collier-Seminole. Its a shame because the park has a great location. Granted, the parks just reopened after COVID-19 closure but we were told that park personnel worked during the closure. We just dont see that here. The campsites are absolutely infested with ant hills and these are fierce ants! We were originally on site 79 but requested a move to 78 due to the ants. Mosquitoes are crazy but that is natural to this part of the state. The ants need to be addressed, however. There was quite a bit of standing water between sites which adds to the mosquito population. The canoe livery was closed and you couldnt even launch your own canoe. We decided to ride our bikes on the 3.5 mile bike trail but after 100 ft on the trail we turned back due to poor conditions. We tried walking the .9 mile boardwalk loop. Turned back due to mosquitoes (even spray didnt prevent their attacks). I have never written a negative review of a state campground....until now.

Amazing! Had a great time with my family

I love this state park, and have visited this place several times in the past. Very historical, great camping. The misquitos are harsh though, but the friendly staff make up for it.

Great campsite, showers are amazing!!!

Excellent RV & Camping location. Kayak & small boat country. Great service staff and amenities.

Holy mosquitoes, Batman! A cute park with an adequate campground. Its nice to have a place to camp so close to home.

A great park. Fun if you like to walk, boat, or hike! Lots of neat things to look at! Plus the bathrooms were on point with hotels. I Would recommend!

Park has some good historical sites, trails and kayaking. $5 admission, could have more to do.

Don’t recommend canoeing here at all. I went with my boyfriend and we flipped because of a branch of the mangroves and there are gators here and they don’t tell you anything at all. Everything was done over the phone they gave me a code to get the gear and just told us to go get the canoe on our own and go. Not professional at all. I lost my brand new phone here and a fishing rod and fishing supplies as well and other personal valuables. They don’t warn you about your valuables nor do they tell you that in the past 2-3 years they have picked up about 50-60 people that have flipped their canoe. Scariest day of my life and I still haven’t been able to get my phone. They don’t do anything for u to even look for it and they didn’t even give us a refund. Horrible experience I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. They don’t even make u sign any papers or nothing everything was off of the phone. Police were involved as well.

It is a national park with camping and trails for hiking and fishing lots of natural landmarks very peaceful

Only stayed for 2 nights but I left a different person than I came.... in the best of ways come vibe over here and see for yourself

Very nice casual place. Camped with very nice sites and the trails we very primative so felt a lot more natural. Great place!!

Neat park, right off Tamiami Trail. Very cool display of walking dredge. Cute skeeter meter at gate. Glad it wasnt a donor day. Guided canoe trips available and looked intriguing if had time. Campground looked pretty big with some shade, but not a lot. Nice facilities although most things appear dated and minimal upkeep. A nice short stop if making the drive across this area.

Nice, interesting, pretty park. Mosquitos/biting bugs are unreal during bug season, right next to Everglades. You will literally be bitten nearly every second, or more than that even... extreme level. When office says bugs are bad, they seriously mean it. They have both private sites separated by foliage in forest/shade, or, an open field without privacy.

I am camping the week down here and loving it so far! Clean and quiet!

Great setting. Clean facilities and friendly employees and volunteers. Affordable fees. Gets my vote!

Nice park. Convenient to Naples fun, yet rural in feel. Glad we came.

Awesome....Great Air Boat rides in the area. Gorgeous park with wildlife abound. Birds and alligators . I highly recommend Corey Billies at $40.00 per person...Rick was our guide and Pat the Alligator Trainor is an interesting demonstration example of contact with alligators that he allows folks to hold and touch...No worries...its safe and the air boat ride is about an hour...Tell Trish the scheduler you prefer Rick the guide...He knows his stuff!

Lots to do with canoeing and bicycle rental on site. Good hiking trails available at Park or outside

Nice and relax park. Billy Larry was very helpful. Bring bug repellent.

I really enjoyed the park. It is close to Marco Island which has beautiful beaches, lots of shells and access for kayaking around the bay. The park has a kayak launch into the Mangrove canal which offers lots of bird watching. The sites at the park are varied. Some are very close to the next site and some have more space. Its location is the most positive attribute!! There is a trail through the Royal Palm Hammock which gives it a canopy to walk under and most of it has a boardwalk. We were next to the host site which was lucky for us. Bonney was an excellent resource for us and steered us toward the islands off Marco...which are easy to kayak to and spend time on the beach on the island and hunt for shells. We will be back for certain. We drove down to Everglade City which has many airboat ride opportunities. All in all...Collier Seminole and the history how it came to be is interesting.

Beautiful park with kayaking and hiking trails and camp grounds

It is a beautiful campground however there are not enough restroom facilities! They need at least 5 times the amount of toilets and double the amount of showers! There are a lot of people at this campground in season and since there are no sewer hookups everyone must use the park facilities! Camping is nice, facilities are lacking!

Did tge 2 shorter trails. The one with trail head by boat launch was easy and educational, no way to get lost. We did another hike Prairie Hammock which was about 3 miles in varying habitat. Saw a few birds but no other wildlife. Signage could have been better.

Great Birding! Lots of History. Clean facilities. *poor cell service, but it was nice to unplug for awhile*

As great as any Florida State Park. The camping area has nice amenities, including fire ring, electric and water hookups, and a central dump station. The sites are various sizes. If you have a bigger rig, make sure your reservation is made way in advance, as the bigger spots fill early, especially for winter camping.There is a really nice bicycle trail thats a 3.5 mile loop. The trail is generally flat and not super narrow, plus its covered in pine to make it a nice ride. Most of it has a shady tree canopy, and we even saw an alligator. Too bad we didnt get lucky enough to see one of the elusive Panthers.Youll also find some neat historical displays.The rangers are helpful and friendly, making this a really nice park to visit.

Excellent location to go outdoors with family and closed to the Beach as alternative!

Nice area, clean restrooms but they don’t have full hookups, it’s missing the sewer connection so if you are pulling a small trailer it gets full with just 3 showers in one day, you have to hook up the truck drive to a dumping station and then try to back into the tight space again because spots are small and back in so if you are staying for more than 2 days, you have to keep dumping away from your assigned space.

We had a fabulous spot, lots of space to spread out. The fire pit was a great success. I advise plenty of insect repellent of the strongest form. It seems the one I used which I brought from English seemed to attract bugs and I was a lovely dinner for a array of the little buggers. However the site are local area was much enjoyed.

Nice state park. Friendly and helpful rangers. The RV spot we were in was pretty large. Would stay again.

Cool state park right on the edge of the Everglades. We took a boat and explored a ton of areas. Great place to camp or RV.

Good location. Excellent customer service.

Stayed for the weekend while fishing the nearby Everglades. Clean and quiet. Camp host brought firewood to our site. It was dry and burned long. He even gave us a piece of pine lighter knot. Made fire lighting easy for the weekend.

Came camping with the family, and absolutely loved it! From the beginning where we thought we were going to arrive late, the park ranger provided excellent service, and great directions! The bathrooms are clean, the place is well taken care of, we took our dog with us, and they truly made it easy and a great experience! Canoeing was fun and beautiful.A definitely must!

Nice outdoor place with a trail and a building that has signs about the wildlife and surroundings

Nice and clean camping facilities. Plus, canoes, kayaks, trails and more.

My husband & I really liked it a lot!

Best bathrooms everything clean.To dificult to reserved with the empty park.

Great facilities. Clean restrooms. Large camp plots. Easy access to beaches (straight line 10 minute drive)

Nice place to fish

Great place to camp - if you love nature and walking etcboat launch very well maintained along with the entire park.Rangers especially friendly and helpful

Took the walk in the afternoon and went for a Swamp buggy ride with Big Cypress Swamp Tours that morning. Both were GREAT for seeing the Everglades.....

Everything was great here! Very relaxing!

Lovely park. Nice trails and kayaking available.

We had a great time on the guided canoe trip this morning and learned a lot from our guides, Kathy, Jason, Anna, and Greg! We stopped along the mangroves and were treated to discussions about wildlife, ecology, the Indians who lived there, and the building of Tamiami Trail.

Very beautiful place, loved all the history...

Park is clean and well maintained. Bring your big spray and apply liberally! Those Swamp Skeeters laugh at dry-feeling, pretty-smelling sprays, you need lip-burning, synthetic fabric-eating maximum percentage DEET! Our campsite layout was a little odd as the power pole and water spigot for our neighbour was in our site and ours in the next site (and so on) which reduced the feeling of privacy quite a bit. Wo would return if coming this way again!

Outrageous mosquitoes and red ants and no indication that a highway ran behind campsite. Didnt sleep well with traffic and trucks passing. Dont let an accident occur!

Very very buggy. No campfires. Will not be coming back to this location. We travel all over the country and have never seen so many flies, gnats, and mosquitoes.

Florida State Parks are awesome and this one has a wonderful variety of activities to keep you busy for days. The Blackwater River is an easy paddle through mangroves, no worries about getting lost and the tidal influence is minimal until you get close to the bay. The tent camping loop (1-19) is quiet and shady; the RV loop is just that, mainly a large open area packed with huge RVs. Id highly recommend the park as a hiking destination and a paddling destination. It is also a great place to stay and use as a base for trips in the Everglads, Big Cypress, and surrounding areas. Youre only about 10min away from a grocery store so if you need more ice or something like that its not a far drive.

Good level sites, nice trees, great restrooms and shower houses. About 20 minutes drive to Marco island.

Stayed there in December 2016 for 3 nights. Full Hookups, TV Channels over Antenna, Nice walking trails and History Exhibits......Will stay again.

Great place, tons of mosquitos. Awesome place to camp, although still in recovery from hurricane irma.

Overall the camping sites are pretty tight, great location to Marco Island and some of the beautiful beaches

Great campsite, everyone had lots of fun fishing and on the playground. Good little nature hike trail. Fire pits, electric, water, all on sites. Bathrooms were clean but bust.

The bike trail was 90% swamp. It was like a scary movie about to happen. We had to walk the bikes through water and sluge up to our calves. It was pretty. But I was not up for that much adventure.

Winter in the Everglades. Temps in upper 70s. No privacy at the campground, but nice and well maintained. Will be back!

Stayed in picnic area, turned out to be best spot. Campgrounds are overcrowded and very, very close together. But it is a very pretty park for a day visit.

They have a major Voltage problem. 1 leg of the 208v is bad. The park does not seem to understand this. I tested almost all of the empty sites. They tested bad on one leg of the 208v red leg. Probably bad transformer on main feed.Otherwise nice park, quiet, clean.

Camping and RVs have everything you need. Very clean and very helpful for anyone who wants to explore the true Everglades. 45 minutes and you can have all the amenities of Walmart Target and Publix but still deep enough in the wilderness for beginners the perfect platform for experienced primitive campers

Anything outdoors is a 4 plus star

We stayed Christmas week 2019. Campsites way too close together, poor layout, horribly muddy when it rains. Bathhouses way too small for full campground: lines for showers, battles for washer/dryer. Boring to kayak; no un-muddy foot trails; no bicycle access nearby. But the mosquitos and fire ants were impressive.

Truly a wonderful place. Everyone is very sweet.