Hog Island White (Fort Drum Marsh Conservation Area)

Hog Island White (Fort Drum Marsh Conservation Area) is a designated primitive campsite on St. Johns River Water Management District land in Indian River County, and it costs nothing. That is the District's own word for it: "Campsites are available to individuals or groups and are free of charge." The legal basis is Rule 40C-9.300 of the Florida Administrative Code, which authorises primitive camping on District Lands in designated sites and sets the only hard limit - seven continuous days, and 30 days a year on any one property. You get here by boat. This is one of the Upper St. Johns River Basin sites, and the District is blunt about it: there is no hike-in or drive-in access. The upside is that these are the only District campsites you do NOT have to reserve - they are first-come, first-served, six people max, so if somebody beat you to it you need a plan B on the water. Now the honest part. Tents only. RVs, trailers and truck campers are prohibited outright, and so is dispersed camping - you camp on the numbered site or not at all. Assume no drinking water: the District mentions only a non-potable pitcher pump at some drive-in sites, and this campsite layer records no water at all, so carry every drop. Pack your rubbish out, there are no bins. Fires go in the existing ring and nowhere else, you may collect deadfall off the ground but may not cut a standing tree dead or alive, and local burn bans override all of that. The one thing most likely to spoil your trip is a prescribed burn or a timber operation - the District says plainly that land management takes precedence over camping - so check its recreation announcements page before you commit to the drive. The nearest town is Yeehaw Junction, roughly 10.2 miles away in a straight line - the drive is longer, and on some of these approaches a good deal longer. Questions go to the Bureau of Land Resources on (386) 329-4401.

USGS topo — contours & terrain

Aerial — USGS / NAIP

EV charging — from Hog Island White (Fort Drum Marsh Conservation Area) · public land · FL — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

• Nearest public DC fast charger4.0 mi straight-line W — FPL EVOLUTION FORTDRUM 2, Okeechobee, FL · ChargePoint Network · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
• Public DC fast stations within reach22 within 25 mi · 82 within 50 · 375 within 100 · 709 within 150
• Nearest listing CHAdeMO4.0 mi — FPL EVOLUTION FORTDRUM 5, Okeechobee
• Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)23.0 mi — Mullinax Ford of Vero Beach · SYNERGEV · J1772, CCS · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
• Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Hampton Inn Vero Beach - Tesla Destination, Vero Beach, 14.8 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
• Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
• Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
• Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
  Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 180693 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center

Nearby restrooms — around Hog Island White (Fort Drum Marsh Conservation Area) · public land · FL — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

• Highway rest areaFort Drum Service Plaza · ~4.0 mi W
• Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 48 · ~22.8 mi SE
• Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 41 · ~23.0 mi SE
• Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 42 · ~24.5 mi NE

Open Hog Island White (Fort Drum Marsh Conservation Area) elsewhere

Other camps near Hog Island White (Fort Drum Marsh Conservation Area)

If this one is full, gated or washed out.

• Hog Island Yellow (Fort Drum Marsh Conservation Area)~0.2 mi
• Fort Drum Group (Fort Drum Marsh Conservation Area)~0.6 mi
• Garcia Camp (Blue Cypress Conservation Area)~7.3 mi
• Winter S Camp (Blue Cypress Conservation Area)~9.5 mi

How we know this — Hog Island White (Fort Drum Marsh Conservation Area)

What we don’t know about Hog Island White (Fort Drum Marsh Conservation Area)

A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.

• Road surface & last-mile access
• How many rigs actually fit
• Cell coverage by carrier
• Seasonal & winter access
• Current fire restrictions
• Whether any water here is drinkable
• Shade & wind exposure
• Noise and who else shows up
• Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it

Before you go — Hog Island White (Fort Drum Marsh Conservation Area)