Big Hickory Island Preserve Campground
Big Hickory Island Preserve Campground
Big Hickory Island Preserve Campground offers primitive camping on Bowtie Island exclusively for permitted circumnavigational paddlers on the Great Calusa Blueway, requiring a free advance permit and float plan.
The 186-acre preserve features multiple paddling launch points, beach access, fishing opportunities, and bird watching in a mangrove and oyster bed habitat; camping is not permitted elsewhere within the preserve, and no fires or grilling are allowed.
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