DuPuis Management Area

Recreational opportunities include hunting, horseback riding, cycling, camping, hiking, auto touring, and fishing.

Habitats on the property include ponds, wet prairies, cypress domes, pine flatwoods, and remnant Everglades marsh.

Its remote location provide a dark night sky well suited for star gazing.

Animal species include deer, turkey, quail, bobcat, alligator, hawks, owl, woodpecker, wading birds, bald eagles, sandhill cranes, wood stork, and eastern indigo snakes.

[2] Species inhabiting the property include the federally endangered red cockaded woodpecker which are being reintroduced.

Hunting seasons include a period for muzzleloading, mobility impaired, general, wild hog, small game, spring turkey, and archery.

Permits are obtained online from the South Florida Water Management Districts' Recreation page.

There are two solar powered composting toilets (limited supplies furnished) and a shared single hose bib of potable water.

It is open to all users and is the only campsite at DuPuis that allows RV's/travel trailers and horse rigs.

Amenities at this campground include a bath house with hot showers and flushing toilets, potable water and a dump station.

Only registered licensed vehicles are permitted and may only be operated on the named grades at DuPuis.

Please check for hunt closure dates at myfwc.com/hunting/wma-brochures or on the South Florida Water Management District Recreation website.