City, County & Regional Parks · Florida
River Primitive Camping (North Hooty Point Road)
City, County & Regional Parks · Florida, United States
- Cost
- free reservation/permit (current pages checked 2026-09-03)
- Drinking water
- No
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- No
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 85 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 4
- Nearest town
- Inverness
- Address
- 2988 North Hooty Point Road, Inverness, FL 34453
- Phone
- 800-423-1476; 352-796-7211 ext. 4470
About
Southwest Florida Water Management District camping area at Potts Preserve. The district publishes no confirmed site count, so none is recorded here. Primitive. Restrooms. Free, but a permit is required. Reservations: online. This listing shares a point with the Potts Preserve River Primitive Camp listing; the district maps one river primitive camp at Potts Preserve.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 45° | 28° | 81° | 1 of 11 |
| February | 75° | 56° | 43° | 84° | 0 of 11 |
| March | 78° | 59° | 38° | 87° | 0 of 11 |
| April | 81° | 62° | 50° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| May | 87° | 69° | 61° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 89° | 75° | 69° | 95° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 89° | 76° | 72° | 98° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 89° | 77° | 71° | 98° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 87° | 75° | 65° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 82° | 67° | 48° | 89° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 76° | 59° | 40° | 84° | 0 of 10 |
| December | 71° | 57° | 38° | 82° | 0 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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- Equestrian/Primitive Camping (North Dee River Road) · City, County & Regional Parks · 2 mi
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