City, County & Regional Parks · Florida
Trial Ford
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
- 125 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 4
- Nearest town
- Lakeland
- Phone
- 800-423-1476; 352-796-7211 ext. 4470
About
Southwest Florida Water Management District camping area at Green Swamp East Tract. The district publishes no confirmed site count, so none is recorded here. Backcountry primitive. Free, but a permit is required. Reservations: online.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 46° | 28° | 81° | 1 of 11 |
| February | 77° | 57° | 44° | 87° | 0 of 11 |
| March | 80° | 60° | 40° | 89° | 0 of 11 |
| April | 82° | 63° | 48° | 95° | 0 of 11 |
| May | 88° | 70° | 62° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 88° | 74° | 68° | 95° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 89° | 76° | 72° | 95° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 89° | 76° | 71° | 96° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 87° | 75° | 68° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 82° | 69° | 51° | 90° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 77° | 62° | 38° | 84° | 0 of 10 |
| December | 74° | 58° | 38° | 83° | 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.
Nearby campgrounds
- Colt Creek State Park · Florida State Parks · 2 mi · 39 sites
- Gator Hole Backcountry · City, County & Regional Parks · 2 mi
- McNeil Primitive Camping · City, County & Regional Parks · 4 mi
- Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve East Tract – Mott Hammock Backcountry Campsite · City, County & Regional Parks · 5 mi
- Hampton Tract Equestrian/Primitive Camping · City, County & Regional Parks · 5 mi
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