Jetty Park Campground

Jetty Park Campground is the Canaveral Port Authority's RV, tent and cabin campground beside the Jetty Park beach and pier at 9035 Campground Circle in Cape Canaveral, and it fills many months ahead.

The Port describes RV and tent camping with access to the beach and fishing pier, cabins of 242 sq. ft., and a camp store selling ice cream, RV and camping supplies, snacks, beach gear, T-shirts and souvenirs (Jetty Park Campground). The store opens Monday to Thursday and Saturday to Sunday from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM and Fridays from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM, takes card or Apple Pay only, and now serves day park visitors too. A camper-only lounge offers a coffee station, a charging station, TV and DVD rentals, books and board games, and children under 16 there need an adult.

The Port's 2023 economic contribution study estimated 11,855 parties would spend a night at the campground in 2023, up about 16 percent from the 2018 study, or about 35,565 people staying an estimated 5 nights each, and the Canaveral Port Authority estimated that 84 percent would stay in an RV, 14 percent in tents and 2 percent in cabins (2023 Economic Contribution of Port Canaveral). Those are the Port's own planning estimates, not counts.

Camping on Port Canaveral park land points to Jetty Park: the Port's boat ramp FAQ answers no to camping at the ramps and points boaters to a Jetty Park reservation instead (Port Canaveral Boat Ramps), and the beach page keeps every pet inside the Jetty Park campground area, off the day park and sand (Jetty Park Beach and Pier).

Jetty Park Campground takes reservations up to 12 months ahead online, by phone or at the Jetty Park Camp Store, and the Port advises booking a year out or aiming for July to September.

Rule 6.1 sets the 12-month window and the three ways to book (Jetty Park Rules and Regulations). The rules refuse double bookings under one name for the same dates and do not rent campsites, cabins or pavilions to anyone under 18. Processing fees are charged per reservation and are not refundable, the optional site-lock fee is also non-refundable, and the person who made the reservation must stay for the whole visit; co-campers cannot enter the Jetty Park campground until that person checks in.

The Port's campground page does not print prices. The FAQ says every Jetty Park rate is a daily rate, with no weekly or monthly rates, and that campsite photos appear on the booking page (Jetty Park Campground). Rule 10.6 says rates can change without notice and sends readers to the Port park-services page for current figures (Jetty Park Rules and Regulations).

RV and tent campers at Jetty Park check in at 2 PM and leave by noon, cabin guests arrive at 3 PM and leave by 11 AM, and stays top out at 120 nights for RVs and 14 for tents and cabins.

The table follows rules 7.1, 7.2, 8.1 and 9.1 to 9.3 (Jetty Park Rules and Regulations). Weekends at Jetty Park Campground need at least two nights, a weekend being Friday and Saturday outside holidays, and campers may not arrive or leave on a Saturday. Holidays, which the staff set each year, need at least three nights. At check-in the camper shows a credit card and driver's license matching the reservation, and the card stays on file for incidentals. A site not vacated on time draws a $100 fee.

The Port enforces check-in times strictly. Campers who arrive early may use the beach and day park while they wait, but only if they have no pet with them, and they cannot reach their site before the posted time (Port Canaveral Park Services FAQs). Once checked in, campers keep access to the Jetty Park beach and pier after the 9:00 PM day park closing, although fishing from the rocks stays off limits.

Jetty Park Campground takes a deposit of one or more nights at booking, charges $25 to $100 to cancel with enough notice, and keeps the whole deposit when the notice is too short.

Under rule 10.3 an RV booking of 1 to 13 nights needs one night's deposit, 14 to 29 nights needs four, and 30 to 120 nights needs 30; a tent or cabin booking needs one night for 1 to 3 nights, two for 4 to 7, and three for 8 to 14, each plus the processing fee (Jetty Park Rules and Regulations). The balance is due at check-in, except that stays of 90 days or longer move to a monthly plan whose last payment falls 30 days before departure. If a camper has not checked in by 5:00 P.M. on arrival day, Jetty Park staff may charge the card on file for the balance.

Cancelling at Jetty Park needs 7 days' notice for stays shorter than 30 days and 14 days' notice for longer ones. With that notice, RV and tent bookings of 1 to 13 days pay $25, 14 to 29 days $75 and 30 days or more $100; cabins pay $25 for 1 to 3 days, $75 for 4 to 7 days and $100 for 8 to 14 days; a small pavilion cancels free and a large one costs $25 (Jetty Park Rules and Regulations). No-shows and shortened stays get no refund, outside the early departure rules.

Changes cost $20 each, or $100 when the original Jetty Park booking ran 30 days or longer, and a reservation can be rescheduled only once; a change made the same day as the booking is free (Jetty Park Rules and Regulations). Leaving one night early with notice before noon costs the $20 change fee and refunds that night; leaving up to seven nights early costs one night, and more than seven nights early costs two.

Jetty Park RV sites are back-in only and site locations are not guaranteed, tent sites must have a pitched tent, and cabins ban cooking appliances, smoking and candles.

One RV or camping unit is allowed per RV site at Jetty Park, plus one extra unit, a tent only, when the occupancy limit in rule 7 is met, and staff may ask for photos of a rig before approving it (Jetty Park Rules and Regulations). Sleeping in a car is banned unless the vehicle has a camping mode. Tents are not allowed on the inlet sites, and the inlet is the only place portable generators may run, never during quiet hours. Campers can keep trailers, boats and jet skis on the Site 200 overflow lot with the campground hang tag displayed.

Cabins at Jetty Park allow no cooking appliances and no smoking, vaping or candles, and a minimum $100 charge applies for damage or a lost key (Jetty Park Rules and Regulations). Wood fires are limited to the approved pits near the pavilions and the east and west campgrounds, and a site fire pit needs a water hook-up. Visitors who are not camping need a dump pass to use the dump station, which does not admit them to the beach or day park.

Dogs and cats may stay on Jetty Park RV sites for $2 per dog per night, visitors may come only during day park hours without pets, and groups camp in the West Tent Area.

Rule 17 limits Jetty Park Campground pets to dogs and cats, keeps them off tent sites, cabins and the inlet, caps an RV site at three, and requires a leash no longer than six feet; cats are free and emotional support dogs pay the $2 nightly fee (Jetty Park Rules and Regulations). Each pet must be vaccinated as Florida law requires, and a $25 fee is added each time dog waste is left behind. The state rule behind the vaccination clause is section 828.30, which requires dogs, cats and ferrets 4 months of age or older to be vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian or authorized person (Section 828.30, Florida Statutes).

Guests of Jetty Park campers may enter only during day park hours and may not bring pets, and any co-camper staying overnight must be reported to staff before the registered camper arrives (Jetty Park Rules and Regulations). Group camping happens only in the West Tent Area, which has two group sites holding up to 15 tents each with at least one chaperone or leader per five minors, and a tax-exempt group must pay with details that match its exemption form.

Change is under way at Jetty Park Campground: the Port says the old camp store will be torn down to make room for improvements that include a dog park for campers (Port Canaveral Park Services FAQs).

Last verified: October 21, 2026, for Jetty Park Campground: booking window, daily-rate note, check-in times, stay caps, deposit and cancellation tables, pet fees and group rules were re-read in the Port rules and FAQs, with the 2023 study and section 828.30.