Boyd’s Key West Campground

Waited for the morning rain to stop so you can head to the game room to download the paper. Just another added feature of camping at Boyd’s! Bad Wifi = good morning exercise!!!

I personally will never be returning to this campground when I visit the keys. First off, I spent over $ 100 a night to stay in a waterfront campsite that was filled with trash. We found a condom washed up on our campsite. Second, apparently they are so strict about you having one extra person staying in your tent without telling them that they will follow you around on the golf cart like you are a child. I spent 90% of my time in the keys away from the campsite and the employees were giving us trouble from the beginning. I paid a lot of money for a campsite to be treated like a child and told I can’t have an extra person sleeping in my tent when the staff shouldn’t have been following us around to begin with. I will never return and I advise going to any other campground you can because it sucks.

Alright I know it’s on the keys but to have a campsite on the water but staff does not suggest you put your feet in just doesn’t seem like it would be worth $ 80.
The staff was super friendly and moved us to another site upon request because we didn’t like the view.

It is good to have a 24 hours security. It’s quick and trustworthiness. Someone was drunk and tried to break in my tent. The security came in 10 minutes and solve it.

Great staff, wonderful location! Perfect location to bike to Key West! Also, Chicos Cantina is close by and HIGHLY recommended!

They pack you in pretty tight but the facility is clean and the staff is friendly. Our site (125) sits right on the water, perfectly level and beautiful for our 24′ RV. A good mix of seasonal and tent campers keep it interesting. It’s technically not on Key West; it’s on Stock Island. Occasional planes fly low overhead coming in and out of the airport but that doesn’t seem to bother us.

The staff is very friendly! They made my boyfriend and I feel welcomed from the start. The site was prime for what we were looking for. A boat launch for our canoe, great fishing spots, and friendly neighbors.
While there were a few negatives… firewood $ 10, THE ROOSTERS AT THE CRACK OF DAWN (welcome to Key West, though). I definitely enjoyed our stay and will be back very soon.

Avoid using their site for online reservations: this process simply doesn’t work.
Getting squeezed through their unusually huge form (stupidly made from functional standpoint, by the way — fire the developers, they’re unqualified!) — I heard nothing back from them whatsoever.
Neither mail nor phone. For a week or so.
So I called them.
And you can bet what happened — no reservation exist. At all.
Oops. And that is kinda high season, every day of delay in booking reduce your options at enormous pace.
And there’s even bigger concern here: the form contained the credit card part — so where did this data go? Who’s gonna be using it and how?
Should I consider my card compromised from now on?
Allright, so they told me they’re already almost packed at the moment, but got some spot (which was worse than I intended to book).
Ok, book it for me, said I.
And they were like: deposit 75 bucks, I’m awaiting you to spell your credit card right here into the phone.
First: oh rlly, guys — so I’m gonna spell my card number to YOU whose ability to keep the payment info secure I ALREADY concern about?
Like hell I will!
Second, told I, YOU screwed it up, not me — so do a courtesy deposit-​free booking as apology for that, upon arrival I’ll pay the full price.
See, I was asking for that, not they did propose me something — they feel totally ok, no fault.
And guess what — they totally & firmly refused!
So, concluding: nice customer service, guys, keep it going like that, you’re on the straight road to success & fame!
PS Of course, I booked another campground following this encounter.

last minute stop glad we did really nice and people are to nice gift shop very clean showers and rest rooms…

This place is awesome. It is beautiful and well kept. The landscape is very tropical and up lifting. Comfort Stations clean. Extremely helpful staff! Loved this place!!!

This place stole my money. I canceled right at the one week date required but Karen was extremely rude and said she would not refund my $ 75 deposit. I explained why I need to cancel but she just gave me an attitude and just keep saying their keeping my money and there’s nothing I can do about it. Don’t trust this place with your money.

Key West is expensive… that’s the reality! So if you’re a broke-​ass hippie fool like me, your options are limited… even the hostel is $ 50/​night!!! So if you’re with a group, this place is a pretty good deal.
Two friends and I shared a waterfront tent site here for about $ 80/​night. Better deal than the hostel, but the ambiance was kinda weird — closely surrounded by retired RVers in ginormous rigs, generators humming. Woken at dawn by roosters crowing and fighter jets blasting off from the nearby air base — even earplugs don’t help! I wore the silicon in-​ear kind, PLUS a wraparound sleep mask that covers my ears, and I could still hear everything. Those jets are LOUD, and right across the bay. The ground rumbles when they take off at 7am every morning, so don’t expect to sleep in.
Sites are jammed in literally cheek-​to-​jowl — our waterfront site had zero shade, just a picnic table and a BBQ grill jammed in between two fake white picket fences and a couple of spindly palm trees. No buffer whatsoever from the blasting wind, or from the neighbors — they are all up in your business, and yes you can hear your neighbors snoring. No fire pits, but you can build a campfire on the ground. No water at the site — must walk to bathrooms.
The ground is really hard, but staking your tent is recommended — we didn’t, and ours was almost destroyed by the wind… which can be FIERCE on the waterfront sites!
On the plus side, the place is VERY clean, and the restrooms are nearby and immaculate. If you want a hot shower, my advice is to walk a ways to the big bathhouse near the checkin area — the water was hotter and the pressure better in there.
Campground is kinda far from the action, way up on Stock Key. But you are in walking distance to the fabulous Hogfish Grill, plus the Tom Thumb quickie mart, Jolly’s liquor store, Burger King and CVS. The bus into Key West is fairly convenient to ride in… but after 7pm the schedule is pretty sparse, so make sure you head back early.
If /​when I return to Key West, I would probably not stay here again. Sure, it’s a value of sorts… but overall it’s a pain in the ass for what you pay. I’d probably cough up $ 50 for the hostel, next time.

7 am was the first time I heard the jets practicing their maneuvers off the coast. I didn’t mind because who needs to sleep in when you are vacationing in Key West. Not me. IF you do like to sleep in consider ear plugs. The people from our early morning arrival through our entire stay was fantastic.
Make sure you bring a hammer and some strong stakes as the ground is made of crushed coral and can be tough to stake into.
It’s a real fun/​easy bike ride to the main strip. The sites are a bit small but we didn’t care.
All the facilities where clean which is always an added bonus.

We had a wonderful experience here at Boyd’s. Everyone is so friendly and our stay was really enjoyable. Yes, the spots are smaller than your average campground but you really need to consider where you’re staying. Of course they’re going to be smaller! Despite that, my family and I had a great time and when we come back to key west, we are without a doubt staying there again. Ps– T13 is one of the bigger test sites ;).

The campsites are small, but that’s not why we went.
We stayed at a tent site near the water– and because of that, there weren’t too many bugs. It was beautiful and was a great spot for bird watching.
Bathrooms and showers were clean, check-​in was easy and the store had all the basics (ice, water, coffee)
It’s only a 10 minute drive to the hot spots in Key West, and since we were drinking, we took a cab into town and it was only about $ 15 with almost no wait.

Yeah, don’t plan on getting to intimate in your tent, there’s no privacy due to the sizes of the sites… and the bugs ate me alive… but it was awesome seeing the stars at night through the palm trees and catching the sunrise right from the window of our tent.

So, I’m not sure why everyone is all up in arms about the campsite sizes. There’s a number on their website, you can call and ask them what the sizes are. There are four bathhouses, a large swimming pool, and fairly decent-​sized gift/​convenience shop.
We reserved four nights but only stayed for two. They had no problem refunding the other two nights. Our site had water and electric hook ups which was nice. We plugged in our fans and had water access to put out the grill.
The security is good and the employees seem to really be on top of what’s going on.
We’d like to come back, just when its not quite so hot (it was mid-​July).
Do your due-​diligence and research the place before you reserve.

Boyd campsites are small and it is expensive, but it is the Keys so if you’re looking for an inexpensive place to stay in Key West this is it. Nice spots right on the water and the park staff is helpful and friendly. You’re only about 5 miles from everything, so bring your bikes and you’re good to go!

Camp ground has great location to Key West. Sites are tight for big rigs, pool is very nice. Only complaint is dogs that are listed as not allowed in park on web site are.

These spots are tighter than a straight man’s ass walking down Duval street.
The smallest spots I’ve ever seen for large RVs. Concerned you can’t get it in? (Let’s be real, all men have trouble putting it in the hole.) They have pro’s who will park for you.
To the people complaining about the price… dude, it’s Key West!
Space is at a premium, and so therefore prices are. Glad things are cheap where you live, in Podunk.
We rented bicycles from the front office and its a lovely way to get around town.
Now, to be fair, this is as far away from Key West you can be and still call yourself Key West. But Key West is a bike town. I recommend it.
We just stayed for a weekend, but this place is geared more towards snow bids staying a while. It has planned activities, laundry, pool, showers, and a manned guard box, even through the night.