Larry & Penny Thompson Park Campground

We stayed here to visit Biscayne national park. We were pleasantly surprised by how nice the campground is in the middle of large urban area. Spaces has asphalt pads and concrete area for picnic tables. Even though close together there are trees all around. Bathrooms are renovated with beautiful tile. Laundry facilities all spaces throughout. Loved having nearby walking/biking paths through the rest of the park. Appreciated the pool and Rec area. There are even bikes that are available to bike around the campground for use. The only draw back is limited hours for restrooms (close at 6 pm). But we would definitely stay again.

We enjoyed this park a great deal. Having a full hook-up such a short distance from Miami for less than $30/night really makes the place stand out. I like set-up for RV camping--several loops with easy back-in--and had convenient services for each loop. It also has a swimming pool just for the campground, monitored by lifeguards, something I haven't seen for a long time. The pool did close on Mondays and Tuesdays during our stay, but I don't know if that always happens. Many seasonal campers around us, but also had some shorter term travelers. We had to get on a wait list to get a spot, but that happens a lot in Florida in winter.
The campground sits adjacent to the rest of the park which has very nice bike/hike trails and many picnic shelters. It has a "beach", though I'd hesitate to call it that. More of a stretch of sand along a small lake. It also has a waterpark, though that looks shut down for Covid or seasonal or something. Also very close to Zoo Miami and a short drive from Biscayne Bay National Park--both wonderful places!

We stayed at Larry and Penny Thompson park for nearly two weeks in March 2021.

We used our hotspot for work and got a good signal through Verizon.

The bathrooms, pool, beach, and pavilions were closed due to Covid, but they look very nice to use when they open up. There were a lot of snowbirds, friendly folks. On site laundry and plenty of places to walk and jog. Lots of dogs and most people picked up after them. Laundry facilities were open. This park is very convenient to major roads and the turnpike. Easy off and on in our motorhome.

Sites are kind of close together, but not on top of each other. Our site was a pull through, fairly level, FHU.

There is construction going on to revamp the park, so it may be difficult to obtain a site as they have sections of the campground closed off. This campground does accept mail and packages.

We camped in a 40’ motorhome and had plenty of room for our truck as well.

This would have been a somewhat enjoyable stay with a lake, playground, and walking path - EXCEPT that one of our bikes got stolen from right in front of our fifth wheel while we were inside. Whoever stole our bike threw another clearly stolen bike (cut lock still attached to it) on our site and knocked over our kid’s bike. This area is not the safest and there is currently a lot of construction going on in the campground. ALSO, a groundskeeper yelled at me and my kids and told us we couldn’t play by the lake, then another family was playing by the lake and they didn’t say a word to them.

This relatively inexpensive state park (paid $37/night) is a great place for those who want to visit the Miami area. It’s conveniently located between Miami and the Upper Keys. A big plus for us was that it offers full hookups and spacious and relatively leveled spots. Due to COVID restrictions, they only accept self-contained RVs because bathrooms and showers facilities were close. If you like nature, they have a lake with a renovated beach area, trails for walking/running (all flat) and bike paths. The RV park area is under renovation. Apparently, they are making electric and sewer improvements, removing tree roots, and repaving the roads and spots. Highly recommended!

Big park, sites are relatively well spread out, reasonable number of trees, but not overly shady.

Tonnes of construction (will be going on for a while) but park is big so not noisy in many places.

Closes at 8 pm. Gates locked. Nearly all amenities closed due to COVID. No WiFi due to construction whilst we where there.

Verizon data was slow. Even with a booster.

Larry and Penny was the best choice on Miami Dade area. Even though is on reconstruction to upgrade the pods plumbing and electric. Old pod where clay and metal plumbing. Good 50 and 30 amps hooks ups as well as water and sewer. Nice shade lots asphalt paved. Pool. Baths and recreational were restricted due to covid-19 but park lake and all the other amenities where available. Nice staff. Nightly security on place as well as police presence trough the day. Mostly full time campers there. They allow up to 180 days yearly, you will have to wait another 180 days to be able to return. Close to the Miami Dade Zoo if you have kids. Closet to Florida turnpike and US1 and reasonable distance to the Florida Keys. Overall I will stay again good for the price. You have some avocados trees on your lots if you go during season nice to have florida avocados. County should work on add on some kind of wifi and update the cellphone repeaters

Our Ford F-250 King Ranch 4x4 diesel got stolen in the middle of the day from right in front of our RV at this park. This state park is NOT secure! We just purchased this vehicle and we did not drive it. Whomever stole our truck was an insider that cased the place. It is very scary to know that guests cannot feel secure here. Talking to neighbors today we found that theft of different items as bicycles, etc. is common in this place, we wish we would have known earlier.