W.P. Franklin is a small Army Corps of Engineer (COE) park located just northeast of Ft Myers in Florida. COE parks are usually located near water features (lakes and rivers) and usually have some great camping spots at great prices. As can be imagined, they are quite popular and often difficult to get in. I stayed at this location in 2021 and didn’t have any problems reserving a site for 9 days. This year (2022), I couldn’t get in. It has been hard to reserve a spot nearly everywhere I’ve looked especially over a weekend.
W.P. Franklin is a lock and dam feature located on the Caloosahatchee River. It has 29 RV sites and 8 boat sites. The campground is almost completely surrounded by the Caloosahatchee River with just a narrow stretch of land connecting it to the shore. The Caloosahatchee River is part of the 152 mile Okeechobee Waterway that spans South Florida from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.