Miami · Towables
What qualifies
A towable is the camper you pull behind your own truck or SUV instead of driving. You supply the tow vehicle; the host supplies the living space. That split usually means a lower nightly rate than a motorhome, plus the freedom to unhitch at the campsite and keep your truck for day trips. PickRV covers four common types. Travel trailers are the all-rounder for families. Fifth-wheels are taller, roomier rigs that connect to a pickup bed for stable long-distance towing. Popup and teardrop trailers are light and simple — easy to pull to a state park lake or a weekend festival. The key number is tow weight: each listing lists dry weight so you can match it to your vehicle. Renters pay one transparent 10% service fee at checkout plus tax, with no drip pricing, and cancellation is free for 48 hours.
Timing
The same winter logic as every Miami trip applies — December through March brings 75-80 F highs, open Everglades campgrounds, and near-zero hurricane risk — but trailers add one wrinkle: hurricane season (June 1 to November 30) is a worse bet with a towable, because an evacuation means re-hitching and hauling in the same outbound crush everyone else is driving. August through October is the stretch to avoid outright. Book winter sites early: the county campground opens reservations 6 months out, the Encore resort 12 months out, and Boat Show week (typically February) applies 2-3x pricing and minimum stays across everything south of Fort Lauderdale.
Where it works
Every spot below comes from the Miami arrival guide — fees, length caps, and reservation windows included.
The county park takes rigs to 45 feet across 240 full-hookup sites at about $48 a night — an easy fit for any travel trailer or fifth-wheel. Unhitch here, 18 miles from the city, and the truck handles Miami traffic while the trailer stays legal. The free on-site dump station closes the loop on departure day.
The Broward County alternative 22 miles north: water, electric, and sewer hookups with some 50-amp sites, trailers to 40 feet, around $52 a night on a shorter 3-month reservation window — useful when Miami-Dade sites are gone. Its dump station takes non-guests for $15, handy on a northbound exit toward Fort Lauderdale.
The full-service option for longer stays: paved pads, 30/50-amp full hookups, rigs to 45 feet, about $89 a night with a 12-month booking window. For a family parking a trailer for a week of park-and-beach day trips, the paved-site comfort and resort amenities justify the premium over the county parks.
The Everglades dry-season base, open November through May: no hookups, trailers to 35 feet, $33 a night with a dump station on site. A towable shines here — drop the trailer, then run the park road to Flamingo with just the tow vehicle instead of piloting your whole camp 58 miles each way.
What it costs
Towables are the value play: PickRV travel trailers, fifth-wheels, and popups list from $65 to $285 per night — typically under a comparable motorhome — because you supply the tow vehicle. Checkout adds one 10% service fee plus tax, nothing else, and cancellation is free for 48 hours. Match the listing's stated dry weight to your tow rating before booking.
Good to know
Only within tight limits. Miami-Dade County Code Sec. 33-20(f) allows one RV or camping unit per residential lot, capped at 30 feet long and 10 feet high, and it may not be occupied or hooked to utilities. Sleeping in a driveway-parked trailer is enforceable by code compliance, with citations that escalate per repeat violation — a campground site is the workable answer.
Larry & Penny Thompson and Miami Everglades RV Resort both take rigs to 45 feet, C.B. Smith Park caps at 40 feet, and Long Pine Key inside Everglades National Park caps at 35 feet with no hookups. If the Everglades is the point of your trip, size the trailer to that 35-foot limit.
You need a tow vehicle rated for the trailer's weight. Every PickRV towable listing states its dry weight so you can check it against your vehicle's tow rating, and tags like half-ton-towable flag the trailers a common pickup handles. Lightweight popups and teardrops work behind many SUVs.
