List of Florida state parks
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There are 175[1] state parks and 9 state trails in the U.S. state of Florida which encompass more than 800,000 acres (320,000 ha),[2] providing recreational opportunities for both residents and tourists. The establishment of Shoal River Headwaters State Park was announced in 2026, bringing the number of Florida State Parks to 276.[3]
In 2023, 1,040 staff and 19,854 volunteers served 28 million visitors. There are 198 cabins, 3,311 campsites, 101 miles (163 km) of beaches, and 2,275 miles (3,661 km) of trails.[4]
The Florida Park Service is the division of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection responsible for the operation of Florida State Parks, and won the Gold Medal honoring the best state park system in the country in 1999 and 2005 from the National Recreation and Park Association. They were also finalists in the 1997 and 2011 competitions.[5] The Park Service was awarded the gold medal again in October 2013, making it the only three-time winner.[2][6] In 2019, they received the gold medal award again, resulting in them being the first four-time winner.[7]
Several state parks were formerly private tourist attractions purchased by the state of Florida to preserve their natural environment. These parks include the Silver Springs State Park, Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, Rainbow Springs State Park, and Weeki Wachee Springs. There are state parks in 58 of Florida's 67 counties.[8] Nine of the 175 parks do not have "State Park" in their name. Four are "conservation areas" (reserve, preserve, or wildlife refuge); three are "Historical/Archaeological sites"; one is a fishing pier and one is a recreation area.[9] Seven parks are mostly undeveloped with few or no facilities; 10 parks are accessible only by private boat or ferry;[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] and 13 parks contain National Natural Landmarks.[9] Additionally, there are eleven national parks and service sites in Florida locations[20] under control of the National Park Service.[21] There are Florida Forest Service managed Florida state forests, parks and preserves managed by the Water management districts in Florida, as well as county and city parks.
Florida State Parks are supported by tax dollars (document stamps), user fees, and to a much smaller extent charitable contributions. Many state parks have an associated local non-profit corporation. Most parks charge an entrance fee. Residents can purchase an annual entrance pass that is valid at any of the parks. Camping is available in campsites in some of the parks. All reservations for park facilities are handled through the private corporation ReserveAmerica. The Florida State Parks website (floridastateparks.org) provides an updated online guide to all parks.
Florida state parks and reserves
Note: The table of contents only applies when the list is sorted by park name.
- "Year" refers to the year the park was opened. If that date is not available, the year the state acquired the property will be used.[22]
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| Park Name | County or Counties[22] | Size[22] | Year Established[22] | Water Body(s)[22] | Image | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addison Blockhouse Historic State Park | Volusia | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (54.43 ha) | 1939 | Tomoka River | File:Elderly man at Addison Blockhouse Historic State Park - Ormond Beach, Florida.jpg | Ruins of a 19th-century plantation owned by John Addison |
| Alafia River State Park | Hillsborough | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (2,556 ha) | 1996 | Alafia River | File:Alligator - Alafia Springs State Park.jpg | Former phosphorus strip mine unremediated[23] |
| Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park | Leon | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (478 ha) |
1954 | Lake Hall | File:07-09-30 LkHall2.JPG | Originally named Killearn Gardens State Park[24] |
| Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve State Park | Polk | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (3,266 ha) | 1991 | unnamed ponds | File:A D Broussard Preserve SP parking01.jpg | Home to rare scrub habitat for wildlife |
| Amelia Island State Park | Nassau | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (93 ha) |
1983 | Nassau Sound Atlantic Ocean |
File:AmeliaIslandAerial.jpg | Horseback riding is permitted on the beach |
| Anastasia State Park | St. Johns | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (648 ha) |
1949 | Atlantic Ocean | File:Anastasia Beach.jpg | Hurricane Dora connected Anastasia Island and Conch Island in 1964 |
| Anclote Key Preserve State Park | Pasco | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (163 ha) |
1997 | Gulf of Mexico | File:Ancloteislandlh.JPG | Accessible only by ferry or boat[10] |
| Avalon State Park | St. Lucie | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (263 ha) |
1987 | Atlantic Ocean | File:Ft Pierce FL Avalon SP01.jpg | Used for frogman training during World War II |
| Bahia Honda State Park | Monroe | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (212 ha) |
1961 | Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Mexico |
File:Bahia Honda Sunset.jpg | An island in the lower Florida Keys |
| Bald Point State Park | Franklin | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (1,646 ha) | 1999 | Gulf of Mexico | File:BaldPointStateParkDock.jpg | Amphibious landing exercises held during World War II |
| The Barnacle Historic State Park | Miami-Dade | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (2 ha) |
1973 | Biscayne Bay | File:Miami 229.jpg | Oldest house in Coconut Grove; built in 1891[25] |
| Big Lagoon State Park | Escambia | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (285 ha) |
1977 | Big Lagoon | File:Pensacola FL Big Lagoon SP from obs tower06.jpg | Start of the Great Florida Birding Trail |
| Big Shoals State Park | Hamilton | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (1,528 ha) |
1989 | Suwannee River | File:BigShoalsRapids.jpg | Largest whitewater Class III rapids in Florida |
| Big Talbot Island State Park | Duval | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (648 ha) |
1949 | Atlantic Ocean | File:Unique hardpan formations-Blackrock Beach.jpg | Part of Talbot Islands State Parks |
| Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park | Miami-Dade | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (162 ha) |
1967 | Atlantic Ocean | File:Bill Baggs SP beach01.jpg | Home to the Cape Florida Light on Key Biscayne |
| Blackwater River State Park | Santa Rosa | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (239 ha) |
1967 | Blackwater River | File:FL Blackwater River SP pano01.jpg | Home to 1982 Florida Champion Atlantic white cedar tree |
| Blue Spring State Park | Volusia | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (1,053 ha) | 1972 | St. Johns River | File:Manatees in Blue Spring.jpg | Largest spring on the St. Johns River and a designated manatee refuge |
| Bulow Creek State Park | Volusia | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (2,268 ha) |
1981 | Bulow Creek | File:Ormond Beach FL Bulow Creek SP Conrad-Oates bldg01.jpg | 400-year-old Fairfield oak and 11 plantation sites |
| Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park | Flagler | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (61 ha) |
1945 | Bulow Creek | File:Bulow Plantation Ruins HSP - Ruins.jpg | Extensive stone ruins[26] |
| Caladesi Island State Park | Pinellas | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (992 ha) |
1966 | Hurricane Pass Gulf of Mexico Scharrer Bayou St. Joseph Sound |
File:Caladesi state park canoes 01.jpg | Ferry available, 108-slip marina[18] |
| Camp Helen State Park | Bay | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (75 ha) |
1996 | Lake Powell Gulf of Mexico |
File:PC Beach Camp Helen SP04.jpg | Day use park formerly used as private resort |
| Cayo Costa State Park | Lee | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (983 ha) |
1976 | Gulf of Mexico | File:CayoCostaStatePark.jpg | Accessible only by ferry or boat - primitive cabins[19] |
| Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve | Levy | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (2,036 ha) |
1978 | Gulf of Mexico | File:Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve01.jpg | Very limited facilities |
| Cedar Key Museum State Park | Levy | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (8 ha) |
1960 | Gulf of Mexico | File:Cedar Key State Museum Whitman04.JPG | The St. Clair Whitman house depicts life in Cedar Key circa 1920 |
| Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park | Charlotte | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (17,220 ha) |
1978 | Gasparilla Pass Charlotte Harbor |
File:Charlotte Harbor Pres SP02.jpg | Very limited facilities |
| Collier-Seminole State Park | Collier | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (2,604 ha) | 1947 | Gulf of Mexico | File:Collier-Seminole SP dredge pano03.jpg | National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark, the Bay City Walking Dredge used to build the Tamiami Trail through the Everglades |
| Colt Creek State Park | Polk | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (2,052 ha) | 2007 | several small lakes and creeks | File:Colt Creek SP road01.jpg | Part of the Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve |
| Constitution Convention Museum State Park | Gulf | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (5 ha) |
1956 | none, but near St. Joseph Bay | File:Constconvmuseumportstjoe1a.jpg | Site where first Florida Constitution was drafted in 1838 |
| Crystal River Archaeological State Park | Citrus | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (25 ha) |
1965 | Crystal River | File:Crystal River Arch Park TM01.jpg | National Historic Landmark and one of the oldest continuously occupied pre-Columbian sites in Florida |
| Crystal River Preserve State Park | Citrus | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (12,150 ha) | 2004 | Crystal River | File:Crystal River Preserve State Park Entrance02.jpg | Rare spring-fed estuary |
| Curry Hammock State Park | Monroe | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (405 ha) |
1991 | Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Mexico |
File:Marathon FL Curry Hammock SP03.jpg | Named for a Miami teacher whose family owned key land |
| Dade Battlefield Historic State Park | Sumter | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (32 ha) |
1921 | none | File:Dade-battlefield-bushnell.jpg | Second Seminole War battle where 105 of 108 troops were massacred by 180 Native Americans |
| Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park | Monroe | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (981 ha) |
1982 | Atlantic Ocean | File:Key Largo FL Dagny Johnson Key SP path01.jpg | Park's name changed in 2001 to honor park activist |
| De Leon Springs State Park | Volusia | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (243 ha) |
1982 | Crystal River | File:De Leon Springs State Park15.jpg | "Old Methuselah" is a 500-year-old bald cypress; previously a private park with Jungle Cruise; 19 million gallons (72 million liters) of 72 °F (22 °C) water daily |
| DeSoto Site Historic State Park | Leon | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (2 ha) |
2003 | none | File:Tallahassee FL De Soto site01.jpg | Site of Hernando de Soto 1539 encampment and Gov. John W. Martin House |
| Deer Lake State Park | Walton | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (808 ha) |
1996 | Gulf of Mexico Deer Lake |
File:DeerLakeSP.JPG | Very rare freshwater lake among coastal dunes |
| Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park | Collier | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (67 ha) |
1981 | Cocohatchee River Gulf of Mexico |
File:Delnor-Wiggins SP beach01.jpg | Barrier island with white sugar sand beach |
| Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park | Alachua | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (27 ha) |
1974 | sinkhole pond | File:Devil's Millhopper - 2.jpg | 120-foot (36.6 m) deep, 500-foot (152.4 m) wide sinkhole accessed by 232 step stairway |
| Don Pedro Island State Park | Charlotte | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (93 ha) |
1985 | Gulf of Mexico | File:Don Pedro Island SP land base02.jpg | Barrier island accessible only by boat or ferry[15] |
| Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park | Broward | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (126 ha) |
1973 | Atlantic Ocean | File:Dania Beach FL John U. Lloyd SP beach south01.jpg | Formerly known as John U Loyd State Park |
| Dudley Farm Historic State Park | Alachua | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (132 ha) |
1989 | none | File:Newberry Dudley Farm visit01.jpg | Shows agricultural development in Florida from the 1850s through the mid-1940s |
| Dunns Creek State Park | Putnam | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (2,430 ha) |
2001 | St. Johns River Dunns Creek |
File:DunnsCreekStateParkCreek.jpg | Steamboat stop during the 1920s |
| Econfina River State Park | Taylor | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (1,840 ha) |
1989 | Econfina River | File:EconfinaRiverStatePark.jpg | Confederate deserters camped here and assisted Union blockcade ships during the Civil War |
| Eden Gardens State Park | Walton | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (66 ha) |
1968 | Tucker Bayou | File:WesleyHsEdenGrdnsStPk.JPG | Restored plantation house with Louis XVI style furniture |
| Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park | Wakulla | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (2,430 ha) |
1968 | Wakulla River | File:WakullaSpringsSP.jpg | One of the largest and deepest freshwater springs in the world |
| Egmont Key State Park | Hillsborough | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (133 ha) |
1974 | Tampa Bay | File:Egmont Key04.jpg | The ruins of Fort Dade and Egmont Key Light are inside the park |
| Estero Bay Preserve State Park | Lee | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (4,050 ha) | 1974 | Estero Bay | File:EsteroBayPreserveStatePark.jpg | The first aquatic nature preserve established in Florida |
| Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park | Collier | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (30,375 ha) | 1975 | none | File:FakahatcheeStrandPreserveStatePark.jpg | Part of the Big Cypress National Preserve in the Everglades |
| Falling Waters State Park | Washington | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (69 ha) |
1962 | 2-acre pond | File:FallingWatersStateParkWaterfall.jpg | Contains a 73-foot (22.3 m) waterfall, tallest in Florida |
| Fanning Springs State Park | Gilchrist | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (578 ha) |
1997 | Fanning Springs Suwannee River |
File:Fanning Springs Park springs01.jpg | A first magnitude spring purchased by the state in 1993 |
| Faver-Dykes State Park | St. Johns | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (2,448 ha) | 1950 | Pellicer Creek | File:Faver-Dykes State Park - boat launch.jpg | A wilderness area |
| Florida Caverns State Park | Jackson | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (527 ha) |
1942 | Chipola River | File:FLCaverns-Jan2007.jpg | The only Florida state park with public cave tours |
| Forest Capital Museum State Park | Taylor | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (6 ha) |
1967 | none | File:Forest Capital Museum SP cracker01d.jpg | Includes a late 1800s Florida cracker homestead |
| Fort Clinch State Park | Nassau | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (578 ha) |
1935 | Amelia River | File:FortClinchAir.jpg | Construction of Fort Clinch began in 1847 |
| Fort Cooper State Park | Citrus | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (287 ha) |
1977 | Lake Holathlikaha | File:Fort Cooper Inverness road01.jpg | On the Withlacoochee State Trail |
| Fort Foster State Historic Site | Hillsborough | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (12 ha) |
1935 | none | File:Fort Foster 4.jpg | Part of Hillsborough River State Park; replica fort built in 1972 |
| Fort George Island Cultural State Park | Duval | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (648 ha) |
1949 | Atlantic Ocean | File:Fort George Island tabby ruins01.jpg | Hurricane Dora connected Anastasia Island and Conch Island in 1964 |
| Fort Mose Historic State Park | St. Johns | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (10 ha) |
2005 | none | File:St Aug Fort Mose01.jpg | National Historic Landmark originally known as Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mosé |
| Fort Pierce Inlet State Park | St. Lucie | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (138 ha) |
1973 | Tucker Cove Atlantic Ocean |
File:Ft Pierce FL Fort Pierce Inlet SP beach02.jpg | Used for frogman training during World War II |
| Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park | Monroe | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (35 ha) |
1974 | Straits of Florida | File:Fortzacharytaylor.jpg | Pre-civil war fort abandoned, restoration began in the late 1960s by volunteers |
| Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park | Okaloosa | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (145 ha) |
1966 | Rocky Bayou | File:FredGannonRockySpringsSP.jpg | Named in honor of United States Air Force Colonel who preserved site |
| Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail | Alachua | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". miles (26 km) |
1989 | Boulware Springs | File:Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail east end02.jpg | Passes through Paynes Prairie |
| Gamble Plantation Historic State Park | Manatee | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (35 ha) |
1927 | Manatee River | File:Gamble Plantation SP mansion01.jpg | Sole surviving antebellum mansion in south Florida, once a 3,500-acre (1,416 ha) sugarcane plantation |
| Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach | Flagler | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (58 ha) |
1961 | Atlantic Ocean | File:FL Gamble Rogers SRA east side beach01.jpg | Renamed from Flagler Beach State Recreation Area in 1992 |
| Gasparilla Island State Park | Charlotte Lee |
Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (52 ha) |
1983 | Charlotte Harbor | File:Gasparilla Island SP beach03.jpg | Gasparilla Island Lights were lit in 1890 |
| George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier | Duval | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". ft (2,440 m) |
1999 | Nassau Sound Atlantic Ocean |
File:George Crady Bridge SP02.jpg | Pedestrian-only fishing bridge |
| Gilchrist Blue Springs State Park | Gilchrist | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (165 ha) |
2017 | Santa Fe River | File:Gilchrist Blue Spring (Gilchrist County, FL) (1912370232).jpg | Several springs in the park, including a second magnitude spring with 44 million gallons (167 million liters) per day. |
| Grayton Beach State Park | Walton | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (891 ha) |
1968 | Western Lake Gulf of Mexico |
File:Grayton beach.jpg | Popular pristine beach offers cabins & camping, boating, fishing and trails |
| Henderson Beach State Park | Okaloosa | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (90 ha) |
1983 | Gulf of Mexico | File:HendersonBeachStateParkShore.jpg | U.S. Air Force Clausen Tracking site until 1951 |
| Highlands Hammock State Park | Highlands | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (3,640 ha) |
1931 | none | File:HighlandsHammockCCC.jpg | One of the highest ranking parks in Florida for endemic biodiversity |
| Hillsborough River State Park | Hillsborough | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (1,370 ha) |
1935 | Hillsborough River | File:Hillsboro River.JPG | Fort Foster is inside the park |
| Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park | Citrus | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (85 ha) |
1984 | Homosassa River | File:HomosassaSpringsWildlifeStatePark.jpg | Home to numerous manatees |
| Honeymoon Island State Park | Pinellas | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (1,128 ha) |
1975 | Hurricane Pass Gulf of Mexico St. Joseph Sound |
File:Honeymoon Island State Park (Image 1).jpg | Easily accessible by bridge from Dunedin |
| Hontoon Island State Park | Volusia Lake |
Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (667 ha) |
1960 | St. Johns River Hontoon Dead River |
File:Hontoon Island State Park St. Johns River.JPG | Accessible only by ferry or boat[11] |
| Hugh Taylor Birch State Park | Broward | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (73 ha) |
1941 | Atlantic Ocean | File:Ft Laud FL Hugh Taylor Birch SP04.jpg | Park is in the middle of urban Fort Lauderdale |
| Ichetucknee Springs State Park | Columbia | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (908 ha) |
1972 | Ichetucknee River | File:Ichetucknee Springs SP north springs02.jpg | Drift tubing and certified cave diving |
| Indian Key Historic State Park | Monroe | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (4 ha) |
1972 | Atlantic Ocean | File:Indian Key.jpg | First county seat for Dade County; accessible only by boat[12] |
| John D. MacArthur Beach State Park | Palm Beach | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (132 ha) |
1989 | Lake Worth Atlantic Ocean |
File:North PB FL MacArthur Beach SP beach east01.jpg | A gift from John D. MacArthur to the people of Florida |
| John Gorrie Museum State Park | Franklin | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (0 ha) |
1958 | none | File:Gorriemuseumapalachicola1.jpg | Physician John Gorrie patented the first mechanical refrigeration process (air conditioning) |
| John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park | Monroe | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (21,465 ha) |
1963 | Atlantic Ocean | File:Molasses11.jpg | First underwater park in the United States |
| Jonathan Dickinson State Park | Martin | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (4,658 ha) |
1950 | Loxahatchee River | File:Two Bucks.jpg | Formerly a top-secret radar training school during WWII; now hosts the Elsa Kimbell Environmental Education & Research Center |
| Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park | Okeechobee | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (21,870 ha) | 1997 | none | File:Kissimmee Prairie PSP01.jpg | The U.S. Army used the land to train B-17 bomber crews during World War II |
| Koreshan State Historic Site | Lee | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (55 ha) |
1983 | Estero River | File:Koreshan SHS planetary court02.jpg | Home of the Koreshan Unity group |
| Lafayette Blue Springs State Park | Lafayette | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (284 ha) |
2005 | Suwannee River | File:Lafayette Blue Springs State Park (Lafayette County,FL).jpg | First magnitude spring with 168 million gallons (636 million liters) per day |
| Lake Griffin State Park | Lake | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (234 ha) |
1968 | Dead River Oklawaha River |
File:LakeGriffinSPBoathouse.jpg | Connects Oklawaha to Lake Griffin |
| Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park | Leon | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (41 ha) |
1966 | St. Marks River | File:Tallahassee FL Lake Jackson Mounds SP mound02a.jpg | Fort Walton Culture capital from 1050 to 1500 |
| Lake June in Winter Scrub State Park | Highlands | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (342 ha) |
1995 | Lake June in Winter | File:Lake June in Winter Scrub SP lake pano01.jpg | Limited facilities; still under development |
| Lake Kissimmee State Park | Polk | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (2,402 ha) | 1977 | Lake Kissimmee | File:Sandhill cranes at Lake Kissimmee State Park.jpg | The 1876 Cow Camp is a living history site with Cracker Cowboys |
| Lake Louisa State Park | Lake | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (1,771 ha) | 1974 | Lake Louisa | File:Lake Louisa State Park.jpg | Park includes the Green Swamp and six lakes |
| Lake Manatee State Park | Manatee | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (225 ha) |
1970 | Lake Manatee | File:Lake Manatee SP lake pano01.jpg | 60-site campground was opened in 1986 |
| Lake Talquin State Park | Leon Gadsden |
Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (213 ha) |
1971 | Lake Talquin | File:NELkTalquin-Oct2007.JPG | Lake Talquin is a 10,000 acre (4,047 ha) reservoir created by the Jackson Bluff Dam on the Ochlockonee River |
| Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park | Jefferson | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (76 ha) |
1998 | Lake Miccosukee | File:Letchworth Mounds01.jpg | Site of the tallest prehistoric, Native American ceremonial earthwork mound in Florida |
| Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park | Monroe | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (4,245 ha) |
1971 | Florida Bay Gulf of Mexico |
File:LignumvitaeKeyBotanicalSP.jpg | Access via private boat or tour boat; daily visitors are limited[13] |
| Little Manatee River State Park | Hillsborough | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (985 ha) |
1974 | Little Manatee River | File:Little Manatee River SP river01.jpg | Park includes equestrian trails and campsites |
| Little Talbot Island State Park | Duval | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (648 ha) |
1949 | Atlantic Ocean | File:Little Talbot Island - Myrtle Creek.jpg | Part of Talbot Islands State Parks |
| Long Key State Park | Monroe | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (391 ha) |
1969 | Atlantic Ocean | File:Long Key.jpg | Grand resort was destroyed by the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 |
| Lovers Key State Park | Lee | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (288 ha) |
1983 | Gulf of Mexico | File:Fort Myers Beach FL Lovers Key SP north01.jpg | Lovers Key State Park merged with Carl Johnson County Park in 1996 |
| Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park | Lake Seminole |
Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (7,049 ha) |
1976 | Wekiva River St. Johns River |
File:Lower Wekiwa River Preserve SP02.jpg | Wildlife corridor to the Ocala National Forest |
| Madira Bickel Mound State Archaeological Site | Manatee | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (4 ha) |
1970 | Tampa Bay | File:Terra Ceia FL Madira Bickel SP01.jpg | Named for the owners who donated it to the state in 1948 |
| Madison Blue Spring State Park | Madison | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (1 ha) |
2000 | Withlacoochee River | File:Madison Blue Springs SP spring01.jpg | First magnitude spring |
| Manatee Springs State Park | Levy | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (989 ha) |
1949 | Suwannee River | File:Manatee Springs State Park Florida springs05.jpg | First magnitude spring |
| Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park | Alachua | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (40 ha) |
1970 | none | File:Mkrawlingshouse.jpg | 1930s farm and citrus orchard |
| Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park | Clay | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (810 ha) |
1935 | Little Lake Johnson | File:Gold Head Branch SP ravine02.jpg | Hiking and Equestrian trails |
| Mound Key Archaeological State Park | Lee | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (46 ha) |
1970 | Estero Bay | File:MoundKeyShellMound.jpg | Accessible only by boat - no facilities[14] |
| Myakka River State Park | Sarasota Manatee |
Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (14,985 ha) |
1941 | Myakka River Upper Myakka Lake |
File:Myakka-Prairie.jpg | Land partly donated by Bertha Palmer, pioneer farmer, rancher & developer |
| Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park | Leon | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (46 ha) |
1949 | St. Marks River | File:Natural Bridge Monument.jpg | Site of the second largest Civil War battle in Florida |
| North Peninsula State Park | Volusia | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (216 ha) |
1984 | Atlantic Ocean | File:NPSP-0246.JPG | Metal pieces from the wreck of the North Western, which sank prior to World War II, have emerged on the beach |
| Okeechobee Battlefield State Park | Okeechobee | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (85 ha) |
2007 | Lake Okeechobee | File:Okeechobee FL Battlefield01.jpg | Battle site during the Second Seminole War |
| O'Leno State Park | Columbia | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (2,430 ha) |
1940 | Santa Fe River | File:OLeno SP - Footbridge.jpg | Many facilities built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s |
| Ochlockonee River State Park | Wakulla | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (159 ha) |
1970 | Ochlockonee River Dead River |
File:Ochlockonee River SP river02.jpg | Many older trees show scars from turpentine industry |
| Oleta River State Park | Miami-Dade | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (422 ha) |
1986 | Oleta River Biscayne Bay |
File:Beach at Oleta River State Park.jpg | Park has high numbers of the invasive species Casuarina (Australian pine) |
| Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park | Baker | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (17 ha) |
1949 | none | File:OlusteeMonument.jpg | First State Historic Monument in 1909 |
| Orman House Historic State Park | Franklin | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (1 ha) |
2001 | Apalachicola River | File:Apalachicola Orman House07.jpg | House built in 1838 |
| Oscar Scherer State Park | Sarasota | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (567 ha) |
1956 | South Creek Lake Osprey |
File:Ossp-canoeride.jpg | Major habitat of the Florida Scrub Jay |
| Paynes Creek Historic State Park | Hardee | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (166 ha) |
1981 | Paynes Creek | File:Paynes Creek SP pano01.jpg | Site of Fort Chokonikla and the Kennedy-Darling trading post during the Seminole Wars |
| Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park | Alachua | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (8,505 ha) |
1971 | Lake Wauburg | File:Paynesprairiegainesville1.jpg | Savanna formerly occupied by Seminole Indians |
| Perdido Key State Park | Escambia | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (117 ha) |
1978 | Gulf of Mexico | File:Pensacola FL Perdido Key SP access02.jpg | A barrier island |
| Price's Scrub State Park | Marion | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (389.42 ha) |
2002 | Sinkhole lakes | File:Price’s Scrub State Park - Pine Flatwoods near trailhead.jpg | Contains woodland, marsh, scrub, scrubby flatwoods, and sinkhole lakes |
| Ponce de Leon Springs State Park | Holmes | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (170 ha) |
1970 | Mill Creek Sandy Creek |
File:Ponce De Leon SP06.jpg | 14 million gallons (53 million liters) of 68 °F (20 °C) water outflow daily |
| Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park | Duval | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (1,578 ha) |
2003 | Atlantic Ocean | File:Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve SP entr01.jpg | Part of Talbot Islands State Parks |
| Rainbow Springs State Park | Marion | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (596 ha) |
1990 | Rainbow River | File:Rainbow spgs florida.JPG | 600 million gallons (2.3 billion liters) of 68 °F (20 °C) water outflow daily |
| Ravine Gardens State Park | Putnam | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (24 ha) |
1934 | St. Johns River | File:Ravinegardens01.jpg | Gardens built by Works Progress Administration in 1933 |
| River Rise Preserve State Park | Columbia | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (1,823 ha) |
1974 | Santa Fe River | File:SantaFeRiverRisePreserveSP.jpg | Location where Santa Fe River reemerges after 3 miles (4.8 km) underground |
| Rock Springs Run State Reserve | Lake | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (5,731 ha) |
1983 | Wekiva River | File:Rock Springs Run Preserve SP01.jpg | Joins Wekiwa Spring run to create the Wekiva River |
| Royal Palm State Park | Miami-Dade | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (1,620 ha) |
1916 | Everglades | File:RPSP Dedication.png | Became the nucleus of Everglades National Park in 1934 |
| San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park | Alachua | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (2,981 ha) |
1974 | small water bodies | File:San Felasco Hammock entr01.jpg | A mature Florida forest and wildlife habitat with hiking, biking, and horse trails |
| San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park | Wakulla | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (7 ha) |
1964 | Wakulla River St. Marks River |
File:StMarksFrtBombproofWall.JPG | History of this national landmark dates to 1528 |
| San Pedro Underwater Archaeological Preserve State Park | Monroe | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (261 ha) |
1989 | Atlantic Ocean | File:SanPedroUnderwaterArchaeologicalPreserveSP.jpg | Dutch-built ship sank in a hurricane on July 13, 1733 |
| Savannas Preserve State Park | St. Lucie Martin |
Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (2,430 ha) |
1977 | Indian River | File:Jensen Beach FL Savannas Preserve SP01.jpg | Area around Jensen Beach was known as the "Pineapple Capital of the World" from 1895 to 1920 |
| Seabranch Preserve State Park | Martin | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (2,981 ha) |
1992 | Indian River lagoon | File:SeabranchPreserveStatePark.jpg | Four different natural habitats within short distance |
| Sebastian Inlet State Park | Brevard Indian River |
Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (306 ha) |
1970 | Sebastian Inlet | File:SebastianInletStatePark.jpg | Park never closes; second most visited Florida park |
| Silver Springs State Park | Marion | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (2,025 ha) |
1987 | Silver River | File:Ocala Silver River Park - River01.jpg | The headspring area was the focal point of Silver Springs Nature Theme Park, a now-defunct commercial attraction |
| Skyway Fishing Pier State Park | Hillsborough Manatee |
Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". ft (10,530 m) |
1994 | Tampa Bay | File:Sunshine skyway pier 01.jpg | Utilizes approaches to old Sunshine Skyway Bridge, following the 1980 collision by MV Summit Venture and construction of a new bridge |
| St. Andrews State Park | Bay | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (486 ha) |
1950 | Gulf of Mexico Grand Lagoon |
File:PC St Andrews SP GofM06.jpg | Named "America's Best Beach" in 1995 |
| St. George Island State Park | Franklin | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (795 ha) |
1963 | Gulf of Mexico | File:PC St George Island SP07.jpg | Named "6th Best Beach in America" for 2011 after Hurricane Dennis destroyed the facilities in 2005 |
| St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park | Martin | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (376 ha) |
1965 | Atlantic Ocean | File:StLucieInletPreserveSP.jpg | Barrier island accessible only by boat[16] |
| St. Marks River Preserve State Park | Leon | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (1,049 ha) |
2007 | St. Marks River | File:St Marks River SP05.jpg | The St. Marks River flows from the wetlands east of Tallahassee to the Gulf of Mexico |
| St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park | Brevard Indian River |
Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (8,910 ha) |
1995 | St. Sebastian River | File:St. Sebastian River Pres SP FL SE area01.jpg | The Hernández–Capron Trail was built to link St. Augustine with Fort Pierce during the Second Seminole War |
| Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park | Hamilton | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (324 ha) |
1950 | Suwannee River | File:Stephen Foster FCCSP museum01.jpg | Carillon tower with 97 tubular bells plays Foster's songs every day |
| Stump Pass Beach State Park | Charlotte | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (99 ha) |
1971 | Gulf of Mexico | File:Stump Pass Beach SP beach02.jpg | Day park consisting of three islands offer swimming and boating, shelling and hiking, fishing and diving |
| Suwannee River State Park | Suwannee | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (729 ha) |
1951 | Suwannee River Withlacoochee River |
File:SuwanneeRiverStatePark.jpg | The 1860 Columbus Cemetery, pieces from an 1800s sawmill, and Civil War earthworks are points of interest |
| T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park | Gulf | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (770 ha) |
1967 | Gulf of Mexico | File:St Joseph Peninsula FL SP beach north01.jpg | Dedicated to the former owner, who sold it to the U.S. Army in World War II |
| Talbot Islands State Parks | Duval | 1949, 2003 | Atlantic Ocean | See Big Talbot Island State Park, Little Talbot Island State Park, and Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park. | ||
| Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park | Escambia | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (1,737 ha) |
1998 | Perdido Bay | File:Pensacola FL Tarkiln Bayou SP Claire bdwlk06.jpg | Limited facilities; nature trails, picnic tables and a bathroom |
| Terra Ceia Preserve State Park | Manatee | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (783 ha) |
2000? | Tampa Bay | File:TerraCeiaPreserveStatePark.jpg | Land acquired by the state and Southwest Florida Water Management District |
| Three Rivers State Park | Jackson | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (278 ha) |
1955 | Chattahoochee River; Flint River Lake Seminole |
File:3RivStPkLkSmnl2008.JPG | The 1947 Jim Woodruff Dam created Lake Seminole; the outflow is the Apalachicola River |
| Tomoka State Park | Volusia | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (729 ha) |
1945 | Tomoka River | File:ChiefTomokieStatueTomokaStatePark.jpg | Urban park completely surrounded by development |
| Topsail Hill Preserve State Park | Walton | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (665 ha) |
1992 | Gulf of Mexico | File:TopsailHillPreserveStateParkSunset.jpg | Site of munitions testing range during World War II |
| Torreya State Park | Liberty | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (5,563 ha) |
1935 | Apalachicola River | File:Torreyapark03.jpg | Park named after the endangered Torreya tree |
| Troy Spring State Park | Suwannee Lafayette |
Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (34 ha) |
1995 | Suwannee River | File:TroySpringsStateParkAerial.jpg | First magnitude spring; the Civil War steamboat "Madison" was scuttled there in 1863 |
| Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park | Levy | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (12,468 ha) | 2005 | Gulf of Mexico | File:Photograph of sunset in Waccasassa Springs State Park.jpg | Accessible only by boat; no recreational facilities[17] |
| Washington Oaks Gardens State Park | Flagler | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (9 ha) |
1964 | Atlantic Ocean | File:Washington Oaks State Gardens.jpg | Park has formal gardens, citrus groves and house |
| Weeki Wachee Springs | Hernando | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (218 ha) |
2008 | Weeki Wachee River | File:Weeki Wachee River July 2013.jpg | The headspring area features underwater performances by female dancers in mermaid costumes |
| Wekiwa Springs State Park | Orange | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (3,128 ha) | 1969 | Wekiva River | File:Wekiwa Run.jpg | 42 million gallons (159 million liters) of 72 °F (22 °C) water outflow daily |
| Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park | Pasco | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (1,377 ha) | 2001 | Gulf of Mexico | File:Werner-boyce01.jpg | Named for the Werner-Boyce Preserve purchased by Pasco County in 1994; undeveloped |
| Wes Skiles Peacock Springs State Park | Suwannee | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (297 ha) |
1986 | Suwannee River | File:Image-Peacock Springs Entrance.jpg | 28,000 feet (8,534 m) of explored passageways make it one of the largest locations for cave diving in the U.S. |
| Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park | Monroe | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (13 ha) |
1986 | Atlantic Ocean | File:WindleyKeyFRGStatePark.jpg | Quary provided Keystone (limestone) for the Overseas Railroad in 1908 |
| Ybor City Museum State Park | Hillsborough | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acre (0 ha) |
1976 | none | File:Tampa Ybor City Museum01.jpg | Shows the history of Tampa's cigar industry and Latin influence |
| Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park | Duval | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (648 ha) |
1949 | Atlantic Ocean | File:YellowBluffFortHistoricStatePark.jpg | Confederate camp constructed during the American Civil War |
| Yellow River Marsh Preserve State Park | Santa Rosa | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (4,455 ha) |
2000 | Yellow River | File:YellowRiverMarshPreserveStatePark.jpg | One of Florida's last remaining tracts of wet prairie; no recreation facilities |
| Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park | Citrus | Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". acres (2 ha) |
1953 | Homosassa River | File:Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins01.jpg | Senator David Levy Yulee built the mill on his 5,100-acre (2,064 ha) plantation, Margarita, in 1851 |
See also
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- AmeriCorps Florida State Parks
- Florida tourism industry
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Florida
- List of National Natural Landmarks in Florida
- List of Florida bike trails
- List of national parks of the United States
- List of U.S. state parks
- List of major springs in Florida
References
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