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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. [7] Nine of the 175 parks do not have "State Park" in their name. Four are "conservation areas" (reserve, preserve, or wildlife refuge); three are ...
29°45′19″N 85°23′44″W. / 29.75528°N 85.39556°W / 29.75528; -85.39556. Area. 1,750 acres (7.1 km 2) Established. 1967. Governing body. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park is a Florida State Park on the St. Joseph Peninsula near Port St. Joe.
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Recreation Area occupies approximately the southern third of the island of Key Biscayne, at coordinates 25°40′25″N 80°09′34″W. This park includes the Cape Florida Light, the oldest standing structure in Greater Miami. [1] In 2005, it was ranked as having the 8th best beach in the country, [2] [3] and in ...
Florida Department of Environmental Protection. St. Marks River State Park which opened in 2007, is the 161st Florida State Park, located about 10 miles east of Tallahassee, south of U.S. Highway 27. The park's 2,589 acres occupy parts of Jefferson and Leon counties and act as a buffer from development for the St. Marks River.
5,000 acres (20 km 2) Governing body. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Silver Springs State Park, formerly known as Silver River State Park, is a Florida state park located on the Silver River in Marion County. The park contains Silver Springs, Florida's first tourist attraction . The Silver Springs attraction dates to the 1870s.
Rainbow Springs State Park is a Florida state park located on U.S. 41, 3 miles (5 km) north of Dunnellon, Florida. It comprises 1,459.07 acres (5.9046 km 2) upland (which includes around 100 acres (0.40 km 2) of wetlands) and 12.83 acres (51,900 m 2) submerged. The most significant natural feature is the first-magnitude headspring basin, which ...
Paynes Creek Historic State Park is a Florida State Park located on Lake Branch Road one-half mile southeast of Bowling Green, Florida.On November 21, 1978, it was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places, under the title of Payne's Creek Massacre-Fort Chokonikla Site (also known as "site of Chokonikla blockhouse and bridge" or "Military cemetery").
Governing body. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area is a 144-acre (0.58 km 2) Florida State Park in Flagler Beach, Florida, United States, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intra-Coastal Waterway on State Route A1A. It is about 18 miles (29 km) north of Daytona Beach and about 30 miles ...