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Water SNo Park Name County Size Year Remarks Body(s) Alafia State 6,312 acres Former phosphorus strip mine 1 Hillsborough 1996 Park (2,556 ha) unremediated Alfred B. Maclay 1,180 acres Originally named Killearn Gardens 2 Leon 1954 Lake Hall Gardens State Park (478 ha) State Park Allen David 8,065 acres unnamed 3 Broussard Catfish Polk 1991 Home to rare scrub habitat for wildlife (3,266 ha) ponds Creek Nassau Sound Amelia Island State 230 acres Horseback riding is permitted on the 4 Nassau 1983 Atlantic Park (93 ha) beach Ocean 1,600 acres Atlantic Hurricane Dora connected Anastasia 5 St. Johns 1949 (648 ha) Ocean Island and Conch Island in 1964 Anclote Key 403 acres Gulf of 6 Pasco 1997 Accessible only by ferry or boat Preserve State Park (163 ha) Mexico 650 acres Atlantic Used for Frogman training during 7 St. Lucie 1987 (263 ha) Ocean World War II Atlantic Bahia Honda State 524 acres Ocean 8 Monroe 1961 An island in the lower Keys Park (212 ha) Gulf of Mexico Bald Point State 4,065 acres Gulf of Amphibious landing exercises held 9 Wakulla 1999 Park (1,646 ha) Mexico during World War II Barnacle Historic 5 acres Oldest house in Coconut Grove; built 10 Miami-Dade 1973 Biscayne Bay State Park (2 ha) in 1891 Big Lagoon State 705 acres 11 Escambia 1977 Big Lagoon Start of the Great Florida Birding Park (285 ha) Big Shoals State 3,772 acres Suwannee Largest whitewater Class III rapids in 12 Hamilton 1989 Park (1,528 ha) River Florida Big Talbot Island 1,600 acres Atlantic 13 Duval 1949 Part of Talbot Islands State Parks State Park (648 ha) Ocean Bill Baggs Cape 400 acres Atlantic Home to the Cape Florida Light on 14 Miami-Dade 1967 Florida State Park (162 ha) Ocean Key Biscayne Blackwater River 590 acres Blackwater Home to 1982 Florida Champion 15 Santa Rosa 1967 State Park (239 ha) River Atlantic white cedar tree Blue State 2,600 acres St. Johns Largest spring on the St. Johns River 16 Volusia 1972 Park (1,053 ha) River and a designated Refuge Bulow Creek State 5,600 acres 400-year old Fairfield oak and 11 17 Volusia 1981 Bulow Creek Park (2,268 ha) plantation sites Bulow Plantation 150 acres 18 Ruins Historic State Volusia 1945 Bulow Creek Extensive stone ruins (61 ha) Park Caladesi Island State 2,450 acres Gulf of Accessible only by ferry or boat; 108 19 Pinellas 1966 Park (992 ha) Mexico slip marina Lake Powell Camp Helen State 185 acres Day use park formerly used as private 20 Bay 1996 Gulf of Park (75 ha) resort Mexico Cayo Costa State 2,426 acres Gulf of Accessible only by ferry or boat - 21 Lee 1976 Park (983 ha) Mexico primitive cabins Cedar Key Scrub 5,028 acres Gulf of 22 Levy 1978 Very limited facilities State Reserve (2,036 ha) Mexico Cedar Key Museum 19 acres Gulf of The St. Clair Whitman house depicts 23 Levy 1960 State Park (8 ha) Mexico life in Cedar Key circa 1920 Gasparilla Charlotte Harbor 42,518 acres Pass 24 Charlotte 1978 Very limited facilities Preserve State Park (17,220 ha) Charlotte Harbor National Historic Mechanical Collier-Seminole 6,430 acres Gulf of Engineering Landmark, the Bay City 25 Collier 1947 State Park (2,604 ha) Mexico Walking Dredge used to build the Tamiami Trail through the several small Colt Creek State 5,067 acres Part of the Green Swamp Wilderness 26 Polk 2007 lakes and Park (2,052 ha) Preserve creeks Constitution 13 acres Site where first Florida constitution 27 Convention Museum Gulf 1956 none (5 ha) was drafted in 1838 State Park National Historic Landmark and one of 61 acres 28 Archaeological State Citrus 1965 Crystal River the oldest continuously occupied pre- (25 ha) Park Columbian sites in Florida Crystal River 30,000 acres 29 Citrus 2004 Crystal River Rare spring-fed estuary Preserve State Park (12,150 ha) Atlantic Curry Hammock 1,000 acres Ocean Named for a Miami teacher whose 30 Monroe 1991 State Park (405 ha) Gulf of family owned key land Mexico battle where Dade Battlefield 80 acres 31 Sumter 1921 none 105 of 108 troops were massacred by Historic State Park (32 ha) 180 Native Americans Dagny Johnson Key 2,421 acres Atlantic Park's name changed in 2001 to honor 32 Largo Hammock Monroe 1982 (981 ha) Ocean park activist Botanical State Park "Old Methuselah" is a 500-year old bald cypress; previously a private park De Leon Springs 600 acres 33 Volusia 1982 Crystal River with Jungle Cruise; 19 million gallons State Park (243 ha) (72 million liters) of 72 °F (22 °C) water daily Site of Hernando de Soto 1839 DeSoto Site Historic 5 acres 34 Leon 2003 none encampment and Gov. John W. Martin State Park (2 ha) House Gulf of 1,995 acres Very rare freshwater lake among 35 Walton 1996 Mexico (808 ha) coastal dunes Deer Lake Cocohatchee Delnor-Wiggins 166 acres River Barrier island with white sugar sand 36 Collier 1981 Pass State Park (67 ha) Gulf of beach Mexico Devil's Millhopper 120-foot (36.6 m) deep, 500-foot 67 acres 37 Geological State Alachua 1974 sinkhole pond (152.4 m) wide sinkhole accessed by (27 ha) Park 232 step stairway Don Pedro Island 230 acres Gulf of Barrier island accessible only by boat 38 Charlotte 1985 State Park (93 ha) Mexico or ferry Dr. Julian G. Bruce Named "6th Best Beach in America" 1,962 acres Gulf of 39 St. George Island Franklin 1963 for 2011 after Hurricane Dennis (795 ha) Mexico State Park destroyed the facilities in 2005 Shows agricultural development in Dudley Farm 325 acres 40 Alachua 1989 none Florida from the 1850s through the Historic State Park (132 ha) mid-1940s St. Johns Dunns Creek State 6,000 acres 41 Putnam 2001 River Steamboat stop during the 1920s Park (2,430 ha) Dunns Creek Confederate deserters camped here and State 4,543 acres Econfina 42 Taylor 1989 assisted Union blockcade ships during Park (1,840 ha) River the Civil War Eden Gardens State 163 acres Restored plantation home with Louis 43 Walton 1968 Tucker Bayou Park (66 ha) XVI style furniture Edward Ball 6,000 acres One of the largest and deepest 44 Wakulla Springs Wakulla 1968 (2,430 ha) freshwater springs in the world State Park Egmont Key State 328 acres The ruins of Fort Dade and Egmont 45 Hillsborough 1974 Park (133 ha) Key Light are inside the park Ellie Schiller 210 acres Homosassa 46 Homosassa Springs Citrus 1984 Home to numerous (85 ha) River Wildlife State Park Preserve 10,000 acres The first aquatic nature preserve 47 Lee 1974 Estero Bay State Park (4,050 ha) established in Florida Fakahatchee Strand 75,000 acres Part of the Big Cypress National 48 Collier 1975 none Preserve State Park (30,375 ha) Preserve in the Everglades Falling Waters State 171 acres Contains a 73-foot (22.3 m) waterfall, 49 Washington 1962 2-acre pond Park (69 ha) tallest in Florida Fanning Fanning Springs 1,427 acres Springs A first magnitude spring purchased by 50 Gilchrist 1997 State Park (578 ha) Suwannee the state in 1993 River Faver-Dykes State 6,045 acres 51 St. Johns 1950 Pellicer Creek A wilderness area Park (2,448 ha) Florida Caverns 1,300 acres The only Florida state park with public 52 Jackson 1942 State Park (527 ha) cave tours Forest Capital 14 acres Includes a late 1800s Florida Cracker 53 Taylor 1967 none Museum State Park (6 ha) homestead Fort Clinch State 1,427 acres Construction of Fort Clinch began in 54 Nassau 1935 Amelia River Park (578 ha) 1847 Lake Fort Cooper State 710 acres Holathlikaha 55 Citrus 1977 On the Withlacoochee State Trail Park (287 ha) (dried up in 2010) Historic 30 acres Part of Hillsborough River State Park; 56 Hillsborough 1935 none Site (12 ha) replica fort built in 1972 Fort George Island 1,600 acres Atlantic Hurricane Dora connected Anastasia 57 Duval 1949 Cultural State Park (648 ha) Ocean Island and Conch Island in 1964 National Historic Landmark originally Fort Mose Historic 24 acres 58 St. Johns 2005 none known as Gracia Real de Santa Teresa State Park (10 ha) de Mosé Tucker Cove Fort Pierce Inlet 340 acres Used for Frogman training during 59 St. Lucie 1973 Atlantic State Park (138 ha) World War II Ocean Pre-civil war fort abandoned, Fort Zachary Taylor 87 acres Straits of 60 Monroe 1974 restoration began in the late 1960s by Historic State Park (35 ha) Florida volunteers Fred Gannon Rocky 357 acres Named in honor of Air 61 Okaloosa 1966 Rocky Bayou Bayou State Park (145 ha) Force Colonel who preserved site Gainesville- 16 miles Boulware 62 Hawthorne State Alachua 1989 Passes through Paynes Prairie (26 km) Springs Trail Sole surviving antebellum mansion in Gamble Plantation 87 acres 63 Manatee 1927 south Florida, once a 3,500-acre (1,416 Historic State Park (35 ha) ha) sugarcane plantation Gamble Rogers 144 acres Atlantic Renamed from Flagler Beach State 64 Flagler 1961 Memorial State Park (58 ha) Ocean Area in 1992 Gasparilla Island Charlotte 128 acres Charlotte Gasparilla Island Lights were lit in 65 1983 State Park Lee (52 ha) Harbor 1890 George Crady Nassau Sound 8,000 ft 66 Bridge Fishing Pier Duval 1999 Atlantic Pedestrian-only fishing bridge (2,440 m) State Park Ocean Western Lake Grayton Beach State 2,200 acres Popular pristine beach offers cabins & 67 Walton 1968 Gulf of Park (891 ha) camping, boating, fishing and Mexico Henderson Beach 222 acres Gulf of U.S. Air Force Clausen Tracking site 68 Okaloosa 1983 State Park (90 ha) Mexico until 1951 Highlands Hammock 9,000 acres Unsuccessfully promoted as a national 69 Highlands 1931 none State Park (3,640 ha) park Hillsborough River 3,383 acres Hillsborough 70 Hillsborough 1935 Fort Foster is inside the park State Park (1,370 ha) River Honeymoon Island 2,785 acres Gulf of 71 Pinellas 1975 The north side hosts a nude beach State Park (1,128 ha) Mexico St. Johns Hontoon Island State Volusia 1,648 acres River 72 1960 Accessible only by ferry or boat Park Lake (667 ha) Hontoon Dead River Hugh Taylor Birch 180 acres Atlantic Park is in the middle of urban Fort 73 Broward 1941 State Park (73 ha) Ocean Lauderdale Ichetucknee Springs 2,241 acres Ichetucknee 74 Columbia 1972 Drift tubing and certified cave diving State Park (908 ha) River Indian Key State 10 acres Atlantic First county seat for Dade County; 75 Monroe 1972 Historic Site (4 ha) Ocean accessible only by boat Lake Worth John D. MacArthur 325 acres A gift from John D. MacArthur to the 76 Palm Beach 1989 Atlantic Beach State Park (132 ha) people of Florida Ocean Physician John Gorrie patented the John Gorrie State 1 acres 77 Franklin 1958 none first mechanical refrigeration process Museum (0 ha) (air conditioning) John Pennekamp 53,000 acres Atlantic First underwater park in the United 78 State Monroe 1963 (21,465 ha) Ocean States Park John U. Lloyd Beach 310 acres Atlantic Named for county attorney who led 79 Broward 1973 State Park (126 ha) Ocean preservation efforts Formerly a top-secret radar training Jonathan Dickinson 11,500 acres Loxahatchee school during WWII; now hosts the 80 Martin 1950 State Park (4,658 ha) River Elsa Kimbell Environmental Education & Research Center The U.S. Army used the land to train Kissimmee Prairie 54,000 acres 81 Okeechobee 1997 none B-17 bomber crews during World War Preserve State Park (21,870 ha) II Koreshan State 135 acres 82 Lee 1983 Home of the Koreshan Unity group Historic Site (55 ha) First magnitude spring with 168 Lafayette Blue 702 acres Suwannee 83 Lafayette 2005 million gallons (636 million liters) per Springs State Park (284 ha) River day Dead River Lake Griffin State 578 acres 84 Lake 1968 Oklawaha Connects Oklawaha to Lake Griffin Park (234 ha) River Lake Jackson Mounds 100 acres St. Marks Fort Walton Culture capital from 85 Leon 1966 Archaeological State (41 ha) River 1050–1500 Park Lake June in Winter 845 acres Lake June in Limited facilities; still under 86 Highlands 1995 Scrub State Park (342 ha) Winter development 5,930 acres Lake The 1876 Cow Camp is a living 87 Polk 1977 State Park (2,402 ha) Kissimmee history site with Cracker Cowboys Lake Louisa State 4,372 acres Park includes the Green Swamp and 88 Lake 1974 Lake Louisa Park (1,771 ha) six lakes State 556 acres 60-site campground was opened in 89 Manatee 1970 Lake Manatee Park (225 ha) 1986 is a 10,000 acre (4,047 Lake Talquin State Leon 526 acres 90 1971 Lake Talquin ha) reservoir created by the Jackson Park Gadsden (213 ha) Bluff Dam on the Letchworth Mounds Site of the tallest prehistoric, Native 188 acres Lake 91 Archaeological State Jefferson 1998 American ceremonial earthwork (76 ha) Miccosukee Park mound in Florida Florida Bay Lignumvitae Key 10,481 acres Access via private boat or tour boat; 92 Monroe 1971 Gulf of State Botanical Park (4,245 ha) daily visitors are limited Mexico 2,433 acres Little Manatee Park includes equestrian trails and 93 Hillsborough 1974 State Park (985 ha) River campsites Little Talbot Island 1,600 acres Atlantic 94 Duval 1949 Part of Talbot Islands State Parks State Park (648 ha) Ocean 965 acres Atlantic Grand resort was destroyed by the 95 State Park Monroe 1969 (391 ha) Ocean Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 Lovers Key / Carl E. 712 acres Gulf of merged with 96 Lee 1983 Johnson State Park (288 ha) Mexico Carl Johnson County Park in 1996 Lower Wekiva River Lake 17,405 acres Wildlife corridor to the Ocala National 97 1976 St. Johns Preserve State Park Seminole (7,049 ha) Forest River Madira Bickel 10 acres Named for the owners who donated it 98 Mound State Manatee 1970 Tampa Bay (4 ha) to the state in 1948 Archeological Site Madison Blue 1 acres Withlacoochee 99 Madison 2000 First magnitude spring Springs State Park (1 ha) River Manatee Springs 2,443 acres Manatee 100 Levy 1949 First magnitude spring State Park (989 ha) Springs Marjorie Kinnan 99 acres 101 Rawlings Historic Alachua 1970 none 1930s farm and citrus orchard (40 ha) State Park Mike Roess Gold 2,000 acres Little Lake 102 Head Branch State Clay 1935 Hiking and Equestrian trails (810 ha) Johnson Park Mound Key 113 acres 103 Archeological State Lee 1970 Estero Bay Accessible only by boat - no facilities (46 ha) Park Myakka River State Sarasota 37,000 acres Land partly donated by Bertha Palmer, 104 1941 Upper Park Manatee (14,985 ha) pioneer farmer, rancher & developer Myakka Lake Natural Bridge 113 acres St. Marks Site of the second largest Civil War 105 Battlefield State Leon 1949 (46 ha) River battle in Florida Historic Site Metal pieces from the wreck of the North Peninsula 534 acres Atlantic North Western, which sank prior to 106 Volusia 1984 State Park (216 ha) Ocean World War II, have emerged on the beach Okeechobee 211 acres Lake Battle site during the Second Seminole 107 Okeechobee 2007 Battlefield State Park (85 ha) Okeechobee War 6,000 acres Many facilities built by the Civilian 108 O'Leno State Park Columbia 1940 (2,430 ha) Conservation Corps in the 1930s Ochlockonee Ochlockonee River 392 acres Many older trees show scars from 109 Wakulla 1970 River State Park (159 ha) turpentine industry Dead River State 1,043 acres Oleta River Park has high numbers of the invasive 110 Miami-Dade 1986 Park (422 ha) Biscayne Bay species Casuarina (Australian Pine) Olustee Battlefield 43 acres 111 Baker 1949 none First State Historic Monument in 1909 Historic State Park (17 ha) State 1 acres Apalachicola 112 Franklin 2001 House built in 1838 Park (1 ha) River Oscar Scherer State 1,400 acres South Creek 113 Sarasota 1956 Major habitat of the Florida Scrub Jay Park (567 ha) Lake Osprey Site of Fort Chokonikla and the Paynes Creek 410 acres 114 Hardee 1981 Paynes Creek Kennedy-Darling trading post during Historic State Park (166 ha) the Paynes Prairie State 21,000 acres Savanna formerly occupied by 115 Alachua 1971 Lake Wauburg Preserve (8,505 ha) Seminole Indians Perdido Key State 290 acres Gulf of 116 Escambia 1978 A barrier island Park (117 ha) Mexico Ponce de Leon 420 acres Mill Creek 14 million gallons (53 million liters) of 117 Holmes 1970 Springs State Park (170 ha) Sandy Creek 68 °F (20 °C) water outflow daily Pumpkin Hill Creek 3,896 acres Atlantic 118 Duval 2003 Part of Talbot Islands State Parks Preserve State Park (1,578 ha) Ocean Rainbow Springs 1,472 acres Rainbow 600 million gallons (2.3 billion liters) 119 Marion 1990 State Park (596 ha) River of 68 °F (20 °C) water outflow daily Ravine Gardens 59 acres St. Johns Gardens built by Works Progress 120 Putnam 1934 State Park (24 ha) River Administration in 1933 Location where Santa Fe River River Rise Preserve 4,500 acres 121 Columbia 1974 Santa Fe River reemerges after 3 miles (4.8 km) State Park (1,823 ha) underground Rock Springs Run 14,150 acres Joins Wekiwa Spring run to create the 122 Lake 1983 Wekiva River State Reserve (5,731 ha) Wekiva River San Felasco A mature Florida forest and wildlife 7,360 acres small water 123 Hammock Preserve Alachua 1974 habitat with hiking, biking, and horse (2,981 ha) bodies State Park trails San Marcos de Wakulla River 17 acres History of this national landmark dates 124 Apalache Historic Wakulla 1964 St. Marks (7 ha) to 1528 State Park River San Pedro Underwater 644 acres Atlantic Dutch-built ship sank in a hurricane on 125 Monroe 1989 Archaeological (261 ha) Ocean July 13, 1733 Preserve State Park Area around Jensen Beach was known Savannas Preserve 6,000 acres 126 St. Lucie 1977 as the “Pineapple Capital of the State Park (2,430 ha) World” from 1895 to 1920 Seabranch Preserve 7,360 acres Indian River Four different natural habitats within 127 Martin 1992 State Park (2,981 ha) lagoon short distance Sebastian Inlet State Brevard 755 acres Park never closes; second fmost visited 128 1970 Sebastian Inlet Park Indian River (306 ha) Florida park Spring headwaters constitutes Silver State 5,000 acres 129 Marion 1987 Silver River Springs Nature Theme Park a private Park (2,025 ha) company Utilizes approaches to old Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier Hillsborough 26,000 ft Skyway Bridge, following the 1980 130 1994 Tampa Bay State Park Manatee (10,530 m) collision by MV Summit Venture and construction of a new bridge. Gulf of St. Andrews State 1,200 acres Named "America’s Best Beach" in 131 Bay 1950 Mexico Park (486 ha) 1995 Grand Lagoon St. Lucie Inlet 928 acres Atlantic 132 Martin 1965 Barrier island accessible only by boat Preserve State Park (376 ha) Ocean St. Marks River 2,589 acres St. Marks 133 Leon 2007 Florida's 161st state park State Park (1,049 ha) River The Hernandez-Capron Trail was built St. Sebastian River Brevard 22,000 acres St. Sebastian 134 1995 to link St. Augustine with Fort Pierce Preserve State Park Indian River (8,910 ha) River during the Second Seminole War Stephen Foster Folk 800 acres Suwannee Carillon tower with 97 tubular bells 135 Culture Center State Hamilton 1950 (324 ha) River plays Foster's songs every day Park Day park consisting of three islands Stump Pass Beach 245 acres Gulf of 136 Charlotte 1971 offer swimming & boating, shelling & State Park (99 ha) Mexico hiking, fishing & diving Suwannee The 1860 Columbus Cemetery, pieces 1,800 acres River 137 Suwannee 1951 from an 1800s sawmill, and Civil War State Park (729 ha) Withlacoochee earthworks are points of interest River T.H. Stone Dedicated to the former owner, who 1,900 acres Gulf of 138 Memorial St. Joseph Gulf 1967 sold it to the U.S. Army in World War (770 ha) Mexico Peninsula State Park II 4,290 acres Limited facilities; nature trails, picnic 139 Tarkiln Bayou Escambia 1998 Perdido Bay (1,737 ha) tables and a bathroom ; Flint The 1947 Jim Woodruff Dam created Three State 686 acres 140 Jackson 1955 River ; the outflow is the Park (278 ha) Lake Seminole Land acquired by the state and 1,932 acres 141 Manatee 2000? Tampa Bay Water Management State Park (783 ha) District 1,800 acres Urban park completely surrounded by 142 Volusia 1945 (729 ha) development Topsail Hill Preserve 1,643 acres Gulf of Site of munitions testing range during 143 Walton 1992 State Park (665 ha) Mexico World War II 13,737 acres Apalachicola Park named after the endangered 144 Liberty 1935 (5,563 ha) River Torreya tree First magnitude spring; the Civil War Troy Springs State Suwannee 84 acres Suwannee 145 1995 steamboat "Madison" was scuttled Park Lafayette (34 ha) River there in 1863 Waccasassa Bay 30,784 acres Gulf of Accessible only by boat; no 146 Levy 2005 Preserve State Park (12,468 ha) Mexico recreational facilities Washington Oaks 21 acres Atlantic Park has formal gardens, citrus groves, 147 Flagler 1964 State Gardens (9 ha) Ocean and house Wekiwa Springs 7,723 acres 42 million gallons (159 million liters) 148 Orange 1969 Wekiva River State Park (3,128 ha) of 72 °F (22 °C) water outflow daily Named for the Werner-Boyce Preserve Werner-Boyce Salt 3,400 acres Gulf of 149 Pasco 2001 purchased by Pasco County in 1994; Springs State Park (1,377 ha) Mexico undeveloped 28,000 feet (8,534 m) of explored Wes Skiles Peacock 733 acres Suwannee 150 Suwannee 1986 passageways make it one of the largest Springs State Park (297 ha) River locations for cave diving in the U.S. Windley Key Fossil 32 acres Atlantic Quary provided Keystone (limestone) 151 Reef Geological Monroe 1986 (13 ha) Ocean for the in 1908 State Park Ybor City Museum 1 acre Shows the history of Tampa's cigar 152 Hillsborough 1976 none State Park (0 ha) industry and Latin influence Yellow Bluff Fort 1,600 acres Atlantic Confederate camp constructed during 153 Duval 1949 Historic State Park (648 ha) Ocean the Yellow River Marsh 11,000 acres One of Florida's last remaining tracts 154 Santa Rosa 2000 Yellow River Preserve State Park (4,455 ha) of wet prairie; no recreation facilities Yulee Sugar Mill Senator David Levy Yulee built the 6 acres Homosassa 155 Ruins State Historic Citrus 1953 mill on his 5,100-acre (2,064 ha) (2 ha) River Site plantation, Margarita, in 1851

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