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