The U.S. National Park Service preserves 58 national parks, 390 parks, historic sites, memorials, and recreation areas that attract nearly 300 million visitors every year. Our U.S. national parks are repositories of the nation’s biological diversity and contain some of the last ecosystem remnants that are found nowhere else in the world. Explore US Parks Online

Shenandoah National Park is a beautiful, historic national treasure which includes the 105-mile long Skyline Drive, a National Scenic Byway. The Park covers the crest of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains for over seventy-five miles. The Appalachian Trail roughly parallels the Skyline Drive and 101 miles of this trail run through the Park. (more…)

Florida National and State Parks and Recreation

Florida has: 3 National Parks, 123 State Parks, 4 State Forests, 2 State Memorials, 17 State Historic Sites, 1 State Fish Hatchery, 3 State Reserves, 18 State Preserves, 3 State Wildlife Management Areas, 1 State Fish Hatchery, 3 National Forests, 2 National Memorials, 1 National Historic Landmark, 1 National Historic Site, 23 National Wildlife Refuges, 1 National Seashore, and 16 Wilderness Areas.

National Parks

State Parks

  • Alafia River State Park
  • Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park
  • Amelia Island State Park
  • Anastasia State Park
  • Avalon State Park
  • Bahia Honda State Park
  • Bald Point State Park
  • Bear Creek State Park
  • Big Lagoon State Park
  • Big Shoals State Park
  • Big Talbot Island State Park
  • Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park
  • Blackwater River State Park
  • Blue Spring State Park
  • Bulow Creek State Park
  • Butler Beach State Park
  • Caladesi Island State Park
  • Caloosahatchee River State Park
  • Camp Helen State Park
  • Cayo Costa State Park
  • Cedar Key Museum State Park
  • Charlotte Harbor State Park
  • Collier-Seminole State Park
  • Colt Creek State Park
  • Curry Hammock State Park
  • Dade Battlefield Memorial State Park
  • Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park
  • Deer Lake State Park
  • Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park
  • Devils Millhopper Geological State Park
  • Don Pedro Island State Park
  • Dr. Julian G. Bruce St. George Island State Park
  • Dunns Creek State Park
  • Econfina River State Park
  • Eden Gardens State Park
  • Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park
  • Egmont Key State Park
  • Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park
  • Falling Waters State Park
  • Fanning Springs State Park
  • Favor Dykes State Park
  • Flagler Beach State Park
  • Florida Caverns State Park
  • Forest Capital Center State Park
  • Forest Capital Museum State Park
  • Fort Clinch State Park
  • Fort Cooper State Park
  • Fort George Island Cultural State Park
  • Fort Pickens State Park
  • Fort Pierce Inlet State Park
  • Fort San Marcos De Apalache State Park and Monument
  • Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park
  • Gasparilla Island State Park
  • George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier State Park
  • Gold Head Branch State Park
  • Grayton Beach State Park
  • Grossman Hammock State Park
  • Henderson Beach State Park
  • Highlands Hammock State Park
  • Hillsborough River State Park
  • Honeymoon Island State Park
  • Hontoon Island State Park
  • Hugh Taylor Birch State Park
  • Ichetucknee Springs State Park
  • Indian Mounds State Park
  • John D. MacArthur Beach State Park
  • John Gorrie Museum State Park
  • John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
  • Jonathan Dickinson State Park
  • Killearn Gardens State Park
  • Koreshan State Park
  • Lake Griffin State Park
  • Lake June in Winter Scrub State Park
  • Lake Kissimmee State Park
  • Lake Louisa State Park
  • Lake Manatee State Park
  • Lake Talquin State Park
  • Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park
  • Little Manatee River State Park
  • Little Talbot Island State Park
  • Long Key State Park
  • Lovers Key State Park
  • Madison Blue Springs State Park
  • Magnolia Lake State Park
  • Manatee Springs State Park
  • Mound Key Archeological State Park
  • Myakka River State Park
  • North Peninsula State Park
  • O’Leno State Park
  • Ochlockonee River State Park
  • Oleta River State Park
  • Orman House State Park
  • Ormond Tomb State Park
  • Oscar Scherer State Park
  • Pahokee State Park
  • Pan-American State Park
  • Peacock Springs State Park
  • Perdido Key State Park
  • Ponce de Leon Springs State Park
  • Port Charlotte Beach State Park
  • Rainbow Springs State Park
  • Ravine Gardens State Park
  • Rocky Bayou State Park
  • Saint Joseph Peninsula State Park
  • Saint Lucie Inlet State Park
  • Sebastian Inlet State Park
  • Silver River State Park
  • Skyway Fishing Pier State Park
  • St. Andrews State Park
  • Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
  • Stump Pass Beach State Park
  • Sunland Center State Park
  • Suwannee River State Park
  • Three Rivers State Park
  • Tomoka State Park
  • Torreya State Park
  • Troy Spring State Park
  • Washington Oaks Gardens State Park
  • Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
  • Wekiwa Springs State Park
  • Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park
  • Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park
  • Ybor City Museum State Park

State Forests

  • Blackwater River State Forest
  • Cary State Forest
  • Pine Log State Forest
  • Withlacoochee State Forest

State Memorials

  • Cedar Key State Memorial and Museum
  • Stephen Foster State Memorial

State Historic Sites

  • Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park
  • Dade Battlefield Historic State Park
  • Dudley Farm Historic State Park
  • Fort Foster State Historic Site
  • Fort Mose Historical State Park
  • Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park
  • Gamble Plantation Historic State Park
  • Indian Key Historic State Park
  • Madira Bickel Mound State Archeological Site
  • Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park
  • Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park
  • Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park
  • Paynes Creek Historic State Park
  • San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park
  • The Barnacle Historic State Park
  • Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park
  • Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park

State Fish Hatchery

  • State Fish Hatchery

State Reserves

  • Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve
  • Lower Wekiva River State Reserve
  • Rock Springs Run State Reserve

State Preserves

  • Anclote Key Preserve State Park
  • Crystal River Preserve State Park
  • Estero Bay Preserve State Park
  • Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
  • Fort Pickens State Park Aquatic Preserve
  • Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
  • Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park
  • Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park
  • River Rise Preserve State Park
  • Rocky Bayou State Park Aquatic Preserve
  • San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park
  • Savannas Preserve State Park
  • Seabranch Preserve State Park
  • St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park
  • Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park
  • Topsail Hill Preserve State Park
  • Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park
  • Yellow River Marsh Preserve State Park

State Wildlife Management Areas

  • Camp Blanding Wildlife Mgmt. Area
  • Gulf Hammock Wildlife Mgmt. Area
  • Relay Wildlife Mgmt. Area

National Forests

  • Apalachicola National Forest
  • Ocala National Forest
  • Osceola National Forest

National Memorials

  • De Soto National Memorial
  • Fort Caroline National Memorial Park

National Historic Landmark

  • Fort Gadsden National Historic Landmark
  • National Historic Site
  • Mar-A-Lago National Historical Site

National Wildlife Refuges

  • Anclote National Wildlife Refuge
  • Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
  • Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge
  • Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge
  • Chinsegut National Wildlife Refuge
  • Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge
  • Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge
  • Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge
  • Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge
  • Island Bay National Wildlife Refuge
  • Key West National Wildlife Refuge
  • Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
  • Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge
  • Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
  • Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuge
  • Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
  • Passage Key National Wildlife Refuge
  • Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
  • Pine Island National Wildlife Refuge
  • Pinellas National Wildlife Refuge
  • Saint Johns National Wildlife Refuge
  • Saint Marks National Wildlife Refuge
  • Saint Vincent National Wildlife Refuge

National Seashore

  • Canaveral National Seashore

Florida Wilderness Areas

There are 16 wilderness areas in the state of Florida.

  • Alexander Springs Wilderness
  • Big Gum Swamp Wilderness
  • Billies Bay Wilderness
  • Black Hammock Wilderness Area
  • Bradwell Bay Wilderness
  • Everglades National Park
  • Great Florida Birding Trail
  • J. N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge
  • Juniper Prairie Wilderness
  • Juniper Springs Wilderness
  • Lake Proctor Wilderness Area
  • Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
  • Little Lake George Wilderness
  • Mud Swamp/New River Wilderness
  • Naval Live Oaks Reservation
  • Shark Valley Wilderness