Florida State Parks

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 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