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Within the forest is the Osceola Research Natural Area, designated a National Natural Landmark in December 1974. [2] [3]Osceola National Forest is home to many birds as well as mammalian and reptilian species, including the alligator, eastern indigo snake, two species of skunk, muskrat, black bear, coyote, raccoon, gopher tortoise, bobcat, two species of fox, opossum, cougar, fox squirrel, and ...
Osceola National Forest. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 801 square miles (2,070 km 2), of which 798 square miles (2,070 km 2) is land and 3.8 square miles (9.8 km 2) (0.5%) is water. [13] Osceola National Forest is partially within the county.
Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park is a Florida State Park in the Osceola National Forest, near the town of Olustee. The site of Florida's largest Civil War battle, the Battle of Olustee. The park is located 50 miles (80 km) west of Jacksonville and 15 miles (24 km) east of Lake City, on U.S. 90. It was one of the first parks in the ...
The town was historically known as Olustee Station and is the location of the Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park and of the ranger station for the Osceola National Forest, which is headquartered there. The US Forest Service has restored the former railroad depot at the center of town as a visitor center and museum for forest visitors.
Osceola County (/ ˌ ɒ s i ˈ oʊ l ə / OSS-ee-OH-lə) is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 388,656. [1] Its county seat is Kissimmee. [3] Osceola County is included in the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Fla. Metropolitan Statistical Area.
John M. Bethea State Forest is a 37,736-acre state forest in Sanderson, Florida, in northern Baker County near the Florida/Georgia border. It provides a wildlife corridor between the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the Osceola National Forest .
U.S. Forest Service The Big Gum Swamp Wilderness is located in the Osceola National Forest , northeast of Lake City, Florida . The 13,660-acre (55 km 2 ) refuge was established on September 28, 1984.
Osceola National Forest — Florida. — Pages in category "Osceola National Forest" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.