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Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park is a Florida State Park, encompassing a 21,000-acre (85 km 2) savanna in Alachua County, Florida lying between Micanopy and Gainesville. It is also a U.S. National Natural Landmark. It is crossed by both I-75 and U.S. 441 (which has a scenic outlook ramp). It is in the center of the Paynes Prairie Basin.
Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park is a under-the-radar gem in Northern Florida. Located in Micanopy, the park has wild buffalo and horses, diverse ecosystems, hundreds of birds, and even more to ...
It passes through the Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park and the Lochloosa Wildlife Management Area along a former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad line. The property was purchased by the state of Florida from CSX Transportation with money from the "trails from rails" program in late 1989. [1] The trail opened for use in January 1992. [2]
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 ...
As of 1883, only one house had been built on the townsite. The site is now an overlook in Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park accessible from the Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail. [67] [68] [69] Texan was a community near Jonesville. A post office opened in 1896 and closed in 1898. [65]
“How many miles am I from Gainesville?” he asked before crashing into Paynes Prairie State Park on Tuesday. “I’m losing altitude,” he told the air traffic controller before asking him to ...
Freshwater marsh in one of the state's largest sinks. Majority of the site included in Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park. Rainbow Springs: October 1971: Marion: State Florida's second largest artesian spring. Part of an eponymous state park.
Paynes Creek Historic State Park is a Florida State Park located on Lake Branch Road one-half mile southeast of Bowling Green, Florida.On November 21, 1978, it was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places, under the title of Payne's Creek Massacre-Fort Chokonikla Site (also known as "site of Chokonikla blockhouse and bridge" or "Military cemetery").