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Gold Head Branch State Park, a Florida State Park, is just shy of 2400 acres (8 km²) of rolling sandhills, marshes, ravines, lakes and scrub located midway between Gainesville and Jacksonville, six miles (10 km) north of Keystone Heights on SR 21. Gold Head is one of the earliest state parks in Florida.
The park includes 56 archaeological sites, representing various eras from the Paleo-Indian period (10,000 to 12,000 years ago) up to the 20th century. The site of the Spanish-era Mission San Francisco de Potano, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, is in the park.
On 19 August 2024 the Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced plans [21] to build golf courses and 350-room lodges on state park lands. [22]In statements to the Tampa Bay Times and in posts to social media, the agency claimed that the construction of a golf course on vulnerable scrub habitat will be done in a way to "minimize habitat impacts".
The park has such amenities as beaches, picnicking areas, cabins, and full camping facilities. It also has a visitor center. There are miles of sugar-white sand; the park's beach has often been ranked among the best in the United States by Dr. Beach. Sunbathing, snorkeling, and swimming are popular warm-weather activities.
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park; De Leon Springs State Park; Dead Lakes State Recreation Area; Deer Lake State Park; Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park; DeSoto Site Historic State Park; Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park; Don Pedro Island State Park; Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park; Dudley Farm Historic State Park
Lewis Hall Park in Woodville, accessible 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the main trail head off SR 363; the Wakulla Station Trailhead, accessible 9 miles (14 km) south of the main trail head (and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north of St. Marks) off SR 363; and the San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park, located at the end of the trail in St. Marks. The ...
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Three Rivers State Park is a Florida State Park located north of Sneads, on the shores of Lake Seminole near the Georgia border, in northwestern Florida. It is named for the main rivers associated with Lake Seminole: the Chattahoochee and the Flint (which flow into it from Georgia), and the Apalachicola (whose source is the lake itself.) The ...