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Topsail Hill Preserve State Park is a 1,640-acre (6.6 km 2) Florida State Park located in Santa Rosa Beach, ten miles (16 km) east of Destin, off U.S. 98, in northwestern Florida. The address is 7525 W. Scenic Highway 30A. The park has over three miles of white sand beaches, as well as sand dunes, lakes, unique plant and animal life, and ...
Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park is a Florida state park located in the north-westernmost part of Gainesville, Florida, off County Road 232, also known as NW 53rd Avenue and Millhopper Road, northwest of the University of Florida. The park is maintained by the Florida Park Service, a division of the Florida Department of Environmental ...
Spain began granting land to individuals in Florida after 1790, including a grant of 6,000 acres (24 km 2) to S. D. Fernandez and another grant to a Sanchez in the present-day park. Four of the archaeological sites in the park are possibly associated with those land grants, and/or with the settlement of Spring Grove , which existed in the 1830s ...
San Pedro Underwater Archaeological Preserve State Park: Monroe: 644 acres (261 ha) 1989: Atlantic Ocean: Dutch-built ship sank in a hurricane on July 13, 1733 Savannas Preserve State Park: St. Lucie Martin: 6,000 acres (2,430 ha) 1977: Indian River: Area around Jensen Beach was known as the "Pineapple Capital of the World" from 1895 to 1920
Turkey Creek Preserve is located at 6300 NW 93rd Ave, west of Northwest 59th Terrace and north of Northwest 93rd Avenue in Alachua County, Florida. [2] [3] It borders San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park. The preserve harbors nearly a mile of its namesake Turkey Creek's waters. [3]
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.
Warren's Cave (or Warren Cave) is a dry karst cave in Alachua County, FloridaIt is the longest dry cave in Florida, with more than 4 miles (6.4 km) of mapped passages. The cave is located on the margin of the Cody Scarp [1] near the San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park, northwest of the city of Gainesville.
The Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park consists of 34,000 acres (14,000 ha) along the coast between Cedar Key and the Withlacoochee River, including 19,000 acres (7,700 ha) of tidal marshes. [5] The Gulf Hammock Wildlife Management Area consists of more than 24,000 acres (9,700 ha) owned by private timber companies. [ 6 ]