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  2. List of Florida state parks - Wikipedia

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    Caladesi Island State Park: Pinellas: 2,450 acres (992 ha) 1966: Gulf of Mexico: Ferry available, 108-slip marina [17] Camp Helen State Park: Bay: 185 acres (75 ha) 1996: Lake Powell Gulf of Mexico: Day use park formerly used as private resort Cayo Costa State Park: Lee: 2,426 acres (983 ha) 1976: Gulf of Mexico: Accessible only by ferry or ...

  3. Marco Island, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Marco Island in the 1960s. Marco Island's history can be traced to 500 CE, when the Calusa people inhabited the island as well as the rest of southwest Florida.A number of Calusa artifacts were discovered on Key Marco (an island then adjacent, and since attached, to Marco Island) in 1896 by anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing as part of the Pepper-Hearst Expedition.

  4. Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Wikipedia

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    A 10-mile loop road through Rookery Bay was proposed in 1963 which would have facilitated vast coastal development around Rookery Bay. The Collier County Conservancy, the Nature Conservancy, the Collier Audubon Society, and a number of private investors, began a grass roots effort which resulted in the purchase of 3,362 acres which eventually became the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Sanctuary ...

  5. Amelia Island - Wikipedia

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    Amelia Island was the main filming location for the 2002 John Sayles-directed film Sunshine State. The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking was also filmed there in 1988. [56] Amelia Island hosted a Women's Tennis Association tournament for 28 years (1980 to 2008).

  6. Fort Jefferson (Florida) - Wikipedia

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    Fort Jefferson can be reached by a daily ferry from Key West, as well as by chartered seaplane and private boat. As a national park, primitive camping is permitted on the beach. Visitors by ferry typically spend four hours on the island, which is enough time for a guided tour of the fort, lunch on the boat and a swim (snorkel equipment provided ...

  7. Coconut Island (Florida) - Wikipedia

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    With the opening of Capri Pass in 1967, the island began experiencing rapid erosion, shrinking to 10% of its size by 1990. [3] By 2005 Coconut Island existed as no more than a sandbar. [4] Coconut Island used to block the entrance into the Marco River and boaters had to divert around Coconut to get out into the Gulf. The island was thick with ...

  8. Horr's Island - Wikipedia

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    Horr's Island is a significant Archaic period archaeological site located on an island in Southwest Florida formerly known as Horr's Island. Horr's Island (now called Key Marco, not to be confused with the archaeological site Key Marco) is on the south side of Marco Island in Collier County, Florida. The site includes four mounds and a shell ring.

  9. Amelia Island State Park - Wikipedia

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    Amelia Island State Recreation Area is a state park in Florida, United States. Its location is 7 miles (11 km) north of Little Talbot Island State Park on SR A1A , and 8 miles (13 km) south of Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island along the Atlantic coastal plain .

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