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Gulf Hammock is an unincorporated community in Levy County, Florida, United States. It is near the edge of, and named for, the large wetlands area known as Gulf Hammock . It is located where US 19 - 98 and County Road 326 cross, near the Wekiva River , [ a ] approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Otter Creek .
Gulf Hammock is a wetlands area in the southern end of Levy County, Florida. It extends along the Gulf of Mexico coast from Cedar Key to the Withlacoochee River , and reaches several miles inland. Gulf Hammock includes the largest expanse of hydric hammock in Florida.
Hammock is a term used in the southeastern United States for stands of trees, usually hardwood, that form an ecological island in a contrasting ecosystem. Hammocks grow on elevated areas, often just a few inches high, surrounded by wetlands that are too wet to support them.
Curry Hammock State Park: Monroe: 1,000 acres (405 ha) 1991: Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Mexico: Named for a Miami teacher whose family owned key land Dade Battlefield Historic State Park: Sumter: 80 acres (32 ha) 1921: none: Second Seminole War battle where 105 of 108 troops were massacred by 180 Native Americans Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock ...
The Ginn Championship at Hammock Beach was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 2007 to 2008. It was played for the first time in 2007 in Palm Coast, Florida at the Ocean Course at Ginn Hammock Beach Resort (formerly the Ocean Hammock Golf Club). The purse for the 2008 tournament was US$2,500,000, with $375,000 going to the winner.
Gulf Hammock may refer to: Gulf Hammock (wetlands), a natural area in southern Levy County, Florida; Gulf Hammock, Florida, an unincorporated community at one edge of ...
Matheson Hammock Park is a scenic park featuring a man-made atoll pool, which is flooded naturally with the tidal action of adjacent Biscayne Bay. The beach sea breeze is popular among families. The park operates a snack bar and a restaurant built into an historic coral stone building, picnic pavilions and nature trails.
Highlands Hammock State Park is a 9,000-acre (3,640 ha) park 4 miles (6 km) west of Sebring in Highlands County, Florida, off U.S. 27. The park opened in 1931, four years before the Florida state park system was created. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. [1]