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The park contains Silver Springs, Florida's first tourist attraction. The Silver Springs attraction dates to the 1870s. In 1985, the state purchased the land surrounding Silver Springs to spare it from development, creating the Silver River State Park. In 1993, the state acquired Silver Springs, as well, though it continued to be operated ...
There is a mostly nominal admission to nearly all Florida's state parks, although separate fees are charged for the use of cabins, marinas, campsites, etc. Florida's state parks offer 3,613 family campsites, 186 cabins, thousands of picnic tables, 100 miles (160 km) of beaches, and over 2,600 miles (4,200 km) of trails. [3]
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park is a Florida State Park located on Key Largo in Florida. It includes approximately 70 nautical square miles (240 km 2 ) of adjacent Atlantic Ocean waters. The park is approximately 25 miles in length and extends 3 miles into the Atlantic Ocean along the prominent Hawk Channel passage.
The Barents Sea (/ ˈ b ær ə n t s / BARR-ənts, also US: / ˈ b ɑːr ə n t s / BAR-ənts; [1] Norwegian: Barentshavet, Urban East Norwegian: [ˈbɑ̀ːrəntsˌhɑːvə]; [2] Russian: Баренцево море, romanized: Barentsevo More) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, [3] located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian territorial ...
The Quartermaster Storehouse Museum is a recreation of the original quartermaster storehouse building built between 1900 and 1906, and was duplicated in 1999 using historical photographs, Army engineering condition reports, government documents, and was funded by the Friends of Fort De Soto Inc. and the Pinellas County Parks and Conservation ...
Grayton Beach State Park is a Florida State Park located between Panama City Beach and Destin, near the unincorporated area of Grayton Beach, on CR 30A, in northwestern Florida. Its sister park is Deer Lake State Park. The 2,200 acres (9 km 2) of land for the park was obtained from a lease from the Florida Board of Education in 1964 and opened ...
Blue Spring State Park is a state park located west of Orange City, Florida, in the United States. The park is a popular tourist destination; available activities include canoeing, SCUBA diving , kayaking, fishing, camping, hiking, wildlife watching, and swimming.
Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area is a 144-acre (0.58 km 2) Florida State Park in Flagler Beach, Florida, United States, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intra-Coastal Waterway on State Route A1A. It is about 18 miles (29 km) north of Daytona Beach and about 30 miles (48 km) south of St. Augustine.