When visiting St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park, make sure to check out the park’s kayak trail. This trail is a great way to experience the best the park has to offer when it comes to beauty and ...

Join park ranger staff on a guided nature hike of Camp Helen State Park. Tour will meander through several distinct natural communities, and rangers will share information about the flora and fauna ...

To protect our forests, please do not bring your own firewood into the park. The emerald ash borer infestation is spread by moving infested wood to a non-infested area. Wood is available at the park ...

Effective Oct. 1, 2024: A resource management project is in progress near the main entrance at Rainbow Springs State Park. Please follow all instruction from park staff and avoid closed areas. The ...

Some mapping software is leading visitors to inaccurate entrance to the park. The main park entrance leading to the ranger station and campground is located on County Road 39, not on Jameson Road.

Topsail Hill is named for its dunes, which rise like a ship's sails over soft sand beaches and the emerald waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Those same white quartz dunes are responsible for a rare ...

Kissimmee Prairie Preserve is a breathtaking expanse of infinite grassland. Kissimmee Prairie is a land dominated by the great blue sky. Part of the Everglades headwaters, the preserve protects the ...

Florida's heritage comes alive with living history demonstrations of the early Florida cow hunters in an 1876-era cow camp. White-tailed deer, bald eagles, sandhill cranes, turkeys and bobcats have ...

This beautiful spring is named for Juan Ponce de León, who led the first Spanish expedition to Florida in 1513 - as legend has it - in search of the fountain of youth. Ponce de Leon Springs' water ...

The Florida State Parks Junior Ranger Program provides the opportunity for young people to learn, serve and share Florida's natural and cultural resources. You can either participate in a scheduled ...

Effective April 9, 2024: Erosion and sand migration have separated the northernmost mile of the Honeymoon Island State Park sandspit from the main island, forming a temporary cut. Erosion and sand ...

Effective May 1, 2024: Due to capacity limits, when Ichetucknee Springs State Park reaches maximum capacity, it will close for a short time and reopen when sufficient space is available. For your ...