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Encyclopedia > Bahia Honda Key
Bahia Honda State Park
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
Location: Monroe County, Florida, USA
Nearest city: Marathon, Florida
Coordinates: 24°39′47″N, 81°15′50″W
Area: 524 acres
Established: 1961
Visitation: (in )
Governing body: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Beach at Bahia Honda, Florida Keys, looking east
Beach at Bahia Honda, Florida Keys, looking east

Bahia Honda (meaning deep bay, in Spanish), is an island in the lower Florida Keys. The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... Image File history File links US_Locator_Blank. ... Location in the state of Florida Formed 1823 Seat Key West Area  - Total  - Water 9,679 km² (3,737 mi²) 7,097 km² (2,740 mi²) 73. ... Marathon is a city on Marathon Key and Boot Key, islands in the Florida Keys, located in Monroe County, Florida. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Note: DEP redirects here, but the D is sometimes short for Division, Directorate or other such words Department of Environmental Protection is a name commonly used by states in the United States of America to name their government agency charged with proposing and enforcing environmental law although the federal such... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 278 KB)Beach at Bahia Honda, Florida Keys, looking east. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 278 KB)Beach at Bahia Honda, Florida Keys, looking east. ... Palm trees in Islamorada The Florida Keys are an archipelago, a string of about 1700 islands in the southeast United States. ... Palm trees in Islamorada The Florida Keys are an archipelago, a string of about 1700 islands in the southeast United States. ...


U.S. Route 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses the key at approximately mile markers 36--38.5, between Ohio Key and the Spanish Harbor Keys 12 miles (19 km) west of Marathon, close to the west end of the Seven Mile Bridge. U.S. Route 1 (also called U.S. Highway 1, and abbreviated US 1) is a United States highway which parallels the east coast of the United States. ... The Matecumbe Keys toll booth on June 21, 1938. ... Marathon is a city on Marathon Key and Boot Key, islands in the Florida Keys, located in Monroe County, Florida. ... The Seven Mile Bridge, in the Florida Keys, runs over a channel between the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Strait, connecting Key Vaca (the location of the city of Marathon, Florida) in the Middle Keys to Little Duck Key in the Lower Keys. ...


The island is virtually uninhabited, being home to 524-acre (2.1 km²) Bahia Honda State Park. Founded in 1961, the park occupies most of the island. The channel at the island's west end is one of the deepest natural channels in the Florida keys. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...

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Flora

Several rare plants, including yellow satinwood, silver palm (Cocthrinax argentata), key thatch palm (Thrinax morrisii), and the endangered small-flowered lily thorn (Catesbaea parviflora) are found in the park. Species See text Zanthoxylum (from the Greek ξανθὸν ξύλον, yellow wood) is a genus of about 250 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the family Rutaceae, native to warm temperate and subtropical areas worldwide. ...


History

Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway once ran through the present parkland to Key West. Built between 1905 and 1912, it was destroyed by the severe Labor Day Hurricane of 1935. Later, the railroad bridge foundations were used to build the Overseas Highway, which became U.S. Route 1. Part of the old Bahia Honda Bridge is accessible from the park, and offers a panoramic view of the islands. In 1908, the Florida East Coast Railway Company built two large two-story dormitories there to house workers building the Bahia Honda Bridge. Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913) was a United States tycoon, real estate promoter, railroad developer and Rockefeller partner. ... The Florida East Coast Railway (AAR reporting mark FEC) is a Class II railroad operating in the US state of Florida; in the past, it has been a Class I railroad. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Lowest pressure 892 mbar (hPa)[1] Damages $6 million+ (1935 dollars) $82 million+ (2005 dollars) Fatalities 408 - 600 direct Areas affected Bahamas, Florida Keys, Florida Panhandle, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina Part of the 1935 Atlantic hurricane season The Labor Day Hurricane was a very compact, intense hurricane that... The Matecumbe Keys toll booth on June 21, 1938. ... U.S. Route 1 (also called U.S. Highway 1, and abbreviated US 1) is a United States highway which parallels the east coast of the United States. ...


Recreational activities

The 2.5 mile (4 km) natural, white sand beach was at one time named the best in the continental United States, making it popular for swimming. A nature trail near the park’s oceanside beach skirts a tidal lagoon before passing through a coastal hammock. Bicycling and inline skating can be done on the park’s 3.5 mile (5.6 km) paved road, and there are several fishing and picnicking spots in the area. 90 mile beach Australia A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, shingle, cobble, or even shell along the shoreline of a body of water. ... Swimming is a technique that humans, and other animals, use to move through water using only movements of the body. ... A country trail, formed by wheels of vehicles. ... This mid bay barrier in Narrabeen, a suburb of Sydney (Australia), has blocked what used to be a bay to form a lagoon. ... Hardwood Hammocks Hammocks are dense stands of hardwood trees that grow on natural rises of only a few inches in the land. ... Cycling is a recreation, a transport across land. ... Roller skating girl in Rome, Italy (soul grind) Roller skating is travelling on smooth terrain with roller skates. ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish. ... Friends and family gather for a picnic in a public park in Columbus, Ohio, c. ...


Kayaks and snorkeling gear can be rented at the park, and boat trips for snorkeling on the reef are available. The park has a marina with boat slips available for overnight rental. Campsites (primitive and full hook-up) and vacation cabins are available, although reservations for the winter months can be very difficult to get. Inuit seal hunter in a kayak, armed with a harpoon. ... A snorkeler amid corals on a coral reef near Fiji. ... A small marina at Brixham, Devon, England A marina is a small to medium-sized harbor used by mostly private, recreational yachts. ...


The park is also a part of the Great Florida Birding Trail.


Hours

Florida state parks are open between 8 A.M. and sundown every day of the year (including holidays).


References and external links



Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Florida Keys
Biscayne National Park Soldier Key, Ragged Keys, Boca Chita Key, Sands Key, Elliott Key, Adams Key, Old Rhodes Key, City of Islandia
Upper keys Key Largo (island), North Key Largo (CDP), Key Largo (CDP), Tavernier (CDP), Plantation Key (island), Plantation Key (former CDP), Windley Key, Upper Matecumbe Key, Lignumvitae Key, Lower Matecumbe Key, Village of Islamorada
Middle keys Craig Key, Fiesta Key, Long Key, City of Layton, Conch Key, Duck Key (CDP), Grassy Key, Crawl Key, Long Point Key, Fat Deer Key, Key Vaca, City of Marathon, City of Key Colony Beach, Boot Key, Knight's Key, Pigeon Key
Lower keys Little Duck Key, Missouri Key, Ohio Key, Sunshine Key, Bahia Honda Key, Spanish Harbor Keys, West Summerland Key, No Name Key, Big Pine Key (CDP), Little Torch Key, Middle Torch Key, Big Torch Key, Ramrod Key, Summerland Key, Cudjoe Key (CDP), Sugarloaf Key, Park Key, Lower Sugarloaf Key, Saddlebunch Keys, Shark Key, Geiger Key, Big Coppitt Key (CDP), East Rockland Key, Boca Chica Key, Key Haven, Stock Island (CDP), Key West
Outlying islands Dry Tortugas, Marquesas Keys
Areas Florida Bay, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, National Key Deer Sanctuary, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Biscayne Bay, Biscayne National Park, Key West National Wildlife Refuge, Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge, Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Other topics Monroe County, Conch Republic, Overseas Highway, Overseas Railroad, Card Sound Bridge, Seven Mile Bridge, Bahia Honda Bridge, Theater of the Sea, Hurricane Georges, Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, Key Deer, Ocean Reef Club, Key lime pie


Palm trees in Islamorada The Florida Keys are an archipelago, a string of about 1700 islands in the southeast United States. ... Biscayne National Park is a U.S. National Park located in southern Florida, due east of Homestead, FL. The park preserves Biscayne Bay, one of the top scuba diving areas in the United States. ... Elliott Key is the northernmost of the true Florida Keys (those keys which are ancient coral reefs lifted above the present sea level), and the largest key north of Key Largo (island). ... Adams Key is an island north of the upper Florida Keys in Biscayne National Park. ... Islandia is a city located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ... Key Largo may mean the following: The island in the Florida Keys, see Key Largo (island) The city on that island, see Key Largo, Florida The play Key Largo written in blank verse by Maxwell Anderson The 1948 film Key Largo starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, based on the... North Key Largo is a census-designated place located in Monroe County, Florida. ... A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. ... Key Largo is a census-designated place and town located in Monroe County, Florida, located on an island of the same name in the upper Florida Keys. ... A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. ... Tavernier is a census-designated place and town located in Monroe County, Florida, on an island named Plantation Key in the Florida Keys. ... A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. ... Plantation Key is an island in Monroe County, Florida, United States. ... A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. ... Windley Key is an island in Monroe County, Florida, United States. ... An island in the Florida Keys, Lower Matecumbe Key is in the part of the island chain referred to as the Upper Keys. ... Islamorada, Village of Islands is a village located in Monroe County, Florida, on the island of Upper Matecumbe Key in the Florida Keys. ... Long Key is the home of Long Key State Park, a favorite of campers and nature lovers. ... Layton is a city located in Monroe County, Florida. ... Duck Key is a census-designated place and town located in Monroe County, Florida, on an island of the same name in the Florida Keys. ... A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. ... Grassy Key, Florida is the northernmost island in a chain of islands collectively known as Marathon, Florida. ... Key Vaca is located in Monroe County, Florida. ... Marathon is a city on Marathon Key and Boot Key, islands in the Florida Keys, located in Monroe County, Florida. ... Key Colony Beach is a city located in Monroe County, Florida. ... Boot Key is an island located adjacent to Marathon, Florida, USA. The island is largely undeveloped despite having a bridge to Marathon. ... West Summerland Key is part of the lower Florida Keys. ... No Name Key is located in the Lower Keys. ... Big Pine Key is a census-designated place and town located in Monroe County, Florida, on an island of the same name in the Florida Keys. ... A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. ... Little Torch Key is a small island, one of the Florida Keys. ... Summerland Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys approximately 20 miles east of Key West. ... Cudjoe Key is a census-designated place and town located in Monroe County, Florida, on an island of the same name in the Florida Keys. ... A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. ... Sugarloaf Key is one of the larger islands in the lower Florida Keys, from mile markers 20 to 17. ... The Saddlebunch Keys are a series of salt marsh islands about 7 miles east of Key West, Florida. ... Big Coppitt Key is a census-designated place and town located in island of the same name in the Florida Keys. ... A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. ... Boca Chica Key is an island in the Florida Keys approximately 3 miles east of the island of Key West. ... Originally named Racoon Key, Key Haven is an island in the Florida Keys about a mile east of Key West. ... Stock Island is a census-designated place located in Monroe County, Florida. ... A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. ... Aerial photo of Key West, looking north. ... Dry Tortugas overview map Dry Tortugas detail map Map of Garden Key with Fort Jefferson Fort Jefferson on Garden Key, from northeast The Dry Tortugas are a small group of islands, located at the end of the Florida Keys, USA, about 113 km west of Key West, and 60 km... The Marquesas Keys are a small a group of islands about thirty miles west of Key West, Florida External links http://historicpreservation. ... Florida Bay is the shallow bay located between the southern end of the Florida mainland (the Florida Everglades) and the Florida Keys. ... Dry Tortugas National Park preserves Fort Jefferson and the Dry Tortugas islands of the Florida Keys. ... Florida Keys NMS The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is a U.S. National Marine Sanctuary in the Florida Keys. ... The National Key Deer Refuge is a 8,542 acre National Wildlife Refuge located on Big Pine Key and No Name Key in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida. ... John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park is located on Key Largo in Florida, and includes approximately 70 nautical square miles of adjacent Atlantic Ocean waters. ... Biscayne Bay separates Miami on the mainland from Miami Beach on the barrier islands of the Atlantic Ocean coast of Florida. ... Biscayne National Park is a U.S. National Park located in southern Florida, due east of Homestead, FL. The park preserves Biscayne Bay, one of the top scuba diving areas in the United States. ... The Key West National Wildlife Refuge is a 189,497 acre (766. ... The Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in a region known as the Backcountry, which reaches from north of Marathon to north of Key West. ... The Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in north Key Largo, less than 40 miles south of Miami off SR 905 (Card Sound Road). ... Location in the state of Florida Formed 1823 Seat Key West Area  - Total  - Water 9,679 km² (3,737 mi²) 7,097 km² (2,740 mi²) 73. ... The Conch Republic is a micronation declared as a tongue-in-cheek protest secession of Key West from the United States on April 23, 1982. ... The Matecumbe Keys toll booth on June 21, 1938. ... Florida East Coast Railway train traveling on an Overseas Railroad (Key West Extension) railroad bridge. ... A major connection between mainland Florida and the Florida Keys, the current edition of Card Sound Bridge is a high-rise toll causeway connecting southern Miami-Dade County and northern Monroe County. ... The Seven Mile Bridge, in the Florida Keys, runs over a channel between the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Strait, connecting Key Vaca (the location of the city of Marathon, Florida) in the Middle Keys to Little Duck Key in the Lower Keys. ... Since 1946, Theater of the Sea has been a tourist attraction located in Islamorada, Florida, a town and island in the Florida Keys. ... Lowest pressure 937 mbar (hPa) Damages $5. ... Lowest pressure 892 mbar (hPa)[1] Damages $6 million+ (1935 dollars) $82 million+ (2005 dollars) Fatalities 408 - 600 direct Areas affected Bahamas, Florida Keys, Florida Panhandle, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina Part of the 1935 Atlantic hurricane season The Labor Day Hurricane was a very compact, intense hurricane that... ... Key lime pie is a dessert made of key lime juice, eggs, condensed milk and sugar in a pre-baked pie or unbaked graham cracker crust. ...

Protected Areas of Florida
Department of Environmental Protection
State Parks

Amelia Island | Anastasia | Avalon | Bahia Honda | Bald Point | Big Lagoon | Big Talbot Island | Bill Baggs Cape Florida | Bulow Creek | Caladesi Island | Camp Helen | Cayo Costa | Collier-Seminole | Curry Hammock | Delnor-Wiggins Pass | Devil's Millhopper | Don Pedro Island | Eden Gardens | Egmont Key | Falling Waters | Faver-Dykes | Florida Caverns | Fort Clinch | Fort Cooper | Fort George Island | Fort Pierce Inlet | Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou | Gasparilla Island | George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier | Highlands Hammock | Hontoon Island | Hugh Taylor Birch | John D. MacArthur Beach | John Pennekamp Coral Reef | John U. Lloyd Beach | Jonathan Dickinson | Little Talbot Island | Long Key | Lovers Key / Carl E. Johnson | Mike Roess Gold Head Branch | Navarre Beach | North Peninsula | O'Leno | Oscar Scherer | Ravine Gardens | River Bluff Picnic Site | Sebastian Inlet | Skyway Fishing Pier | St. George Island | St. Joseph Peninsula | Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center | Stump Pass Beach | Tomoka | Torreya | Windley Key Fossil Reef | Image File history File links Flag_of_Florida. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Note: DEP redirects here, but the D is sometimes short for Division, Directorate or other such words Department of Environmental Protection is a name commonly used by states in the United States of America to name their government agency charged with proposing and enforcing environmental law although the federal such... State park is a term used in the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreation, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S. state or one of the states of Mexico. ... Hikers on the Old Spanish Quarry Trail Anastasia State Recreation Area is a Florida State Park located off SR A1A, about 1. ... Bahia Honda State Park is one of Floridas State Parks. ... Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park occupies approximately the southern third of the island of Key Biscayne, at coordinbates , . The park is home to the Cape Florida Lighthouse, the oldest standing structure in Miami-Dade County. ... Kayaks can be rented from the concession stand at the marina. ... Cayo Costa State Park is a Florida State Park located directly south of Boca Grande on Cayo Costa, 12 miles west of Cape Coral. ... Collier-Seminole State Park is a Florida State Park located on US 41, 17 miles south of Naples. ... Boardwalk leading down to the sinkholes observation deck Devils Millhopper Geological State Park is a Florida State Park located two miles northwest of Gainesville, Florida, off State Road 232, northwest of the University of Florida. ... Egmont Key from ferry Egmont Key State Park is a Florida State Park located on Egmont Key, at the mouth of Tampa Bay, in the state of Florida, United States. ... Florida Caverns State Park is one of Floridas State Parks. ... Fort Clinch State Park is a Florida State Park located on a peninsula north of Fernandina Beach, along the Amelia River. ... A CCC structure at Highlands Hammock State Park Cypress Swamp at Highlands Hammock State Park Red-shouldered hawk at Highlands Hammock Highlands Hammock State Park is a 4,896-acre park four miles west of Sebring in Highlands County, Florida. ... Hontoon Island State Park is a 1,648 acre Florida State Park located on Hontoon Island in the St. ... Hugh Taylor Birch State Park is a Florida State Park located in Fort Lauderdale, on East Sunrise Boulevard, off SR A1A. Activities include canoeing, bicycling, fishing, swimming, and group camping. ... John D. MacArthur Beach State Park, named for John D. MacArthur who donated the land for its construction in the 1970s, is located in West Palm Beach, Florida. ... John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park is located on Key Largo in Florida, and includes approximately 70 nautical square miles of adjacent Atlantic Ocean waters. ... Jonathan Dickinson State Park is located between Stuart and Jupiter in sourtheastern Florida. ... Little Talbot Island State Park is a Florida State Park located on Little Talbot Island, 17 miles northeast of Jacksonville on Florida State Road A1A. The park covers the entire 2,500 acre island. ... Navarre Beach State Park is one of Floridas State Parks. ... OLeno State Park is a Florida State Park located on the Santa Fe River six miles north of High Springs, Florida on U.S._Highway_441. ... Oscar Scherer State Park is one of Floridas State Parks. ... Sebastian Inlet State Park is a state park located 10 miles south of Melbourne Beach, Florida. ... Facing north from the south span. ... St. ... St. ... Torreya State Park is one of Floridas State Parks. ...

Botanical

Alfred B. Maclay Gardens | Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock | Lignumvitae Key | Washington Oaks State Gardens | Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... The Alfred B. Maclay State Gardens (28 acres) are gardens located at 3540 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, Florida, USA, and maintained by the State of Florida. ... Washington Oaks Gardens State Park is a Florida State Park located near Palm Coast, Florida, along Highway A1A. The park is most famous for its formal gardens, however it also preserves the original habitat of a northeast Florida barrier island. ...

Lakes, Rivers and Springs

Deer Lake | Lake Griffin | Lake June in Winter Scrub | Lake Kissimmee | Lake Louisa | Lake Manatee | Lake Talquin | Alafia River | Blackwater River | Econfina River | Guana River | Hillsborough River | Little Manatee River | Myakka River | Ochlockonee River | Silver River | Suwannee River | Blue Spring | De Leon Springs | Edward Ball Wakulla Springs | Fanning Springs | Homosassa Springs Wildlife | Ichetucknee Springs | Lafayette Blue Springs | Madison Blue Springs | Manatee Springs | Peacock Springs | Rainbow Springs | Troy Springs | Wekiwa Springs | Werner-Boyce Salt Springs | This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The River Thames in London River running into Harrietville Trout Farm A river is a large natural waterway. ... A natural spring on Mackinac Island in Michigan. ... Deer Lake State Park is one of Floridas State Parks. ... Lake Kissimmee State Park s a 5,930 acre Florida State Park located on Florida State Road 60, 15 miles east of Lake Wales. ... Blackwater River State Park is one of Floridas State Parks. ... Econfina River State Park is one of Floridas State Parks. ... Seagull at Guana River State Park Guana River State Park is a former Florida State Park located on barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and the Tolomato River, on State Highway A1A between St. ... // Location Hillsborough River State Park is located in the northeast corner of Hillsborough County in the state of Florida. ... Myakka River State Park is one of Floridas State Parks. ... Ochlockonee River State Park is one of Floridas State Parks. ... Suwannee River State Park is located near Live Oak, Florida in the United States. ... Manatee in Blue Spring Blue Spring State Park is a state park near Orange City, Florida in the United States. ... De Leon Springs State Park is one of Floridas State Parks, located in De Leon Springs, Volusia County, Florida. ... Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park is one of Floridas State Parks. ... Ichetucknee Springs State Park is a Florida State Park located four miles northwest of Fort White, Florida off Florida State Roads 47 and 238 It is unique centering around the Ichetucknee River, a six mile long river that flows through shaded hammocks and wetlands into the Santa Fe River. ... Lafayette Blue Springs State Park is a Florida State Park, located on the west side of the Suwannee River, seven miles northwest of Mayo, off US 27. ... Manatee Springs State Park is a Florida State Park located six miles west of Chiefland, Florida on State Road 320 (Florida) off U.S._Highway_98. ... Troy Springs State Park is a Florida State Park, located approximately six miles north of Branford, off US 27. ... Kayaking on Wekiwa Run near Wekiwa Springs A young Alligator in the Wekiwa Run near Wekiwa Springs Wekiwa Springs State Park is a 7,000 acre Florida State Park in Apopka, Florida, located 20 minutes north of Orlando, off Interstate 4 at exit 94. ...

Recreation areas

Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek | Dead Lakes | Dunns Creek | Gamble Rogers Memorial | Grayton Beach | Henderson Beach | Honeymoon Island | Oleta River | Perdido Key | Ponce de Leon Springs | St. Andrews | Three Rivers | Tigers playing in the water. ... Grayton Beach State Recreation Area is one of Floridas State Parks. ... The Oleta River State Park is the largest urban park in the Florida State Park system. ... Perdido Key State Recreation Area is one of Floridas State Parks. ... Ponce de Leon Springs State Recreation Area is one of Floridas State Parks. ... St. ... Three Rivers State Recreation Area is one of Floridas State Parks. ...

Museums, Historic sites, and Archaeological sites

Cedar Key Museum | Constitution Convention Museum | Forest Capital Museum | John Gorrie State Museum | Ybor City Museum
The Barnacle | Bulow Plantation Ruins | Dade Battlefield | DeSoto Site | Dudley Farm | Fort Foster | Fort Mose | Fort Zachary Taylor | Gamble Plantation | Indian Key | Koreshan | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Homestead | Natural Bridge Battlefield | Olustee Battlefield | Orman House | Paynes Creek | San Marcos de Apalache | Yellow Bluff Fort | Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins
Crystal River | Lake Jackson Mounds | Letchworth Mounds | Madira Bickel Mound | Mound Key | San Pedro Underwater | The National Gallery in London, a famous museum. ... A historic site is a location where pieces of history have been preserved. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... John Gorrie State Museum is one of Floridas State Parks. ... Ybor City Museum State Park is a Florida State Park located in Tampas Ybor Citys National Historic District, at the corner of 9th Avenue and 19th Street. ... The Barnacle Historic State Park is a five acre Florida State Park located on Biscayne Bay, in Coconut Grove at 3485 Main Highway. ... Fort Taylor, Florida by Seth Eastman (1808-1875) The Fort Zachary Taylor State Historic Site, better known simply as Fort Taylor, (or Fort Zach to Key West locals), is a Florida State Park centered on a Civil War-era fort located near the southern tip of Key West, Florida. ... Indian Key State Historic Site is an island within the Florida State Park system located just a few hundred yards to the east of the Florida Keys. ... Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park is a Florida State Park Historic Site located on the former homestead of Florida author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, between Ocala and Gainesville, Florida in Cross Creek, Florida at 18700 South County Road 325. ... Natural Bridge Battlefield State Historic Site is one of Floridas State Parks. ... Lake Jackson Mounds State Archaeological Site is one of Floridas State Parks. ... Letchworth Mounds is one of Floridas State Parks. ...

Preserves and reserves

Anclote Key | Cedar Key Scrub | Charlotte Harbor | Crystal River | Estero Bay | Fakahatchee Strand | Kissimmee Prairie | Lower Wekiva River | Paynes Prairie | Pumpkin Hill Creek | River Rise | Rock Springs Run | San Felasco Hammock | Savannas | Seabranch | St. Lucie Inlet | St. Sebastian River | Tarkiln Bayou | Topsail Hill | Tosohatchee | Waccasassa Bay | Yellow River Marsh | A nature reserve (natural reserve, nature preserve, natural preserve) is an area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. ... Paynes Prairie is a region of savanna south of Gainesville, Florida, United States. ... San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park is a Florida State Park located northwest of Gainesville, Florida on State Road 232 and off U.S. 441 just south of Alachua. ... Tarkiln Bayou is one of Floridas State Parks. ... Yellow River Marsh is one of Floridas State Parks. ...

Trails

Gainesville-Hawthorne | General James A. Van Fleet | Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad Trail | Withlacoochee | A country trail, formed by wheels of vehicles. ...



 
 

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