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Encyclopedia > Fort Mose Historic State Park
Fort Mose Historic State Park
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
Location: St. Johns County, Florida, USA
Nearest city: St. Augustine, Florida
Coordinates: 29°55′39.68″N, 81°19′30.61″W
Established: October 12, 1994
Governing body: National Park Service/Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Fort Mose Historic State Park (originally known as Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose) is a U.S. National Historic Landmark (designated as such on October 12, 1994), located two miles north of St. Augustine, Florida, on the eastern edge of a marsh. It is also a Florida State Park. 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. ... St. ... Five flags have flown over the city since 1565. ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ... United States is the current Good Article Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. ... USS Constitution. ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Five flags have flown over the city since 1565. ... The Florida State Parks are all the lands that fall under the authority of Floridas Department of Environmental Protection. ...


History

Fort Mose (pronounced "Moh-say") was the first free black settlement legally sanctioned in what would become the United States. The community began when Florida was a Spanish colony. The Colonial Governor, Manuel Montiano, established the fortified town in 1738, where it became a haven for escaped slaves from the English colonies to the north. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Spanish Florida refers to the Spanish colony of Florida. ... Events February 4 - Court Jew Joseph Suss Oppenheimer is executed in Württenberg April 15 - Premiere in London of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. ... The Southern Colonies were the Province of North Carolina, Province of South Carolina, and Province of Georgia. ...


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Protected Areas of Florida
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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. ... 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 | Recreation is the emploment of time in a non-profitable way, in many ways also a therapeutic refreshment of ones body or mind. ... 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. ... Picture of visitor center from behind of redoubt. ... 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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