Recreation Areas

Recreation Areas in Florida

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Facility Name Description Activities Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve Apalachicola Bay is one of the most productive estuarine systems in the Northern Hemisphere. Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve features 1,162 subspecies of vascular (or "higher-level")  more... Museum/Visitor Center , Wildlife Viewing Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge The Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge stretches across 20.5 miles between Melbourne Beach and Wabasso Beach along Florida's east coast. The refuge was established in 1991 and was named after the  more... Fishing Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge is located seven miles west of the city of Boynton Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida. The refuge was established in 1951 under the  more... Fishing , Hiking , Hunting , Museum/Visitor Center , Wildlife Viewing Big Cypress National Preserve The first National Preserve in the National Park System, Big Cypress has a mixture of pines, hardwoods, prairies, mangrove forests, cypress strands and domes. White-tailed deer, bear and Florida  more... Autotouring , Biking , Camping , Fishing , Hiking , Hunting , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Water Sports , Wildlife Viewing Biscayne National Park It?s a moody place, Biscayne National Park. Some days, Biscayne Bay's shallow waters are glassy smooth, a window on another world. Other times, the wind whistles and whips, creating white waves  more... Camping , Fishing , Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Water Sports , Wildlife Viewing Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge The Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), administered as a satellite refuge of J.N. "Ding" Darling NWR, is located in Lee County on the Caloosahatchee River within the city of Fort Myers.   more... Fishing Canaveral National Seashore Canaveral National Seashore is on a barrier island which includes ocean, beach, dune, hammock, lagoon, salt marsh, and pine flatland habitats. The barrier island and adjacent waterways offer a  more... Camping , Fishing , Hiking , Horseback Riding , Hunting , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Water Sports , Wildlife Viewing Castillo De San Marcos National Monument The Castillo de San Marcos, built 1672-1695, served primarily as an outpost of the Spanish Empire, guarding St. Augustine, the first permanent European settlement in the continental United States,  more... Museum/Visitor Center Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1929 by President Herbert Hoover to protect a breeding ground for colonial nesting migratory birds during a time when market hunters, desiring  more... Fishing , Hiking , Wildlife Viewing Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge The Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1941, is comprised of over 31,000 acres of saltwater bays, estuaries and brackish marshes at the mouth of the  more... Fishing , Hunting , Wildlife Viewing

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