Media Advisory: Oct. 7, 2016
STATE PARK CLOSURES FOR HURRICANE MATTHEW
~State park closures to ensure visitor safety~
TALLAHASSEE,
Fla. – The Department of Environmental Protection’s Florida Park
Service announces the closure of state parks across Florida due to weather conditions.
The following state parks are closed until further notice:
- Addison Blockhouse Historic State Park (Volusia County)
- Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve State Park (Polk County)
- Amelia Island State Park (Nassau County)
- Anastasia State Park (St. Johns County)
- Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park (Martin County)
- Avalon State Park (St. Lucie County)
- Big Shoals State Park (Hamilton and Columbia counties)
- Big Talbot Island State Park (Duval County)
- Blue Spring State Park (Volusia County)
- Bulow Creek State Park (Volusia County)
- Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park (Flagler County)
- Colt Creek State Park (Polk County)
- De Leon Springs State Park (Volusia County)
- Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park (Alachua County)
- Dudley Farms Historic State Park (Alachua County)
- Dunns Creek State Park (Putnam County)
- Fanning Springs State Park (Levy County)
- Faver-Dykes State Park (St. Johns County)
- Fernandina Plaza Historic State Park (Nassau County)
- Fort Clinch State Park (Nassau County)
- Fort George Island Cultural State Park (Duval County)
- Fort Mose Historic State Park (St. Johns County)
- Fort Pierce Inlet State Park (St. Lucie County)
- Gainesville-to-Hawthorne State Trail (Alachua County)
- Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach (Flagler County)
- George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier State Park (Nassau County)
- Haw Creek Preserve State Park (Flagler, Putnam and Volusia counties)
- Hontoon Island State Park (Volusia and Lake counties)
- Ichetucknee Springs State Park (Columbia and Suwannee counties)
- Indian River Lagoon Preserve State Park (Brevard County)
- John D. MacArthur Beach State Park (Palm Beach County)
- Jonathan Dickinson State Park (Martin County)
- Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park (Okeechobee County)
- Lake Griffin State Park (Lake County)
- Lake Louisa State Park (Lake County)
- Lake Kissimmee State Park (Polk County)
- Little Talbot Island State Park (Duval County)
- Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park (Lake and Seminole counties)
- Manatee Springs State Park (Levy County)
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park (Alachua County)
- Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway (Citrus, Levy, Marion and Putnam counties)
- Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park (Clay County)
- Nature Coast State Trail (Dixie, Gilchrist and Levy counties)
- North Peninsula State Park (Volusia County)
- Okeechobee Battlefield Historic State Park (Okeechobee County)
- O'Leno State Park (Alachua and Columbia counties)
- Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park (Baker County)
- Palatka-to-Lake Butler State Trail (Bradford, Clay, Putnam and Union counties)
- Palatka-to-St. Augustine State Trail (St. Johns County)
- Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park (Alachua County)
- Price's Scrub (Marion County)
- Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park (Duval County)
- Rainbow Springs State Park (Marion County)
- Ravine Gardens State Park (Putnam County)
- River Rise Preserve State Park (Columbia County)
- Rock Springs Run State Reserve (Orange, Lake and Seminole counties)
- San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park (Alachua County)
- Savannas Preserve State Park (St. Lucie and Martin counties)
- Seabranch Preserve State Park (Martin County)
- Sebastian Inlet State Park (Brevard and Indian River counties)
- Silver Springs State Park (Marion County)
- Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park (Hamilton County)
- St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park (Broward and Indian River counties)
- St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park (Martin County)
- Tomoka State Park (Volusia County)
- Washington Oaks Gardens State Park (Flagler County)
- Wekiwa Springs State Park (Orange County)
- Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park (Duval County)
Florida Governor Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency.
Visitor safety is paramount in the decision to close and
open Florida state parks during times of severe weather. The Florida Park Service is in constant
communication with state and local emergency operations centers and will close parks as necessary to ensure visitor safety.
Following severe weather events, the Florida Park Service works to reopen parks as
quickly as possible to provide recreation for Florida's residents and visitors. State parks will be opened as quickly as visitor safety can be assured.
Please visit floridastateparks.org and the Florida State Parks Facebook page for continuously updated information.
The 2016 Atlantic Hurricane season runs
from June 1 – Nov. 30. For additional information about severe
weather in Florida, and to Get
A Plan, visit FloridaDisaster.org and FLGetAPlan.com. Follow the State Emergency Response Team on Twitter at @FLSERT
and Facebook at www.Facebook.com/FloridaSERT.
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