Media Advisory: Sept. 9, 2017
State Park Closures for Hurricane Irma
~State parks closed to ensure visitor safety~
TALLAHASSEE,
Fla. – The Department of Environmental Protection’s Florida Park
Service announces the closure of 141 state parks across the state due to imminent weather conditions including strong winds and rain. Preparations are being made to close an additional 11 parks by 5 p.m. today.
The following state parks are closed until further notice:
- Addison Blockhouse Historic State Park (Volusia County)
- Addison Blockhouse Historic State Park (Volusia County)
- Alafia River State Park (Hillsborough County)
- Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve State Park (Polk County)
- Amelia Island State Park (Nassau County)
- Anastasia State Park (St. Johns County)
- Anclote Key Preserve State Park (Pinellas and Pasco counties)
- Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park (Martin County)
- Avalon State Park (St. Lucie County)
- Bahia Honda State Park (Monroe County)
- Big Shoals State Park (Hamilton and Columbia counties)
- Big Talbot Island State Park (Duval County)
- Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park (Dade County)
- Blue Spring State Park (Volusia County)
- Bulow Creek State Park (Flagler and Volusia counties)
- Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park (Flagler County)
- Caladesi Island State Park (Pinellas County)
- Cayo Costa State Park (Lee County)
- Cedar Key Museum State Park (Levy County)
- Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve (Levy County)
- Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park (Lee and Charlotte counties)
- Cockroach Bay Preserve State Park (Hillsborough County)
- Collier-Seminole State Park (Collier County)
- Colt Creek State Park (Polk County)
- Crystal River Archaeological State Park (Citrus County)
- Crystal River Preserve State Park (Citrus County)
- Curry Hammock State Park (Monroe County)
- Dade Battlefield Historic State Park (Sumter County)
- Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park (Monroe County)
- De Leon Springs State Park (Volusia County)
- Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park (Collier County)
- Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park (Alachua County)
- Don Pedro Island State Park (Charlotte County)
- Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park (Broward County)
- Dudley Farm Historic State Park (Alachua County)
- Dunns Creek State Park (Putnam County)
- Egmont Key State Park (Hillsborough County)
- Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park (Citrus County)
- Estero Bay Preserve State Park (Lee County)
- Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park (Collier County)
- Fanning Springs State Park (Levy County)
- Faver-Dykes State Park (St. Johns County)
- Fernandina Plaza Historic State Park (Nassau County)
- Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail (Monroe County)
- Forest Capital Museum State Park (Taylor County)
- Fort Clinch State Park (Nassau County)
- Fort Cooper State Park (Citrus 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)
- Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park (Monroe County)
- Gainesville-to-Hawthorne State Trail (Alachua County)
- Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach (Flagler County)
- Gasparilla Island State Park (Lee County)
- General James A. Van Fleet State Trail (Sumter, Lake and Polk counties)
- George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier State Park (Nassau and Duval counties)
- Haw Creek Preserve State Park (Flagler, Volusia and Putnam counties)
- Highlands Hammock State Park (Highlands and Hardee counties)
- Hillsborough River State Park (Hillsborough County)
- Honeymoon Island State Park (Pinellas County)
- Hontoon Island State Park (Volusia and Lake counties)
- Hugh Taylor Birch State Park (Broward County)
- Ichetucknee Springs State Park (Columbia and Suwannee counties)
- Ichetucknee Trace (Columbia County)
- Indian Key Historic State Park (Monroe County)
- Indian River Lagoon Preserve State Park (Brevard County)
- John D. MacArthur Beach State Park (Palm Beach County)
- John Gorrie Museum State Park (Franklin County)
- John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park (Monroe County)
- Jonathan Dickinson State Park (Martin and Palm Beach counties)
- Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park (Manatee County)
- Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park (Okeechobee and Osceola counties)
- Koreshan State Historic Site (Lee County)
- Lafayette Blue Springs State Park (Lafayette County)
- Lake Griffin State Park (Lake County)
- Lake June-in-Winter Scrub State Park (Highlands County)
- Lake Kissimmee State Park (Polk and Osceola counties)
- Lake Louisa State Park (Lake County)
- Lake Manatee State Park (Manatee County)
- Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park (Monroe County)
- Little Manatee River State Park (Hillsborough County)
- Little Talbot Island State Park (Duval County)
- Long Key State Park (Monroe County)
- Lovers Key State Park (Lee County)
- Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park (Lake and Seminole counties)
- Madira Bickel Mound State Archaeological Site (Manatee County)
- Madison Blue Spring State Park (Madison County)
- Manatee Springs State Park (Levy County)
- Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway (Citrus, Levy, Marion and Putnam counties)
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park (Alachua County)
- Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park (Clay County)
- Mound Key Archaeological State Park (Lee County)
- Myakka River State Park (Manatee and Sarasota counties)
- Nature Coast State Trail (Dixie, Gilchrist and Levy counties)
- North Peninsula State Park (Volusia County)
- O'Leno State Park (Alachua and Columbia counties)
- Okeechobee Battlefield Historic State Park (Okeechobee County)
- Oleta River State Park (Dade County)
- Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park (Baker County)
- Orman House Historic State Park (Franklin County)
- Oscar Scherer State Park (Sarasota County)
- Palatka-to-Lake Butler State Trail (Bradford, Clay, Putnam and Union counties)
- Palatka-to-St. Augustine State Trail (St. Johns County)
- Paynes Creek Historic State Park (Hardee 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 (Alachua and Columbia counties)
- Rock Springs Run State Reserve (Orange, Lake and Seminole counties)
- San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park (Alachua County)
- San Pedro Underwater Archaeological Preserve State Park (Monroe County)
- Savannas Preserve State Park (St Lucie County)
- Seabranch Preserve State Park (Martin County)
- Sebastian Inlet State Park (Brevard and Indian River counties)
- Silver Springs State Park (Marion County)
- Skyway Fishing Pier State Park (Pinellas, Hillsborough and Manatee counties)
- South Fork State Park (Manatee County)
- St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park (Martin County)
- St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park (Brevard and Indian River counties)
- Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park (Hamilton and Columbia counties)
- Stump Pass Beach State Park (Charlotte County)
- Suwannee River State Park (Hamilton, Madison and Suwannee counties)
- Suwannee River Wilderness Trail (Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette and Suwannee counties)
- Terra Ceia Preserve State Park (Manatee County)
- The Barnacle Historic State Park (Dade County)
- Tomoka State Park (Volusia County)
- Troy Spring State Park (Lafayette County)
- Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park (Levy County)
- Washington Oaks Gardens State Park (Flagler County)
- Weeki Wachee Springs State Park (Hernando County)
- Wekiwa Springs State Park (Seminole, Orange and Lake counties)
- Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park (Pasco County)
- Wes Skiles Peacock Springs State Park (Suwannee County)
- Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park (Monroe County)
- Wingate Creek State Park (Manatee County)
- Withlacoochee State Trail (Citrus, Hernando and Pasco counties)
- Ybor City Museum State Park (Hillsborough County)
- Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park (Duval County)
- Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park (Citrus County)
The following state parks will be closed by 5 p.m. today:
- Bald Point State Park (Franklin County)
- Dr. Julian G. Bruce St. George Island State Park (Franklin County)
- Econfina River State Park (Taylor County)
- Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park (Leon County)
- Lake Talquin State Park (Leon, Liberty and Gadsden counties)
- Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park (Jefferson County)
- Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park (Leon County)
- San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park (Wakulla County)
- St. Marks River Preserve State Park (Leon and Jefferson counties)
- T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park (Gulf County)
- Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail (Leon and Wakulla counties)
All other Florida State Parks remain open at this time.
Visitor safety is paramount in the decision to close and
open Florida State Parks during times of severe weather. Additionally, Florida State Parks are in constant
communication with state and local emergency operations centers and will close based on conditions and location.
Please visit floridastateparks.org and the Florida State Parks Facebook page for continuously updated information.
Florida Governor Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency in preparation for Hurricane Irma. Visit FloridaDisaster.org
for updates and information about this storm.
The 2017 Atlantic Hurricane season runs
from June 1 – Nov. 30. For additional information about severe
weather in Florida, and to "Get a Plan," visit FLGetAPlan.com. For continuous updates and preparation tips, follow the State Emergency Response Team on Twitter at @FLSERT
and Facebook at www.Facebook.com/FloridaSERT.
| 
