Media Advisory: Sept. 22, 2017
136 Florida State Parks Reopen Following Hurricane Irma
~31 state parks remain closed to ensure visitor safety~
TALLAHASSEE,
Fla. – The Department of Environmental Protection’s Florida Park
Service announces that 136 state parks have reopened following Hurricane Irma. Due to weather conditions and to ensure visitor safety, 31 state parks remain closed.
The following state parks have reopened for day use only:
- Addison Blockhouse Historic State Park (Volusia County)
- Alafia River State Park (Hillsborough County)
- Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park (Leon 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)
- Bald Point State Park (Franklin 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 (Flagler and Volusia counties)
- Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park (Flagler County)
- Caladesi Island State Park (Pinellas County)
- Camp Helen State Park (Bay 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)
- Constitution Convention Museum State Park (Gulf County)
- Crystal River Archaeological State Park (Citrus County)
- Crystal River Preserve State Park (Citrus County)
- Dade Battlefield Historic State Park (Sumter County)
- De Leon Springs State Park (Volusia County)
- Deer Lake State Park (Walton County)
- Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park (Alachua County)
- Dr. Julian G. Bruce St. George Island State Park (Franklin County)
- Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park (Broward County)
- Don Pedro Island State Park (Charlotte County)
- Dudley Farm Historic State Park (Alachua County)
- Dunns Creek State Park (Putnam County)
- Econfina River State Park (Taylor County)
- Eden Gardens State Park (Walton County)
- Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park (Wakulla County)
- Egmont Key State Park (Hillsborough County)
- Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park (Citrus County)
- Estero Bay Preserve State Park (Lee County)
- Falling Waters State Park (Washington County)
- Fanning Springs State Park (Levy County)
- Fernandina Plaza Historic State Park (Nassau County)
- Florida Caverns State Park (Jackson 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)
- Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park (Okaloosa 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)
- George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier State Park (Nassau and Duval counties)
- Grayton Beach State Park (Walton County)
- Haw Creek Preserve State Park (Flagler, Volusia, Putnam counties)
- Henderson Beach State Park (Okaloosa County)
- Honeymoon Island State Park (Pinellas County)
- Hugh Taylor Birch State Park (Broward County)
- Ichetucknee Springs State Park (Columbia and Suwannee counties)
- Ichetucknee Trace (Columbia 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)
- Jonathan Dickinson State Park (Martin and Palm Beach counties)
- Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park (Manatee County)
- Lafayette Blue Springs State Park (Lafayette County)
- Lake Griffin State Park (Lake County)
- Lake Kissimmee State Park (Polk and Osceola counties)
- Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park (Leon County)
- Lake June-in-Winter Scrub State Park (Highlands County)
- Lake Louisa State Park (Lake County)
- Lake Manatee State Park (Manatee County)
- Lake Talquin State Park (Leon, Liberty and Gadsden counties)
- Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park (Jefferson County)
- Little Manatee River State Park (Hillsborough County)
- Little Talbot Island State Park (Duval County)
- 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)
- Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park (Leon County)
- Nature Coast State Trail (Dixie, Gilchrist and Levy counties)
- North Peninsula State Park (Volusia County)
- Ochlockonee River State Park (Wakulla County)
- Okeechobee Battlefield Historic State Park (Okeechobee County)
- O'Leno State Park (Alachua and Columbia counties)
- 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 Prairie Preserve State Park (Alachua County)
- Ponce de Leon Springs State Park (Holmes and Walton counties)
- Price's Scrub (Marion County)
- Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park (Duval County)
- Ravine Gardens State Park (Putnam County)
- Rock Springs Run State Reserve (Orange, Lake and Seminole counties)
- San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park (Alachua County)
- San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park (Wakulla 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. Andrews State Park (Bay County)
- St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park (Martin County)
- St. Marks River Preserve State Park (Leon and Jefferson counties)
- 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)
- T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park (Gulf County)
- Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail (Leon and Wakulla counties)
- Terra Ceia Preserve State Park (Manatee County)
- Three Rivers State Park (Jackson County)
- Torreya State Park (Liberty and Gadsden counties)
- Tomoka State Park (Volusia County)
- Troy Spring State Park (Lafayette County)
- Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park (Levy County)
- Weeki Wachee Springs State Park (Hernando County)
- Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park (Pasco County)
- Wes Skiles Peacock Springs State Park (Suwannee 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 are closed until further notice:
- Bahia Honda State Park (Monroe County)
- Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park (Dade County)
- Collier-Seminole State Park (Collier County)
- Colt Creek State Park (Polk County)
- Curry Hammock State Park (Monroe County)
- Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park (Monroe County)
- Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park (Collier County)
- Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park (Collier County)
- Faver-Dykes State Park (St. Johns County)
- Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park (Monroe County)
- General James A. Van Fleet State Trail (Sumter, Lake and Polk counties)
- Highlands Hammock State Park (Highlands and Hardee counties)
- Hillsborough River State Park (Hillsborough County)
- Hontoon Island State Park (Volusia and Lake counties)
- Indian Key Historic State Park (Monroe County)
- John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park (Monroe County)
- Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park (Okeechobee and Osceola counties)
- Koreshan State Historic Site (Lee County)
- Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park (Monroe County)
- Long Key State Park (Monroe County)
- Lovers Key State Park (Lee County)
- Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park (Lake and Seminole counties)
- Myakka River State Park (Manatee and Sarasota counties)
- Oleta River State Park (Dade County)
- Paynes Creek Historic State Park (Hardee County)
- Rainbow Springs State Park (Marion County)
- River Rise Preserve State Park (Alachua and Columbia counties)
- The Barnacle Historic State Park (Dade County)
- Washington Oaks Gardens State Park (Flagler County)
- Wekiwa Springs State Park (Seminole, Orange and Lake counties)
- Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park (Monroe County)
All other Florida State Parks are open at this time.
Visitor safety is paramount in the decision to reopen Florida State Parks following times of severe weather. Additionally, Florida State Parks are in constant
communication with state and local emergency operations centers and will reopen based on conditions and location.
Please visit floridastateparks.org and the Florida State Parks Facebook page for continuously updated information.
Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency 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 recovery tips, follow the State Emergency Response Team on Twitter at @FLSERT
and Facebook at www.Facebook.com/FloridaSERT.
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