Since 1964, Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park has provided visitors with up-close opportunities to learn about Florida’s wildlife. Check out a special program highlighting wildlife conservation and co-existence at the park’s visitor center on Friday, Jan. 20th at 1 p.m.
Sasha Menendez took these photos at Devils Millhopper Geological State Park. Have you visited this park in Gainesville, Florida?
Throwback to 1966 at Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park.
Feeding wild animals such as alligators, birds and bears accustoms them to humans and causes them to associate us with food.
Protect yourself and the wildlife we share our parks with by not feeding the animals! http://myfwc.com/conservation/you-conserve/wildlife/
Congrats to Blue Spring State Park and Lemon the manatee!
What do you think we should name the new calf?
Exciting news from Blue Spring!
Manatee 'Lemon' brought in a new baby calf! Congratulations Lemon!!
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Guess this park! Only accessible by private boat or park ferry, this park in DeLand, Florida, has six one-room cabins and twelve primitive campsites. Fishing is a popular activity and Catfish, Brim, Bass, Sunfish, Perch and Crappie are common catches in the area. Guess this park!
What's on your 2017 bucket list? Authentic Florida gives you 17 outdoor activities to start your year off right, including meeting a Weeki Wachee Springs Mermaid, beachin' it at Anastasia State Park, canoeing the Wekiva River, swimming at @Rainbow Springs State Park and more:
Lu the hippo is one of Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park's most famous residents. Comment with your caption!
Visiting Southwest Florida? Take a walk on the wild side at one of these Florida State Parks:
Camp Helen State Park, Lucky Mud and the Friends of Camp Helen State Park present the 2017 Americana Concert series, featuring Paul Kamm and Eleanore MacDonald, on January 21, 2017.
Event is free, but donations to the Friends of Camp Helen State Park are appreciated. http://tinyurl.com/jckq8ms
Have you vowed to be more fit in 2017? Find healthy activities among our Park Fit Events, including kayaking tours, beach-side yoga classes, guided hikes, races and more:
May 2017 be your most memorable year yet! Buy unlimited adventure with our Annual Pass:
http://shop.floridastateparks.org/shop/passes-passports.html
"Look closely, the beautiful may be small." - Immanuel Kant. Thanks for sharing, Rick!
This crabby little guy found us on the beach at Ft. Clinch State Park on Black Friday.
What's so special about the Suwannee River? Let blogger, Erika Z, show you:
Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park is a monument to the rise and fall of sugar plantations in East Florida. Once a prosperous plantation, the Bulow Plantation was destroyed in 1836 during the Second Seminole War.
See the eerie ruins that remain at this park in Flagler Beach, Florida. https://www.floridastateparks.org/park/Bulow-Plantation
Happy Stephen Foster Memorial Day! Stephen Foster is known as the father of American folk music, and he wrote Florida's state song, "Swanee River."
Learn about his music and those who find inspiration in his work by attending the 65th Annual Florida Folk Festival at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park on Memorial Day Weekend 2017!
Photos of Stephen Foster (1859) from Florida Memory. Bing Futch and Wax Wings were photographed from last year's event by David Wilcox.
https://www.floridastateparks.org/folkfest
"The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others" – St. John Chrysostom. Photo by Jeffery Gore, taken at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.
