History
Trail Closures
Effective Sept. 4, 2024: All river trails at Hillsborough River State Park are temporarily closed due to flooding.
Pool Closure
The pool is closed until further notice.
The river was named in the late 1700s for Wills Hills, the British Colonial Secretary and Lord Earl of Hillsborough.
In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established the area surrounding the river rapids as a public park.
Many of the park's structures and the suspension bridge are examples of the CCC style of rustic architecture, in harmony with the natural environment.