If you want to see wildlife, it's hard to beat the paradise of Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park and the St. Marks River. While you are visiting, enjoy a picnic lunch or paddle a canoe or kayak while listening to the calls of Northern cardinals, red-shouldered hawks, Carolina chickadees, pileated woodpeckers and bald eagles. 

Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park is the site of one of Florida’s most significant Civil War conflicts. Experience the sights and sounds of history during the first full weekend of March when thousands of visitors attend the annual Natural Bridge battle reenactment.

Where history and nature come together is what you will experience when you visit the first state rail-trail.

Escape the summer heat at De Leon Springs State Park and swim in our refreshing 72-degree spring water where depths range from 18 inches to 30 feet at the spring boil.

Restoring 7,000 acres from industrial timberland back to an ecosystem of longleaf pine and wiregrass has been an 18-year project at Torreya State Park. The restoration work is not yet complete.

Take a guided tour of the 1849 historic Gregory House at Torreya State Park and learn about life on the banks of the Apalachicola River.

The exciting wetland diversity at San Felasco, including the stream-to-sink features, are strongly defined by karst geology. The highly porous, hydrogeologic significance here cannot be overstated.

Naturalist and environmental philosopher John Muir once said “Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” Reason enough to hit the trails at Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park!

If you were to travel back in time to 1890 and walk into a general store of that era, you might think it looked like an old-fashioned version of a big-box store.

Kayaking and canoeing are lifelong sports that anyone can enjoy. The beautiful water at Rocky Bayou Aquatic Preserve is the perfect place to explore the park on the water.