Florida Reopens 80 State Parks For Limited Recreation

ACROSS FLORIDA — Florida residents may resume fishing, swimming and walking on the beach at about 80 state parks this week.

The Department of Environmental Protection has implemented the first phase of reopening Florida state parks. This first phase includes recreational activities only at about 80 parks and trails throughout Florida.

However, to ensure the protection of visitors and park staff, the parks will have limited hours (8 a.m. to sunset), capacity and amenities.

No sunbathing will be allowed and chairs, coolers and shade tents will be prohibited.

Permitted activities include walking, jogging, swimming and fishing.

Restrooms and trash cans are available but all other park facilities will remain closed.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers will be on hand to enforce these rules, including social distancing and gathering guidelines.

State parks that has reopened for limited uses include:

• Addison Blockhouse Historic State Park
• Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park (Lake Overstreet trails only)
• Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve State Park
• Amelia Island State Park
• Anclote Key Preserve State Park
• Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park
• Avalon State Park
• Bald Point State Park
• Big Shoals State Recreation Area
• Big Talbot Island State Park
• Blackwater Heritage State Trail
• Blackwater River State Park
• Bulow Creek State Park
• Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park
• Camp Helen State Park
• Cayo Costa State Park (beachside boat access only)
• Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve
• Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park
• Cockroach Bay Preserve State Park
• Crystal River Archaeological State Park
• Crystal River Preserve State Park
• Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Preserve State Park
• Deer Lake State Park
• Don Pedro State Park (island only)
• Dunns Creek State Park
• Econfina River State Park
• Egmont Key State Park
• Estero Bay Preserve State Park
• Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
• Faver-Dykes State Park
• Fernandina Plaza Historic State Park
• Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail
• Fort Cooper State Park
• Fort George Island Cultural State Park
• Ft. Pierce Inlet State Park (Jack Island access only)
• Gainesville to Hawthorne State Trail
• Gasparilla Island State Park (roadside day use parking only)
• General James A. Van Fleet State Trail
• George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier State Park
• Grayton Beach State Park (access north of 30a only)
• Haw Creek Preserve State Park
• Honeymoon Island State Park
• Hontoon Island State Park
• Hugh Taylor Birch State Park
• Indian River Lagoon Preserve State Park
• Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park
• Lake June-in-Winter Scrub Preserve State Park
• Lake Talquin State Park
• Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park
• Lover's Key State Park (boat ramp only)
• Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park
• Madira Bickel Mound State Archaeological Site
• Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway (Includes: Withlacoochee Bay Trail, Inglis Bypass Recreation Area, Inglis Lock Recreation Area, Ross Prairie Trailhead, Landbridge Trailhead, Historic Santos Recreation Area, Eureka West Recreation Area, Rodman Recreation Area, Buckman Lock - St Johns Loop North and South, Felburn Park, Inglis Dam and Island Recreation Area, Dunnellon Trail, Shangri-La Trailhead, Santos Trailhead, Baseline Road Trailhead, Kenwood Recreation Area)
• Mound Key Archaeological State Park
• Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park
• Nature Coast State Trail
• North Peninsula State Park
• Okeechobee Battlefield Historic State Park
• Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park
• Palatka to Lake Butler State Trail
• Palatka to St. Augustine State Trail
• Perdido Key State Park
• Price's Scrub State Park
• Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park
• River Rise Preserve State Park
• San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park
• San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park
• San Pedro Underwater Archaeological Preserve State Park
• Seabranch Preserve State Park
• Sebastian Inlet State Park (AIA day use parking only)
• Skyway Fishing Pier State Park
• St. Andrews State Park
• St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park
• St. Marks River Preserve State Park
• St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park
• Suwannee River Wilderness Trail
• Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail
• Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park
• Terra Ceia Preserve State Park
• Torreya State Park
• Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park
• Washington Oaks Garden State Park (beach side only)
• Wes Skiles Peacock Springs State Park
• Withlacoochee State Trail
• Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park
• Yellow River Marsh Preserve State Park
• Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park