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John Pennekamp Coral Reef
Key Largo, Florida
Created in 1963
53,000 acres
Located on Key Largo, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park is the first underwater park in the United States and the most visited state park in Florida. The main attractions of the park are the coral reefs and their associated marine life, which can be viewed through glass-bottom boats, by snorkeling, or by scuba diving. Other popular activities in the park include swimming, boating, fishing, kayaking, and relaxing on one of the park's two man-made beaches. The park offers 47 campsites, and has a visitor center with with a 30,000-gallon saltwater aquarium.

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Myakka River
Sarasota, Florida
Created in 1941
37,000 acres
One of the oldest and largest state parks in Florida, Myakka River State Park is located near the western coast of Florida, and preserves 12 miles of the river which it is named for as it flows through prairies, flatlands, hammocks, and marshes. The 7-mile Park Drive, which winds along the Myakka River, is a popular attraction, as well as Boat Basin along Upper Myakka Lake, where airboat tours and tram safaris depart from. The park has an excellent network of hiking trails, and is known for its species of rare birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals. Canoeing, picnicking, biking and camping are also available in the park.

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Wekiwa Springs
Apopka, Florida
Created in 1970
7,000 acres
Located at the headwaters of the Wekiwa River, Wekiwa Springs State Park preserves an ancient jungly wilderness, which looks almost as it did before the arrival of the Europeans. The park's main attraction is its namesake spring, which provides around 42 million gallons of water to the Wekiwa River daily. Visitors can swim in the springs's waters, which are 1-5 feet deep, and stay around 70 degrees. The park has two hiking trails, the 13.5-mile Main Hiking Trail and the 5.3-mile Volksmarch trail. A 60-site campground, canoeing, and kayaking are also available in the park.

Other Parks in Florida
Alafia River State Park
Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park
Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve State Park
Amelia Island State Park
Anastasia State Park
Anclote Key Preserve State Park
Avalon State Park
Bahia Honda State Park
Bald Point State Park
The Barnacle Historic State Park
Big Lagoon State Park
Big Shoals State Park
Big Talbot Island State Park
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park
Blackwater River State Park
Blue Spring State Park
Bulow Creek State Park
Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park
Caladesi Island State Park
Camp Helen State Park
Cayo Costa State Park
Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve
Cedar Key Museum State Park
Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park
Collier-Seminole State Park
Colt Creek State Park
Constitution Convention Museum State Park
Crystal River Archaeological State Park
Crystal River Preserve State Park
Curry Hammock State Park
Dade Battlefield Historic State Park
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park
De Leon Springs State Park
DeSoto Site Historic State Park
Deer Lake State Park
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park
Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park
Don Pedro Island State Park
Dudley Farm Historic State Park
Dunns Creek State Park
Econfina River State Park
Eden Gardens State Park
Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park
Egmont Key State Park
Estero Bay Preserve State Park
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Falling Waters State Park
Fanning Springs State Park
Faver-Dykes State Park
Florida Caverns State Park
Forest Capital Museum State Park
Fort Clinch State Park
Fort Cooper State Park
Fort Foster State Historic Site
Fort George Island Cultural State Park
Fort Mose Historic State Park
Fort Pierce Inlet State Park
Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park
Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park
Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail
Gamble Plantation Historic State Park
Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach
Gasparilla Island State Park
George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier
Grayton Beach State Park
Henderson Beach State Park
Highlands Hammock State Park
Hillsborough River State Park
Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park
Honeymoon Island State Park
Hontoon Island State Park
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park
Ichetucknee Springs State Park
Indian Key Historic State Park
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park
John Gorrie Museum State Park
John U. Lloyd Beach State Park
Jonathan Dickinson State Park
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
Koreshan State Historic Site
Lafayette Blue Springs State Park
Lake Griffin State Park
Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park
Lake June in Winter Scrub State Park
Lake Kissimmee State Park
Lake Louisa State Park
Lake Manatee State Park
Lake Talquin State Park
Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park
Little Manatee River State Park
Little Talbot Island State Park
Long Key State Park
Lovers Key State Park
Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park
Madira Bickel Mound State Archaeological Site
Madison Blue Spring State Park
Manatee Springs State Park
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park
Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park
Mound Key Archaeological State Park
Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park
North Peninsula State Park
Okeechobee Battlefield State Park
O'Leno State Park
Ochlockonee River State Park
Oleta River State Park
Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park
Orman House Historic State Park
Oscar Scherer State Park
Paynes Creek Historic State Park
Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park
Perdido Key State Park
Ponce de Leon Springs State Park
Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park
Rainbow Springs State Park
Ravine Gardens State Park
River Rise Preserve State Park
Rock Springs Run State Reserve
San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park
San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park
San Pedro Underwater Archaeological Preserve State Park
Savannas Preserve State Park
Seabranch Preserve State Park
Sebastian Inlet State Park
Silver Springs State Park
Skyway Fishing Pier State Park
St. Andrews State Park
St. George Island State Park
St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park
St. Marks River State Park
St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
Stump Pass Beach State Park
Suwannee River State Park
T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park
Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park
Terra Ceia Preserve State Park
Three Rivers State Park
Tomoka State Park
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park
Torreya State Park
Troy Springs State Park
Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park
Washington Oaks Gardens State Park
Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park
Wes Skiles Peacock Springs State Park
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park
Ybor City Museum State Park
Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park
Yellow River Marsh Preserve State Park
Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Florida_state_parks
https://www.floridastateparks.org/park/Wekiwa-Springs
https://www.floridastateparks.org/park/Pennekamp
https://www.floridastateparks.org/park/Myakka-River
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wekiwa_Springs_State_Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myakka_River_State_Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pennekamp_Coral_Reef_State_Park

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