Florida State Parks Trivia

Big Shoals State Park in White Springs features the largest whitewater rapids in Florida.

Wakulla Springs Lodge at Wakulla Springs State Park was built in 1937 by financier Edward Ball.

Royal Palm State Park was created in 1916 as the first protected area in the Everglades.

The Wes Skiles Peacock Springs State Park features one of the longest underwater cave systems in the continental United States.

The Fairchild Oak at Bulow Creek State Park is one of the largest live oaks in the South and more than 800 years old.

At 73 feet, the waterfall at Falling Waters State Park is the highest waterfall in Florida.

Gamble Plantation Historic State Park is home to the only surviving plantation house in South Florida.

Natural Bridge Battlefield State Park is the site of the second largest Civil War battle in Florida.

At only 41 acres, Fort Mose Historic State Park is the smallest state park in Florida.

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park is known as “the Amazon of North America.”

Fort Zachary Taylor is Florida’s southernmost state park.

Forest Capital Museum State Park “celebrates the history of Florida’s forest industry.”

Both the McLarty Treasure Museum and the Sebastian Fishing Museum are located at Sebastian Inlet State Park.

Amelia Island State Park is the only state park in Florida to offer horseback riding on the beach.

Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park features a 120-foot-deep sinkhole that is accessible from a stairway leading to a “miniature rain forest.”

Eden Gardens State Park is home to the Wesley House, which boasts the second largest known collection of Louis XVI furniture in the United States.

The John Gorrie Museum State Park in Apalachicola serves to commemorate the man who became a pioneer in the field of refrigeration and air conditioning.

Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park is home to Lucifer the Hippo (“Lu” for short).

Wakulla Springs State Park is home to one of the largest and deepest freshwater springs in the world.

Florida Caverns State Park is the only state park in Florida to offer cave tours to the public.