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Among the dunes and foliage of the beach is where the federally endangered Anastasia Island beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus phasma) calls home. Marked with a light buff-colored back, pure white ...

The Gamble Jam is a family-friendly event that occurs every second and fourth Saturday of the month. The park hosts this acoustic jam session at one of the pavilions along the river to honor the ...

Louis Thursby, one of the area’s first European settlers, came here with his family in 1857. He hoped that being close to the river would help him to grow wealthy, and so he built an orange grove and ...

In one of the oldest neighborhoods in North Florida you can discover the smallest state park. Measuring in at about 0.8 acres, Fernandina Plaza Historic State Park is a grassy lot atop a bluff ...

The entrance to the Cumberland Sound and the St Mary’s River has been of vital importance to the people of Florida for close to 300 years. The first fortifications on the site began in 1736, but it ...

Built in 1891, The Barnacle is the oldest house in Miami-Dade County standing in its original location. Built in 1891, The Barnacle is the oldest house in Miami-Dade County standing in its original ...

The Florida Keys would not be the vacation destination they are today if it weren’t for the vision of Henry Flagler. Henry Flagler saw the benefit of connecting Key West with the rest of the country ...

The vast marshy coastline you see from the Blue Trail protects 49 hammock islands that were used in the 1860s by Confederate deserters during the Civil War. During the Great Depression, the Econfina ...

Hugh Taylor Birch State Park is a coastal playground amid urban Fort Lauderdale and the beaches here draws visitors from all over the world. Sunbathe, swim or fish against a backdrop of cerulean water ...

The virgin tropical hardwood hammock that thrives on this island was once common on most of Florida's Upper Keys. In 1919, William J. Matheson, a wealthy Miami chemist, bought this tiny island and ...

The Lake Overstreet Trails are a thriving trail system showcasing the unique topography of North Florida. The Lake Overstreet addition to Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park was acquired in 1994. With ...