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Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park

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Nearest city
  
Niceville, Florida

Phone
  
+1 850-833-9144

Area
  
357 acres (144 ha)

Established
  
1966

Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park

Location
  
Okaloosa County, Florida, USA

Governing body
  
Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Address
  
4281 FL-20, Niceville, FL 32578, USA

Management
  
Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Similar
  
Henderson Beach State Park, Three Rivers State Park, Econfina River State Park, Ochlockonee River State Park, Eden Gardens State Park

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Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park is a Florida State Park located on the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida, southeast of Niceville. The address is 4281 Highway 20. Native American middens and artifacts can be seen throughout the park.

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Recreational Activities

The park has such amenities as bicycling, birding, boating, canoeing, fishing, hiking, kayaking, picnicking, tubing, wildlife viewing and full camping facilities.

Biology

The park's Sand Pine (Pinus clausa) forest has large, mature Sand Pines towering over other scrub vegetation, such as Florida Rosemary (Ceratiola ericoides), Reindeer Moss (Cladonia spp.), and scrub oaks: sand live oak (Quercus geminata), sandhill oak (Quercus inopina), myrtle oak (Quercus myrtifolia), and Chapmanā€™s oak (Quercus chapmanii).

References

Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park Wikipedia