Area 8.094 km² Established 1935 | Phone +1 352-473-4701 | |
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Location Clay County, Florida, USA Nearest city Keystone Heights, Florida Governing body Florida Department of Environmental Protection Address 6239 State Rd 21, Keystone Heights, FL 32656, USA Management Florida Department of Environmental Protection Similar Ravine Gardens State Park, Palatka‑Lake Butler State Trail, Fanning Springs State Park, Stephen Foster Folk Culture C, Lafayette Blue Springs S | ||
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Gold Head Branch State Park, a Florida State Park, is 2,000 acres (8 km²) of rolling sandhills, marshes, ravines, lakes and scrub located midway between Gainesville and Jacksonville, six miles (10 km) north of Keystone Heights on SR 21. Gold Head is one of the earliest state parks in Florida. Some of its amenities, including cabins, were originally constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s.
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BiologyEdit
Among the wildlife of the park are fox squirrels, southeastern kestrels, red-tailed hawks, bald eagles, turkeys, and gopher tortoises. The park also has pocket gopher, fox, white-tailed deer and variety of water and wading birds. The park has a diversity of wild flowers. Among them are blazing star, goldenrod, and lopsided Indian grass.
Recreational activitiesEdit
Activities include fishing, horseback riding, canoeing, swimming, hiking and wildlife viewing. Amenities include full facility camping, lakeside cabins, a picnic area overlooking Little Lake Johnson, and a beach on the lake. The park also has four marked hiking trails and a seven-mile (11 km) equestrian trail.
HoursEdit
Florida state parks are open between 8 a.m. and sundown every day of the year (including holidays).