Fort Clinch State Park

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Fort Clinch State Park
IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)
Fort Clinch State Park
Location: Nassau County, Florida, USA
Nearest city: Fernandina Beach, Florida
Coordinates: 30°42′16.88″N, 81°27′16.06″W
Area: 1,100 acres
Established: April 21, 1905
Total Visitation: 167,000 (in ???)
Governing body: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
10-inch Rodman guns May, 2003
10-inch Rodman guns May, 2003
Fort Clinch, October, 2003
Fort Clinch, October, 2003

The Fort Clinch State Park is a Florida State Park, located on a peninsula near the northernmost point of Amelia Island, along the Amelia River. Its 1,100 acres include the 19th century Fort Clinch, sand dunes, plains, maritime hammock and estuarine tidal marsh.

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[edit] The fort

A pentagonal brick fort with both inner and outer walls, Fort Clinch lies to the northeast of Fernandina Beach at the entrance to the Cumberland Sound. The fort was briefly re-activated in 1898 for the Spanish-American War. In 1935 the State of Florida bought 256 acres that included the then-abandoned fort and the surrounding area. The park opened to the public in 1938.

[edit] Recreational activities

Activities include pier fishing, sunbathing, hiking, surfcasting, camping, birding, and shelling. Visitors can also enjoy picnicking, swimming, bicycling, beachcombing, and wildlife viewing. Park personnel reenact military life at the fort. Among the wildlife of the park are the rare Purple Sandpiper, alligators, white-tailed deer, and other birds. Visitors can also see dolphins and manatees.

Amenities include a 1/2 mile pier, several miles of beach, 3.3 miles of paved road, and a six-mile hiking trail. The park has two campgrounds, one on the Amelia River, the other on the beach. The Amelia River campground has 41 campsites in an oak hammock. The beach campground has 21 sites with a ramped boardwalk. The park also offers primitive camping and youth camping.

The park is a 'gateway site' for the Great Florida Birding Trail.

[edit] Hours

The park is open from 8:00 am till sundown year round.

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Protected Areas of Florida
Department of Environmental Protection
State Parks

Amelia Island | Anastasia | Avalon | Bahia Honda | Bald Point | Big Lagoon | Big Talbot Island | Bill Baggs Cape Florida | Bulow Creek | Caladesi Island | Camp Helen | Cayo Costa | Collier-Seminole | Curry Hammock | Delnor-Wiggins Pass | Devil's Millhopper | Don Pedro Island | Eden Gardens | Egmont Key | Falling Waters | Faver-Dykes | Florida Caverns | Fort Clinch | Fort Cooper | Fort George Island | Fort Pierce Inlet | Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou | Gasparilla Island | George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier | Highlands Hammock | Hontoon Island | Hugh Taylor Birch | John D. MacArthur Beach | John Pennekamp Coral Reef | John U. Lloyd Beach | Jonathan Dickinson | Little Talbot Island | Long Key | Lovers Key / Carl E. Johnson | Mike Roess Gold Head Branch | Navarre Beach | North Peninsula | O'Leno | Oscar Scherer | Ravine Gardens | River Bluff Picnic Site | Sebastian Inlet | Skyway Fishing Pier | St. George Island | St. Joseph Peninsula | Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center | Stump Pass Beach | Tomoka | Torreya | Windley Key Fossil Reef |

Botanical

Alfred B. Maclay Gardens | Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock | Lignumvitae Key | Washington Oaks State Gardens |

Lakes, Rivers and Springs

Deer Lake | Lake Griffin | Lake June in Winter Scrub | Lake Kissimmee | Lake Louisa | Lake Manatee | Lake Talquin | Alafia River | Blackwater River | Econfina River | Guana River | Hillsborough River | Little Manatee River | Myakka River | Ochlockonee River | Silver River | Suwannee River | Blue Spring | De Leon Springs | Edward Ball Wakulla Springs | Fanning Springs | Homosassa Springs Wildlife | Ichetucknee Springs | Lafayette Blue Springs | Madison Blue Springs | Manatee Springs | Peacock Springs | Rainbow Springs | Troy Springs | Wekiwa Springs | Werner-Boyce Salt Springs |

Recreation areas

Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek | Dead Lakes | Dunns Creek | Gamble Rogers Memorial | Grayton Beach | Henderson Beach | Honeymoon Island | Oleta River | Perdido Key | Ponce de Leon Springs | St. Andrews | Three Rivers |

Museums, Historic sites, and Archaeological sites

Cedar Key Museum | Constitution Convention Museum | Forest Capital Museum | John Gorrie State Museum | Ybor City Museum
The Barnacle | Bulow Plantation Ruins | Dade Battlefield | DeSoto Site | Dudley Farm | Fort Foster | Fort Mose | Fort Zachary Taylor | Gamble Plantation | Indian Key | Koreshan | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Homestead | Natural Bridge Battlefield | Olustee Battlefield | Orman House | Paynes Creek | San Marcos de Apalache | Yellow Bluff Fort | Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins
Crystal River | Lake Jackson Mounds | Letchworth Mounds | Madira Bickel Mound | Mound Key | San Pedro Underwater |

Preserves and reserves

Anclote Key | Cedar Key Scrub | Charlotte Harbor | Crystal River | Estero Bay | Fakahatchee Strand | Kissimmee Prairie | Lower Wekiva River | Paynes Prairie | Pumpkin Hill Creek | River Rise | Rock Springs Run | San Felasco Hammock | Savannas | Seabranch | St. Lucie Inlet | St. Sebastian River | Tarkiln Bayou | Topsail Hill | Tosohatchee | Waccasassa Bay | Yellow River Marsh |

Trails

Gainesville-Hawthorne | General James A. Van Fleet | Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad Trail | Withlacoochee |


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