Guana River State Park
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Guana River State Park is a former Florida State Park located on a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and the Tolomato River, on State Highway A1A between St. Augustine and Jacksonville. Within its 2,400 acres are beaches, sand dunes, salt marshes and tidal creeks, maritime hardwood hammock, freshwater depression marshes, pond pine flatwoods and shell mound forest. It is now part of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve.
[edit] Biology
Among the aquatic and amphibious wildlife that can be seen at the park are whales, porpoises, sea turtles, gopher tortoises, American alligators, indigo snakes and river otters. The park is home to peregrine falcons and the endangered Anastasia Island beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus phasma). Other birds that can be viewed are diving and wading birds, brown and white pelicans, wood storks and roseate spoonbills.
[edit] Recreational activities
Activities include hiking, fishing, boating, picnicing, and wildlife viewing.
Amenities include over nine miles of nature trails and an unspoiled natural setting. The park also contains seventeen archaeological sites, shell middens at Shell Bluff Landing and Wright's Landing, as well as a prehistoric earthen burial mound.
[edit] References
- Guana River State Park at Absolutely Florida
- Guana River Reserve at Wildernet
- Guana River State Park
- Guana River Marsh Aquatic Preserve
- Guana Tolomato Matanzas Reserve, Florida
- The Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve
