Recreation

Recreation Guide

Every year, more than 2 million people visit the over 360,000 acres of public conservation lands acquired by the District and its partners to protect Florida’s water resources.

The Recreation Guide publication and web pages offer the information you need to start exploring natural Florida for yourself.

Contact

Land use and protection
(352) 796-7211, ext. 4470
Recreation@WaterMatters.org

Recreation Guide publication formats

Permits and applications

2008–2009 Hunting Season
Regulations Summary and Area Map
(Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)

Volunteer Program

Learn how you can volunteer and become a valued steward of public lands.

Recreation areas at a glance

Select areas to learn more and view site maps. (Also see the recreation map below.)

Area County Pets Bird Watching Boating Paddling Hiking Inline Skating Bicycling Equestrian Fishing Hunting ADA-Accessible Picnic Facilities Restrooms Camping
1 Alafia River Corridor Hillsborough • • • • • • e
2 Alafia River Reserve Polk • •
3 Annutteliga Hammock Hernando • •
4 Brooker Creek Headwaters Nature Preserve Hillsborough •
5 Brooker Creek Preserve Pinellas • • • • • •
6 Canal Park and Lake Tarpon Outfall Canal Pinellas • • • • • • • • •
7 Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park Charlotte • • • •
8 Chassahowitzka River and Coastal Swamp Citrus • • • • • • • • • • g,p,rv
9 Circle B Bar Reserve Polk • • • •
10 Cliff Stephens Park Pinellas • • • • • • • • •
11 Cypress Creek Pasco • • • • • g,e,p
12 Deep Creek DeSoto • • • g,e,p
13 Edward Chance Reserve — Coker Prairie Tract Manatee •
14 Edward Chance Reserve — Gilley Creek Tract Manatee • • • •
15 Edward Medard Park and Reservoir Hillsborough • • • • • • • • • • • g,rv
16 Flying Eagle Citrus • • • • • • • • • g,e,p
Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve Lake, Polk, Sumter
17 East Tract Lake • • • • • • g,e,p
18 Little Withlacoochee Tract Lake • • • • •
19 West Tract Pasco • • • • • • • • g,e,p
20 Gum Slough Sumter • • • • •
21 Hálpata Tastanaki Preserve Marion • • • • • • • •
22 Jack Creek Highlands •
23 Lake Marion Creek —Horseshoe Scrub Tract Polk • •
24 Lake Panasoffkee Sumter • • • • • • • • • • g,e,p
25 Little Manatee River — Lower Tract Hillsborough • • • p
26 Little Manatee River— Southfork Tract Manatee •
27 Little Manatee River — Upper Tract Hillsborough • • •
28 Lower Hillsborough Wilderness Park Hillsborough
Dead River Park Hillsborough • • • • • • • • • g
Flatwoods Park Hillsborough • • • • • • • •
John B. Sargeant Park Hillsborough • • • • • • • • •
Morris Bridge Park Hillsborough Hillsborough • • • • • • • • • •
Trout Creek Park Hillsborough • • • • • • • • •
Jefferson Equestrian Area Hillsborough • •
Oak Ridge Equestrian Area Hillsborough • • • g,e
Off-Road Loop Trail Hillsborough • • • •
29 Myakka River — Deer Prairie Creek Sarasota • •
30 Myakka River — Flatford Swamp Manatee • •
31 Myakka River State Park — Myakka Prairie Tract Sarasota • • •
32 Myakka State Forest Sarasota • • • • • • • • p
33 Panasoffkee Outlet Sumter • • • • • •
34 Potts Preserve Citrus • • • • • • • • • g,e,p
35 RV Griffin Reserve DeSoto • • • • •
36 Sawgrass Lake Park Pinellas • • • • • • • •
Starkey Wilderness Preserve Pasco
37 J.B. Starkey Wilderness Park Pasco • • • • • • • • • • e,p
38 Serenova Tract Pasco • • • • • • g,e,p
39 Tampa Bypass Canal Hillsborough • • • • • • • • • •
40 Terra Ceia Preserve State Park Manatee • • • •
41 Two Mile Prairie Citrus • • • • •
42 Upper Hillsborough Pasco, Polk • • • • • • g,e,p
43 Weekiwachee Preserve Hernando • • • • • • • • •
44 Withlacoochee River Park Pasco • • • • • • • • • p
45 Wysong Park Sumter • • •

Camping legend: g=group; e=equestrian; p=primitive; rv=full-service/RV

Recreation map

Select areas to learn more about recreational opportunities and view site maps.

Wysong Park Withlacoochee River Park Weekiwachee Preserve Upper Hillsborough Two Mile Prairie Terra Ceia Preserve Tampa Bypass Canal Serenova Tract J.B. Starkey Wilderness Park Sawgrass Lake Park RV Griffin Potts Preserve Panasoffkee Outlet Myakka State Forest Myakka Prairie Myakka River - Flatford Swamp Myakka River - Deer Prairie Lower Hillsborough Wilderness Park Little Manatee River - Upper Little Mantee River - Southfork Little Manatee River - Lower Lake Panasoffkee Lake Marion Creek Edward Chance Reserve - Gilley Creek Edward Chance Reserve - Coker Prairie Jack Creek Halpata Tastanaki Gum Slough Green Swamp West Little Withlacoochee Tract Green Swamp East Flying Eagle Edward Medard Reservoir Deep Creek Cypress Creek Cliff Stephens Park Circle B Bar Reserve Chassahowitzka River Charlotte Harbor Preserve Canal Park Brooker Creek Preserve Brooker Creek Headwaters Annuteliga Hammock Alafia River Reserve Alafia River Corridor
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