Archbold Biological Station
P.O. Box 2057 Lake Placid, Florida 33862 USA
Phone: 863-465-2571 FAX: 863-699-1927
Email: archbold@archbold-station.org

Regional Protected Areas of Central Florida
Within a 2-3 h Drive of Archbold

compiled by
Hilary M. Swain, November 2000
hswain@archbold-station.org

(Links Revised 1 April 2002)

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Regional Exploration: Day Trips to Natural Areas

Habitat Site Map Ref Approx
Drive
Time h		 Link
Lake Wales Ridge Archbold Biological Station 1 0 http://www.archbold-station.org
  Highlands Hammock State Park 2 0.5 http://www.dep.state.fl.us/parks/district4/highlandshammock/index.asp
  Lake Wales Ridge State Forest 3 1 http://www.fl-dof.com/state_forests/Lake_Wales_Ridge.htm
  Avon Park Air Force Range 4 1 http://www.floridaconservation.org/fltrails/region4/c-avonpk.html
  Lake Placid Scrub 5 0.2 3,000 acre scrub site run by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, adjacent to Archbold Biological Station (NW). Brochure available at Station.
  Lake June Scrub State Park 6 0.5 http://p2000.dep.state.fl.us/PARTREC.HTM
  Saddle Blanket Lakes Preserve 7 1 Not available
  Tiger Creek Preserve 8 1 http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/florida/preserves/art5524.html
  Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek State Park 9 1.5 http://p2000.dep.state.fl.us/PARTREC.HTM
  Jack Creek 10 .5 http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/recguide/recguide.htm
  Bok Tower Gardens 11 1 http://www.boktowergardens.org/
Southwest forests & wetlands Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve 12 2 http://www.dep.state.fl.us/parks/district4/fakahatcheestrand/index.asp
  Big Cypress 13 2 - 2.5 http://www.nps.gov/bicy
  Myakka River State Park 14 1.25 http://www.dep.state.fl.us/parks/district4/myakkariver/index.asp
  Florida Panther Refuge 15 2 http://refuges.fws.gov/index.html#
  Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 16 1.25 http://www.audubon.org/local/sanctuary/corkscrew
Southeast forests & wetlands Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge 17 2 http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/us_nwr/fl_loxah.htm
http://loxahatchee.fws.gov/
  Jonathan Dickinson State Park 18 2 http://www.dep.state.fl.us/parks/district5/jonathandickinson/index.asp
  Kissimmee Prairie State Preserve 19 1 http://www.dep.state.fl.us/parks/district3/kissimmeeprairie/
  Kissimmee Prairie Sanctuary 20 1 http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1020/prairie.html
  Everglades National Park 21 3 - 4 http://www.nps.gov/ever/index.htm
E-central Forests & wetlands The Nature Conservancy's Disney Wilderness Preserve 22 2 http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/florida/preserves/art5523.html
  Lake Kissimmee State Park 23a 2 http://www.dep.state.fl.us/parks/district3/lakekissimmee/
  Dupuis Management Area 23b 1.5 http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/clm/lsd/3_pug.html
(select East Coast Management Region)
Gulf coast Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge 24 2 http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/us_nwr/fl_ding.htm
  Rookery Bay National Estuary 25 2 http://inlet.geol.sc.edu/RKB/
  Briggs Nature Center 26 2 http://www.conservancy.org/index2.html
  Mote Marine Lab 27 1.5 http://www.mote.org/
  Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 28 1.5 http://www.selby.org/
East coast Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge 29 2 http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/us_nwr/fl_pelic.htm
http://pelicanisland.fws.gov/
  Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge 30 3 http://merrittisland.fws.gov
  Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge 31 2 http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/us_nwr/fl_hobe.htm
http://hobesound.fws.gov
  Jack Island State Park 32 1.75 http://www.dep.state.fl.us/parks/district5/fortpierceinlet/index.asp
  Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution 33 1.5 http://www.hboi.edu
Regional Lakes Lake Okeechobee 34 0.75 http://www.epa.gov/surf2/hucs/03090201/
http://fcn.state.fl.us/fwc/viewing/sites/site81.html
  Lake Istokpoga 35 0.5 http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~lakewatch/ilakesfolder/Istokpoga.htm
  Numerous Highlands County Lakes   0.25 - 1 See Guide to Area Lakes, Highlands County or
call Southwest Florida Water Management District for more info: 1-800-423-1476
www.heartlineweb.org/highlandsswcd
Rivers Peace River 36 0.75 http://www.canoesafari.com/
  Kissimmee River 37 0.5 http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/erd/krr/index.html
  Riverwoods Field Lab (Kissimmee River) 38 0.75 http://riverwoods.ces.fau.edu
  Fisheating Creek 39 0.25 http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/clm/lsd/5yr/p_fisheating.html

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