Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park
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| Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park | |
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| IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) | |
| Location: | Clay County, Florida, USA |
| Nearest city: | Keystone Heights, Florida |
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| Area: | 2,000 acres |
| Governing body: | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
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 north of Keystone Heights on SR 21.
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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.
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 equestrian trail.
Florida state parks are open between 8 A.M. and sundown every day of the year (including holidays).
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