Fort George Island Cultural State Park

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name = Fort George Island Cultural State Park
iucn_category = Ib

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locator_x = 227
locator_y = 138
location = Duval County, Florida, USA
nearest_city = Jacksonville, Florida
lat_degrees = 30
lat_minutes = 25
lat_seconds = 34
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 81
long_minutes = 25
long_seconds = 55
long_direction = W
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governing_body = Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Fort George Island State Cultural Site is a Florida State Park located on Fort George Island, about three miles south of Little Talbot Island State Park on SR A1A, and near the 46,000 acre Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, in Jacksonville, Florida. It is the highest point along the Atlantic coast south of Sandy Hook, New Jersey and contains Timucua oyster shell mounds. The park is part of the Talbot Islands GEOpark complex.

Activities include off road bicycling, hiking, boating, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. Amenities include a 4.4 mile long loop bicycle trail, boat ramp, a three-mile hiking/biking trail, and a beach. The park is open from 8:00 am till sundown year round.

References

* [http://www.floridastateparks.org/fortgeorgeisland/default.cfm Fort George Island Cultural State Park] at [http://www.floridastateparks.org/fortgeorgeisland/default.cfm Florida State Parks]
* [http://www.4uth.gov.ua/usa/english/travel/npsname/index355.htm Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve] at [http://www.4uth.gov.ua/usa/english U.S. Department of State International Information Programs]
* [http://home.earthlink.net/~ona1a/PARKS/STATE/North/george.html Fort George State Cultural Site] at [http://www.home.earthlink.net/~ona1a On A1A]