Here is a fun fact—the only state with more state parks than Florida is New York. Florida has 175 state parks and nine state trails. Of these, you can easily get to 42 of these Florida gems along your A1A experience. The photo above is at Big Talbot Island State Park in Jacksonville—home to Boneyard Beach.
There are a couple underwater parks, a couple of island parks that you will most likely use a kayak to get to, and another that you will traverse throughout much of the Florida Keys. Also, both the first and last park you can visit along A1A has a fort—that should make you feel protected, don’t you think?
If you plan to visit many (or all) of these parks along A1A, I suggest that you consider a Florida State Parks family annual pass for $120. More information can be found here.
For a nice keepsake, order a Florida State Parks Passport; the kids especially will love to collect stamps from state park rangers during visits to each park. Click here for more information.
State Parks Along A1A (Geographically ordered from north to south)
This list contains the Florida state parks located between or connected to A1A (or coastline) and US 1, and all state parks in the Florida Keys. Each park listing is hyperlinked to its website. Videos from locals, travelers, and experts are also attached.
WARNING: watching these videos might make you irresponsible and hit the road when you should be working, studying, or performing other tasks.
Nassau County
Fort Clinch State Park (video)
Amelia Island State Park (video)
George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier State Park (video)
Duval County
Pumpkin Hill State Preserve State Park (video)
Big Talbot Island State Park (video)
Little Talbot Island State Park (video)
Fort George Island Cultural State Park (video)
St. Johns County
Fort Mose Historic State Park (video)
Faver-Dykes State Park (video)
Flagler County
Washington Oaks Garden State Park (video)
Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach (video)
Volusia County
Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park (video)
Bulow Creek State Park (video)
North Peninsula State Park (video)
Addison Blockhouse State Historical Park (video)
Brevard County
Indian River Lagoon Preserve State Park (video)
Indian River County
Sebastian Inlet State Park (video)
St. Lucie County
Fort Pierce Inlet State Park (video)
Savannas Preserve State Park (video)
Martin County
Seabranch Preserve State Park (video)
St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park (video)
Jonathan Dickinson State Park (video)
Palm Beach County
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park (video)
Broward County
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park (video)
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park (video)
Miami-Dade County
Oleta River State Park (video)
The Barnacle State Historic Park (video)
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park (video)
Monroe County
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park (video)
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park (video)
Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail (video)
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park (video)
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park (video)
Indian Key State Historic Park (video)
San Pedro Underwater Archaeological Preserve State Park (video)
Curry Hammock State Park (video)
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