Anastasia State Park

Anastasia State Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Location	St. Johns County, Florida, United States
Nearest city	St. Augustine, Florida
Coordinates
Area	1,700 acres (6.9 km2)
Established	1949
Governing body	Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Anastasia State Park is a 1,600-acre (6.5 km²) Florida State Park located on a peninsula on the Atlantic coast of Anastasia Island across Matanzas Bay from downtown St. Augustine. The park has a variety of wildlife, birds and plants in a setting of beaches, tidal salt marsh, and marine and upland hammock.

Recreational activities

Activities include bird watching, camping, fishing, sun bathing, running, surfing, sail boarding, swimming, kayaking, hiking, and picnicking.

Amenities include a campground and nature trails, and the park is unique in being the site of a quarry from which the coquina stone used in the construction of the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine was mined.

Hours

Florida state parks are open between 8 a.m. and sundown every day of the year (including holidays).

See also

• Fort Mose Historic State Park
• St. Augustine Amphitheatre

External links

• Anastasia State Park official site at Florida State Parks