Anclote Key Preserve State Park

Anclote Key Preserve State Park
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
Location	Pasco County, Florida, USA
Nearest city	Tarpon Springs, Florida
Coordinates
Governing body	Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Anclote Keys lighthouse (U.S. Coast Guard archives)

Anclote Key Preserve State Park is a Florida State Park and historic site, located on Anclote Key three miles (5 km) off Tarpon Springs and accessible only by boat. Amenities include primitive camping on the northern portion of the island as well as picnic pavilions and grills. Wildlife includes the American oystercatcher, bald eagle and piping plover. The park is unique in that a lighthouse, built in 1887, is on the southern end of the key in Pinellas County, Florida. Three Rooker Island, south of Anclote and part of the preserve, remains an important Gulf Coast beach-nesting bird sanctuary.

Recreational activities

The park has such amenities as beaches, birding, primitive camping, boating, fishing, hiking, picknicking areas and wildlife viewing.

References

Florida Online Park Guide -Anclote Key Preserve State Park, Southwest- Visit our Florida State Parks. Online. January 7, 2006.