Anastasia State Park
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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| Location | St. Johns County, Florida, United States |
| Nearest city | St. Augustine, Florida |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| 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
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