The best nature areas in Florida (369)

Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park

National park 17 km²

Estero Bay Preserve State Park

Protected area 48 km²

Colt Creek State Park

Protected area 20 km²

Everglades National Park

Nature reserve 6,263 km²

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness

Nature reserve 5,448 km²

Big Cypress National Preserve

Nature reserve 2,963 km²

Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 2,686 km²

Apalachicola National Forest

Nature reserve 2,336 km²

Water Conservation Area 3A

Nature reserve 1,995 km²

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

Nature reserve 1,603 km²

Okefenokee Wilderness

Nature reserve 1,416 km²

Blackwater River State Forest

Nature reserve 841 km²

Tate's Hell Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 777 km²

Withlacoochee State Forest

Nature reserve 673 km²

Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

Nature reserve 643 km²

Water Conservation Area 1

Nature reserve 569 km²

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

Nature reserve 523 km²

Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve

Nature reserve 439 km²

Water Conservation Area 3B

Nature reserve 396 km²

Saint Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Nature reserve 352 km²

Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area

Nature reserve 347 km²

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

Nature reserve 336 km²

Picayune Strand State Forest

Nature reserve 306 km²

Camp Blanding Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 300 km²

Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 290 km²

Babcock Ranch Preserve

Nature reserve 275 km²

Fred C. Babcock / Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 275 km²

JW Corbett Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 257 km²

Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park

Nature reserve 235 km²

Big Bend Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 233 km²

Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge

Nature reserve 220 km²

Goethe State Forest

Nature reserve 215 km²

Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway

Nature reserve 215 km²

Aucilla Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 206 km²

Blue Cypress Conservation Area

Nature reserve 203 km²

Citrus Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 195 km²

Three Forks Conservation Area

Nature reserve 194 km²

Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve

Nature reserve 185 km²

Kissimmee River

Nature reserve 177 km²

Fisheating Creek/Lykes Brothers Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 169 km²

River Lakes Conservation Area

Nature reserve 161 km²

Myakka River State Park

Nature reserve 151 km²

Cumberland Island National Seashore

Nature reserve 149 km²

Escambia River Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 148 km²

Holey Land Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 141 km²

Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge

Nature reserve 140 km²

South Florida Water Management

Nature reserve 140 km²

Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park

Nature reserve 140 km²

Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest

Nature reserve 132 km²

Bright Hour Watershed

Nature reserve 131 km²

Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed

Nature reserve 131 km²

Forest Systems Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 131 km²

Mallory Swamp

Nature reserve 127 km²

Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 120 km²

Kissimmee Chain of Lakes

Nature reserve 120 km²

Seminole State Forest

Nature reserve 118 km²

Seminole Ranch Conservation Area

Nature reserve 118 km²

Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 117 km²

Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge

Nature reserve 116 km²

Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 112 km²

Tiger Bay State Forest

Nature reserve 112 km²

Crystal River Preserve State Park

Nature reserve 111 km²

Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refugee

Nature reserve 110 km²

Deluca Preserve

Nature reserve 107 km²

Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park

Nature reserve 107 km²

T. Mabry Carlton, Jr. Memorial Reserve

Nature reserve 100 km²

Bradwell Bay Wilderness

Nature reserve 98 km²

Herky Huffman Bull Creek Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 95 km²

Upper Steinhatchee Conservation Area

Nature reserve 95 km²

Dupuis Reserve

Nature reserve 91 km²

Dinner Island Ranch Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 88 km²

NATC Gulf Hammock Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 88 km²

St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park

Nature reserve 88 km²

Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park

Nature reserve 87 km²

Fort Drum Marsh Conservation Area

Nature reserve 85 km²

Twelve Mile Swamp Conservation Area

Nature reserve 85 km²

Allapattah Flats Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 85 km²

J. B. Starkey Wilderness Park

Nature reserve 82 km²

Lake Apopka Restoration Area

Nature reserve 81 km²

Georgia Pacific-Lochloosa Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 79 km²

South Florida Water Management District

Nature reserve 75 km²

Perdido River Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 75 km²

Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 75 km²

Yellow River Water Management Area

Nature reserve 68 km²

Saint Marks Wilderness

Nature reserve 67 km²

Triple N Ranch Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 67 km²

John C. and Mariana Jones/Hungryland Wildlife and Environmental Area

Nature reserve 67 km²

Flying Eagle Preserve

Nature reserve 66 km²

Point Washington State Forest

Nature reserve 66 km²

Lower Hillsborough Wilderness Preserve

Nature reserve 66 km²

Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park

Nature reserve 62 km²

Tate's Hell Wildlife Management Area - Womack Creek Unit

Nature reserve 61 km²

Big Bend Wildlife Management Area - Hickory Mound Unit

Nature reserve 59 km²

Yucca Pens Unit State Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 59 km²

Juniper Prairie Wilderness

Nature reserve 58 km²

Rock Springs Run State Preserve

Nature reserve 57 km²

Big Gum Swamp Wilderness

Nature reserve 56 km²

Cone Ranch

Nature reserve 56 km²

Arbuckle Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 56 km²

Canaveral National Seashore

Nature reserve 55 km²

Lake Marion Creek Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 54 km²

Cary State Forest

Nature reserve 54 km²

C-44 Stormwater Treatment Area

Nature reserve 54 km²

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

Nature reserve 53 km²

Flint Pen Strand

Nature reserve 52 km²

NATC Suwannee Swamp Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 52 km²

Belmore State Forest

Nature reserve 50 km²

Longleaf Pine Preserve

Nature reserve 49 km²

Saint Vincent National Wildlife Refuge

Nature reserve 48 km²

Escape Ranch Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 48 km²

Big Bend Wildlife Management Area - Snipe Island Unit

Nature reserve 47 km²

Disney Wilderness Preserve

Nature reserve 47 km²

Jonathan Dickinson State Park

Nature reserve 46 km²

Joe Budd Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 44 km²

Jumper Creek Tract

Nature reserve 44 km²

Lochloosa Wildlife Conservation Area

Nature reserve 43 km²

Lake Panasoffkee

Nature reserve 42 km²

Canaveral Marshes Conservation Area

Nature reserve 41 km²

Guana River Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 41 km²

Twin Rivers WMA

Nature reserve 40 km²

Hilochee Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 40 km²

Half Moon Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 39 km²

Upper Hillsborough Preserve

Nature reserve 39 km²

Buck Lake Conservation Area

Nature reserve 39 km²

Gulf Islands National Seashore

Nature reserve 39 km²

Hal Scott Regional Preserve and Park

Nature reserve 39 km²

Ordway-Swisher Biological Station

Nature reserve 38 km²

Potts Preserve

Nature reserve 38 km²

Santa Fe Swamp Conservation Area

Nature reserve 38 km²

Brooker Creek Preserve

Nature reserve 37 km²

Etoniah Creek State Forest

Nature reserve 37 km²

Archbold Biological Station

Nature reserve 36 km²

Belmore State Forest Ates Creek Tract

Nature reserve 35 km²

FL DEP Green Swamp Conservation Easements

Nature reserve 34 km²

Port Orange City Forest

Nature reserve 34 km²

Turnbull Hammock Conservation Area

Nature reserve 34 km²

Mills Ranch Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 34 km²

Mud Swamp/New River Wilderness

Nature reserve 33 km²

Bird Rookery Swamp

Nature reserve 33 km²

Deep Creek Preserve

Nature reserve 33 km²

Plank Road Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 33 km²

Flint Rock Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 32 km²

Hálpata Tastanaki Nature Preserve

Nature reserve 32 km²

Alexander Springs Wilderness

Nature reserve 32 km²

Myakka State Forest

Nature reserve 32 km²

Marshall Swamp Tract

Nature reserve 32 km²

Green Swamp Authority Land Protection Agreements

Nature reserve 31 km²

Spirit of the Wild Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 30 km²

Cypress Creek Preserve

Nature reserve 30 km²

J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge

Nature reserve 30 km²

John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park

Nature reserve 30 km²

San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park

Nature reserve 30 km²

Collier-Seminole State Park

Nature reserve 29 km²

Corkscrew Marsh

Nature reserve 29 km²

Caloosahatchee Basin Water Storage Reservoir

Nature reserve 29 km²

Pine Log State Forest

Nature reserve 29 km²

Plum Creek Volusia/Pineland Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 28 km²

Grassy Waters Preserve

Nature reserve 28 km²

Chipola Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 28 km²

Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve

Nature reserve 28 km²

Seminole Ranch Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 27 km²

T.M. Goodwin Waterfowl Management Area

Nature reserve 27 km²

Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area

Nature reserve 27 km²

Wekiwa Springs State Park

Nature reserve 26 km²

Ocklawaha Prairie Restoration Area

Nature reserve 26 km²

Chinquapin Farm Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 26 km²

Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve

Nature reserve 25 km²

Newnans Lake Conservation Area

Nature reserve 25 km²

Deer Prairie Creek Preserve

Nature reserve 25 km²

Faver-Dykes State Park

Nature reserve 24 km²

Lake Louisa State Park

Nature reserve 24 km²

RV Griffin Reserve (GDC)

Nature reserve 24 km²

Lake Kissimmee State Park

Nature reserve 24 km²

Orange Hammock Ranch

Nature reserve 24 km²

Barr Hammock Preserve

Nature reserve 24 km²

Gum Slough SFWMD Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 24 km²

Florida Keys Wilderness

Nature reserve 23 km²

Chassahowitzka River and Coastal Swamps

Nature reserve 23 km²

Bob Janes Preserve

Nature reserve 23 km²

Silver Springs Forest Conservation Area

Nature reserve 23 km²

Lake Jesup Conservation Area

Nature reserve 23 km²

Tenoroc Fish Management Area

Nature reserve 22 km²

Chito Branch Reserve

Nature reserve 22 km²

Beville Ranch Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 22 km²

Apalachee Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 22 km²

Emeralda Marsh Conservation Area

Nature reserve 22 km²

Lower Steinhatchee Conservation Area

Nature reserve 22 km²

C-43 Basin Storage Reservoir - Part 1

Nature reserve 22 km²

TM-Econ Mitigation Bank

Nature reserve 21 km²

Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park

Nature reserve 21 km²

Saint Johns River Blueway-Meldrim Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 21 km²

Lake Monroe Conservation Area

Nature reserve 21 km²

Salt Lake Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 21 km²

Peace River State Forest

Nature reserve 20 km²

Rice Creek Conservation Area

Nature reserve 20 km²

Tiger Creek Preserve

Nature reserve 20 km²

Little Manatee River Upper Tract

Nature reserve 20 km²

Clark Bay Conservation Area

Nature reserve 19 km²

Farmton Brevard Mitigation Bank

Nature reserve 19 km²

Plum Creek Rayonier/Hutton Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 19 km²

Big Slough Preserve

Nature reserve 19 km²

Econfina River State Park

Nature reserve 19 km²

Matanzas State Forest

Nature reserve 19 km²

Huckleberry Islands Tract

Nature reserve 19 km²

Savannas Preserve State Park

Nature reserve 19 km²

Graham Swamp

Nature reserve 19 km²

NATC Oak Hammock Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 19 km²

Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge

Nature reserve 19 km²

Indian Lake State Forest

Nature reserve 18 km²

River Rise Preserve State Park

Nature reserve 18 km²

Goolsby Ranch Agricultural and Conservation Easement # 1

Nature reserve 18 km²

BJ Bar Ranch Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 18 km²

Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve

Nature reserve 18 km²

Paradise Run

Nature reserve 18 km²

Upper Waccassasa Conservation Area

Nature reserve 18 km²

Sunnyhill Conservation Area - North Tract

Nature reserve 17 km²

Kempfer Property Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 17 km²

Wakulla State Forest

Nature reserve 17 km²

Airport Mitigation Park

Nature reserve 17 km²

Green Swamp Authority Land Protection Agreements

Nature reserve 17 km²

Far Reach Ranch Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 17 km²

Larry Kiker Preserve

Nature reserve 16 km²

J.P. Hall Bayard Point Wildlife Management Area 2

Nature reserve 16 km²

SUMICA

Nature reserve 16 km²

Saint Joseph Bay State Buffer Preserve

Nature reserve 16 km²

Shewe Ranch - North

Nature reserve 16 km²

Nochaway Mitigation Bank

Nature reserve 16 km²

Wolf Creek Ranch Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 15 km²

Walton Ranch

Nature reserve 15 km²

Whaley Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 15 km²

Santos Tract

Nature reserve 15 km²

Ralph E. Simmons State Forest

Nature reserve 15 km²

Reedy Creek Mitigation Bank

Nature reserve 15 km²

Conner Preserve

Nature reserve 14 km²

Big Shoals State Park

Nature reserve 14 km²

Satsuma Tract

Nature reserve 14 km²

Ross Prairie State Forest

Nature reserve 14 km²

Andrews Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 14 km²

Orange Creek Restoration Area

Nature reserve 14 km²

Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway

Nature reserve 14 km²

Green Swamp Authority Land Protection Agreements

Nature reserve 14 km²

Talquin WMA

Nature reserve 14 km²

Grassy Waters Preserve

Nature reserve 14 km²

Wannee Conservation Area

Nature reserve 13 km²

TIITF State of Florida

Nature reserve 13 km²

Jane Green Creek Less-than-fee Easement Additions

Nature reserve 13 km²

Cross Florida Greenway

Nature reserve 13 km²

Devils Hammock

Nature reserve 13 km²

J.P. Hall Bayard Point Wildlife Management Area 1

Nature reserve 13 km²

Weekiwachee Preserve

Nature reserve 13 km²

Wild Turkey Strand Preserve

Nature reserve 13 km²

Sunnyhill Conservation Area - South Tract

Nature reserve 13 km²

Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park

Nature reserve 13 km²

Palm Bluff Conservation Area

Nature reserve 13 km²

Pepper Ranch Preserve

Nature reserve 13 km²

Billies Bay Wilderness

Nature reserve 12 km²

Wetlands Reserve Program Easements #103-106

Nature reserve 12 km²

Longleaf Mitigation Bank

Nature reserve 12 km²

Tarklin Bayou State Park

Nature reserve 12 km²

Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 12 km²

Cross Florida Greenway

Nature reserve 12 km²

XL Ranch Conservation Easements

Nature reserve 12 km²

Myakka Prairie Conservation Easements

Nature reserve 12 km²

Two Mile Prairie

Nature reserve 12 km²

Little Lake George Wilderness

Nature reserve 11 km²

Lakeside Ranch STA

Nature reserve 11 km²

Longleaf Flatwoods Reserve

Nature reserve 11 km²

Ochlockonee River WMA

Nature reserve 11 km²

Curry Island (LOHA)

Nature reserve 11 km²

Wetlands Reserve Program Easement #203

Nature reserve 11 km²

Colbert-Cameron Mitigation Bank

Nature reserve 11 km²

Saint Mary's Shoals

Nature reserve 11 km²

Nicodemus Slough Flowage Easement

Nature reserve 10 km²

Pellicer Creek Conservation Area

Nature reserve 10 km²

S. Y. Hartt Agricultural and Conservation Easement #3

Nature reserve 10 km²

Triple Diamond Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 10 km²

Pablo Creek Perserve

Nature reserve 10 km²

Shingle Creek

Nature reserve 10 km²

Highbrighton Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 10 km²

Little Manatee River State Park

Nature reserve 10 km²

Lake Norris Conservation Area

Nature reserve 10 km²

Tampa Bay Esturine Ecosystem

Nature reserve 10 km²

Gold Head Branch State Park

Nature reserve 9 km²

Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve

Nature reserve 9 km²

Clay Ranch Agricultural and Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 9 km²

Nocatee Preserve

Nature reserve 9 km²

Schewe Ranch - North

Nature reserve 9 km²

Red Bay Foundation Preserve

Nature reserve 9 km²

Ichetucknee Springs State Park

Nature reserve 9 km²

Grant Flatwoods Sanctuary

Nature reserve 9 km²

Tiger Cattle Company Ranch Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 9 km²

Sunnyhill Restoration Area - West Tract

Nature reserve 9 km²

Moses Creek Conservation Area

Nature reserve 9 km²

Basin 22 Mitigation Bank

Nature reserve 9 km²

Middle Aucilla Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 9 km²

TIITF State of Florida

Nature reserve 9 km²

Perdido River Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 9 km²

Lafayette Forest Wildlife and Environmental Area

Nature reserve 9 km²

Austin Cary Memorial Forest

Nature reserve 9 km²

J.P. Hall Bayard Point Wildlife Management Area 3

Nature reserve 9 km²

Lower Peace River Corridor

Nature reserve 9 km²

Wetlands Reserve Program Easement #200

Nature reserve 8 km²

Sundew Mitigation Bank

Nature reserve 8 km²

Cypress Creek

Nature reserve 8 km²

Hatchineha Ranch Mitigation Bank

Nature reserve 8 km²

Julington-Durbin Preserve

Nature reserve 8 km²

Usher Trust Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 8 km²

Kissimmee Bend State Forest

Nature reserve 8 km²

L Kirk Edwards State Wildlife and Environment Area

Nature reserve 8 km²

Garcon Point Water Managment Area

Nature reserve 8 km²

TIITF State of Florida

Nature reserve 8 km²

Wekiva-Ocala Greenway

Nature reserve 8 km²

Orlando Wetlands Park

Nature reserve 8 km²

Shangri-La Tract

Nature reserve 8 km²

Green Swamp Authority Land Protection Agreements

Nature reserve 8 km²

Cypress Creek Natural Area

Nature reserve 8 km²

Taylor Creek / Nubbin Slough STA

Nature reserve 7 km²

Cone Ranch

Nature reserve 7 km²

Caloosahatchee River Water Treatment

Nature reserve 7 km²

Wetlands Reserve Program Easement #142

Nature reserve 7 km²

Split Oak Forest Wildlife and Environmental Area

Nature reserve 7 km²

Little Talbot Island State Park

Nature reserve 7 km²

Telegraph Creek Preserve

Nature reserve 7 km²

Le Fils Conservation Easements

Nature reserve 7 km²

Apalachee Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 7 km²

Big Shoals Conservation Area

Nature reserve 7 km²

Marshall Hampton Reserve

Nature reserve 7 km²

Lake Seminole Wildlife Management Area - Dresser Tract

Nature reserve 7 km²

Green Swamp Authority Land Protection Agreements

Nature reserve 7 km²

Fort White Wildlife and Environmental Area

Nature reserve 7 km²

Schewe Ranch - South

Nature reserve 7 km²

Fran Reich Preserve

Nature reserve 7 km²

Prairie Creek Preserve

Nature reserve 7 km²

Princess Place Preserve

Nature reserve 7 km²

Loxahatchee River Watershed Flowway 1 Storage

Nature reserve 7 km²

Florida Mitigation Bank

Nature reserve 6 km²

Scottsmoor Flatwoods Sanctuary

Nature reserve 6 km²

Ross Prairie Tract

Nature reserve 6 km²

Big Talbot Island State Park

Nature reserve 6 km²

Spring Hammock Preserve

Nature reserve 6 km²

Wekiva River Mitigation Bank

Nature reserve 6 km²

Tupelo Mitigation Bank

Nature reserve 6 km²

Perdido River Wildlife Management Area

Nature reserve 6 km²

Randell Research Center

Nature reserve 6 km²

Suwannee River State Park

Nature reserve 6 km²

Broussard Conservation Easement

Nature reserve 6 km²

49th Avenue Tract

Nature reserve 6 km²

West Lake Park / Anne Kolb Nature Center

Nature reserve 6 km²

Wiregrass Prairie Preserve

Nature reserve 6 km²

Green Swamp Authority Land Protection Agreements

Nature reserve 6 km²

Apalachicola Wildlife Management Area Bradwell Unit

Nature reserve 6 km²

Oscar Scherer State Park

Nature reserve 6 km²

Headquarters Tract - Withlacoochee State Forest

Nature reserve 6 km²

Deering Preserve at Deep Creek

Nature reserve 6 km²

Wetlands Reserve Program Easement #129

Nature reserve 6 km²

Black Bear Wilderness Area

Nature reserve 6 km²

Moss Park

Nature reserve 6 km²

Circle B Bar Reserve

Nature reserve 5 km²

Green Swamp Authority Land Protection Agreements

Nature reserve 5 km²

Green Swamp Authority Land Protection Agreements

Nature reserve 5 km²

Golden Aster Nature Preserve

Nature reserve 5 km²

Shingle Creek Regional Park

Nature reserve 5 km²

Lake Norris Conservation Area Addition

Nature reserve 5 km²

Watermelon Pond WEA

Nature reserve 5 km²

Jack Creek - Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area

Nature reserve 5 km²

Wetlands Reserve Program Easement #166

Nature reserve 5 km²

Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area - Sun N Lake and Silver Lake Tract

Nature reserve 5 km²

Sand Lakes Conservation Area

Nature reserve 5 km²

Saint Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park

Nature reserve 5 km²