Osceola National Forest


Osceola National Forest

Parks Directory of the United States / National ForestsAddress:PO Box 70
Olustee, FL 32072
Phone:386-752-2577
Web: www.fs.fed.us/r8/florida
Size: Nearly 200,000 acres.
Location:Northeastern Florida. Accessible by I-10; US 41, 90, 441; FL 100. Nearby cities/towns include Jacksonville and Lake City.
Facilities:Campgrounds, dispersed camping, 9 hunt camps, rifle range, picnic sites, trails.
Activities:Camping, hunting, picnicking, fishing, hiking, OHV riding, wildlife viewing, horseback riding, boating, swimming.
Special Features:Olustee Battlefield Historic Site, where one of the nation's largest reenactments of a Civil War battle is staged annually during Presidents' Day weekend in February; Big Gum Swamp Wilderness, a cypress-gum swamp with a perimeter of pine flatwoods; Ocean Pond, a 1,760-acre natural lake; a 23-mile section of the Florida National Scenic Trail (see entry in national trails section).
See other parks in Florida.