Big Shoals State Park
Big Shoals State Park
Location:On County Road 135, 1 mile northeast of US 41 in White Springs.
Facilities:Picnic areas, pavilion, restrooms, nature trails (33 miles), bicycle trails, horseback trails.
Activities:Kayaking and canoeing, fishing, hiking, horseback riding, bicycling,hunting (with restrictions), birding, wildlife viewing.
Special Features:Park features largest whitewater rapids in Florida. When the waterlevel is around 60 feet mean sea level, the Big Shoals rapids are ratedClass III. For much of the year, the water is too low to create rapids,but the riverbed and banks reveal overhangs, small caves, sandbars, andan abundance of wildlife. Limestone bluffs that rise 80 feet above thebanks of the Suwanee River provide scenic vistas not found anywhereelse in Florida.
Address:PO Drawer G
White Springs, FL 32096
Phone:386-397-4331
Web: www.floridastateparks.org/bigshoals
Size: 1,652 acres.
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