This park and boat ramp is located at the end of Hwy 40 West in Yankeetown. It offers picnicking and a small beach for sunbathing, swimming and three pavilions with picnic tables, grills, two paved parking areas and bathroom facilities.
Blue Springs – Reopens In the Spring
Blue Springs Park is located at the end of CR 339, north of Bronson. It offers swimming, a platform diving dock, observation dock, a kid’s playground, a swing set, and volleyball. There are several small picnic pavilions, bathroom facilities and parking area.
Blue Springs/Devils Hammock
Blue Springs Park is located at the end of CR 339, north of Bronson. It offers swimming, a platform diving dock, observation dock, a kid’s playground, a swing set, and volleyball. There are several small picnic pavilions, bathroom facilities and parking area. Devils Hammock adjoins the park and is undeveloped area, consisting of 3,220 acres. It is operated in conjunction with the state to allow hunting season there is a manned checking station. The park phone number is (352) 486-3303.
Bridge #4 Boat Ramp and Fishing Pier – Closed For Repair
This boat ramp and pier are located on State Road 24 in Cedar Key.
Camp Azalea (Lower Clay Landing)
Cedar Key Dock – Closed For Repair
This big dock is located on Dock Street in Cedar Key and is an observation and fishing pier.
Cedar Key National Wildlife Refuge
Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge provides a safe haven for wildlife and terrific recreation opportunities for people in the Gulf of Mexico. The 13 islands of the Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge began many thousands of years ago as fish camps of First Peoples on the peninsula of Florida.
Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve
Located five miles east of Cedar Key, the reserve is over 5,000 acres with much to explore. It is accessed from two trailheads, one on State Road 24 and the other on Levy County Road 347. The trailheads provide access to 13 miles of multi-use trails located within the reserve – hike, bike or ride a horse.
Clay Landing – Suwannee River
The New Clay Landing is located in Levy County, Florida in the City of Chiefland on the Suwannee River.
Fanning Springs State Park
Fanning Springs produces 65 million gallons of water daily, making it a second-magnitude spring. Historically, Fanning Spring was a first-magnitude springs as recently as the 1990s. The springs offer the perfect 72-degree water to cool down on hot Florida days and an abundance of underwater wildlife to view. Musk turtles, bass, mullet, freshwater flounder, bowfin (and manatees during the colder days) inhabit the springs and river.
Goethe State Forest
Goethe State Forest occupies 53,587 acres in Levy County, with a small disconnected tract (the Watermelon Pond unit) that extends into Alachua County. There are a number of natural communities in the forest, including mesic flatwoods, dome swamp, sandhill, and hydric hammock. Threatened animals such as the black bear, gopher tortoise, bald eagle and red cockaded woodpecker call the forest home.
Henry Beck Park – Reopens in the Spring
Henry Beck Park is located on County Road 343, ½ mile from County Road 326, about five miles east of Gulf Hammock on the Wekiva River.
Lower Suwannee Wildlife Refuge
Manatee Springs State Park
Manatee Springs State Park occupies 2,443 acres along the Levy County side of the Suwannee River east of Chiefland, Florida. It’s primary feature is a 1st order spring that discharges as much as 100 million gallons of water daily that flows about 1/4 of a mile along Manatee Springs Run into the Suwannee River.
Shell Mound Park
Shell Mound Park is located on County Road 32, off County Road 347, north of Cedar Key. This park is open year round. There are 20 campsites with water and power hookups, 10 primitive camping sites, restroom and shower facilities, boat ramp, a fish cleaning area, volleyball, basketball, and an RV dumping station. Archeological mound is approximately ½ mile west of campsites on County Road 32. Park phone number is (352) 221-4466.
Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park
This park is located at the end of County Road 326, west of Gulf Hammock, on the Waccasassa River.
It offers boat launching, bank fishing, seven picnic tables, three grills, and benches to sit and enjoy the view. There are docks for boat tie-ups, bathroom facilities, a small paved parking lot area, and a large unpaved parking area. This park is available year around and is a popular place to put your boat in and access the Gulf of Mexico.
Waccasassa Park and Boat Ramp
This park is located at the end of County Road 326, west of Gulf Hammock, on the Waccasassa River.
It offers boat launching, bank fishing, seven picnic tables, three grills, and benches to sit and enjoy the view. There are docks for boat tie-ups, bathroom facilities, a small paved parking lot area, and a large unpaved parking area. This park is available year around and is a popular place to put your boat in and access the Gulf of Mexico.