Welcome from the Director
It is my pleasure to welcome you to our Florida State Parks website. On these pages, you can learn virtually anything you want to know about our 161 Florida State Parks. Should you need additional information, you can also contact our Florida State Parks Information Line at (850) 245-2157.

On behalf of our more than 1,000 Florida Park Service employees and our 6,000 volunteers, welcome to Florida’s system of exceptional state parks. Florida’s award-winning state park system covers more than 600,000 acres throughout the state, from Pensacola in the Northwest, to Fernandina Beach in the Northeast, and south to Key West.
The most striking thing about Florida’s state park system is its diversity—there are world-class beach parks, springs parks, river and lake parks, historic and cultural sites, island parks, even a park with a waterfall and another with fascinating underground caves.

Our parks offer every type of recreation and a variety of accommodations, including 3300 campsites at our 50 camping parks and 124 vacation cabins in 11 of our parks. Most camping parks now allow pets. Campsite and cabin reservations can be made with one toll-free call to 1-800-326-3521, or online at www.ReserveAmerica.com.

Besides enjoying your favorite form of resource-based recreation when you visit our parks, you can also learn more about Florida’s natural areas and rich history. Throughout the state, our museums, geological and archaeological sites reflect Florida’s natural and cultural heritage throughout past centuries. Best of all, these public lands are preserved forever under management by the Florida Park Service for enjoyment by this and future generations of Floridians and visitors.

Enjoy your visit to Florida State Parks, and please be sure to let any member of our staff know if we can be of assistance in any way.

Sincerely,

Mike Bullock, Director
Florida Park Service

Biography

Mike Bullock is a 32-year veteran of Florida’s award-winning state park system. Since 1996, he has served as Assistant Director of the Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Recreation and Parks, overseeing day-to-day operations of Florida’s 158 state parks and the Division’s more than 1000 employees.

During his tenure, Florida’s state park system was recognized as America’s Best when it received the 1999-2001 National Gold Medal for State Parks. From 1988-1996, he managed a multimillion dollar construction budget as Chief of the Division’s Bureau of Design and Construction, and prior to that served as Planning Manager and Landscape Designer for Florida State Parks.

An Alabama native, Mike was raised in Gainesville, Florida, graduated from the University of Florida in Landscape Architecture, and received additional training at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design, Indiana University, Florida State University and the National Recreation and Park Association’s Executive Development School. He was an advisor to the Belize Audubon Society for development of Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary and Jaguar Preserve, and assisted in development of summer youth camps in Honduras.

He has authored articles on standard park facility design and lighthouse restoration which have been published by the National Park Service, and served as an instructor for the National Recreation and Park Association’s Risk Management School in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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