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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that 10 of Florida's 161 state parks are only accessible by boat?

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Guana River State Park

According to [www.wildernet.com/pages/area.cfm?areaid=FLSPGu www.wildernet.com/pages/area.cfm?areaid=FLSPGu,] Guana River State Park is no longer a state park. Do we need to delete it and its entry on the List, etc. Mikereichold 21:42, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The story on the Wildernet site seems a bit confusing. Guana River may have lost its designation as a state park. It is now a management area in the Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, a joint federal-state project managed by the state.[1] Faver-Dykes State Park and Washington Oaks Garden State Park are also management areas within the GTMNERR, so I'm not sure what the significance of dropping "State Park" from the Guana River name is. -- Dalbury^(Talk) 22:45, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Their is only one official site that should be consulted regarding state parks. [2] Look at the drop down listings for parks; Guana River State Park is not listed. It is correctly noted that it is managed by the state, but the state manages many areas that are not state parks. In addition, Dead Lakes State Recreation Area is no longer a state park. If we are to make this article accurate (and using the state's own information as our basis) then these two parks need to be removed.

incorrect links - Map of State Parks of Florida

There are two adjacent parks (as titled on the map): Wekiwa Springs and Rock Springs Run State Reserve.
On the map (Map of State Parks of Florida), the hyper-links to these two parks are reversed.
Rock Springs - Kelly Park (Lake County) is slightly to the north and west of Wekiwa Springs.(Orange County)
The coordinate listing for Rock Springs run is confusing. The coordinates listed, 28° 42′ 54″ N, 81° 27′ 0″ W, is the conjunction of Rock Springs Run and the Wekiva River.
I suggest using the coordinates of Kelly Park.
Coordinates from GoogleEarth: Road Entrance to Wekiwa Springs Park: 28° 42' 34.37" N, 81° 27' 46.08W
Wekiwa Springs - the actual bubbly part - 28° 42' 43.0" N, 81° 27' 37.06W
Road Entrance to Kelly Park - 28° 45' 30.46" N, 81° 30' 16.46" W
Rock Springs - the swimming area nearest the springs - 28° 45' 21.78" N, 81° 29' 56.40" W
--Jay328 (talk) 04:21, 1 April 2008 (UTC)jay328[reply]

Possible discrepancies

The following are listed here but not on http://www.floridastateparks.org/findapark/district-all.cfm:

The following are on the site but not on this list:

Weeki Wachee Springs State Park

Also, should Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail be here? No other trails are. --NE2 05:26, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

One more thing: that 161 number includes the 10 trails. See User:NE2/state parks. --NE2 05:34, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The article states that there are 164 parks, when in fact there are now 175 (as of 2017-11-03). One that needs to be added to the page is Gilchrist Blue Springs State Park, among others. Steevven1 ^{(Talk) (Contribs) (Gallery)} 13:38, 3 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, 164 parks + 10 trails = 174, so perhaps the only one that needs to be added is Gilchrist Blue Springs State Park? Someone more knowledgeable than I am should confirm. Thanks. Steevven1 ^{(Talk) (Contribs) (Gallery)} 13:43, 3 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Refresh of 175 state parks

Howdy, new here (to editing wiki and to Talk), want to help. I'm currently going through each page to update the links to their respective pages on the floridastateparks.org site. Going through the list of parks against the 175 parks in the latest passport and on the floridastateparks.org website, a few items:

DeSoto Site Historic State Park is no longer listed on the floridastateparks.org website. Do we need to delete it and its entry on the list, etc?
Fort Foster State Historic Site is part of Hillsborough River State Park (as noted in Remarks), but is not listed as one of the 175 state parks in the latest passport and other materials. It does have its own page on floridastateparks.org website, but the same could be said of the 17 Trail Sections of the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway. I believe that this entry on the list should be removed.
Should we/can we update park names to match the floridastateparks.org website?
- "Gamble Plantation Historic State Park" to "Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park"
- "George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier" to "George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier State Park"
- "Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park" to "Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park"
- "John U. Lloyd Beach State Park" to "Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park"
- "Lake June in Winter Scrub State Park" to "Lake June-in-Winter Scrub Preserve State Park"
- "Okeechobee Battlefield State Park" to "Okeechobee Battlefield Historic State Park"
- "St. George Island State Park" to "Dr. Julian G. Bruce St. George Island State Park"
- Note: I moved "Troy Springs State Park" to "Troy Spring State Park"
- "Weeki Wachee Springs" to "Weeki Wachee Springs State Park"
Missing Parks that are missing from table that should be added:
- Ichetucknee Trace
- Fernandina Plaza Historic State Park
- Cockroach Bay Preserve State Park
- Price's Scrub
- Haw Creek Preserve State Park
- Indian River Lagoon Preserve State Park
- Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park "The park is being considered for future recreational development, however currently there are no facilities." from FL SP Passport book, #137
- Beker - South Fork
- Beker - Wingate Creek
Missing Trails that are missing from table that should be added:

CedricCSCFL (talk) 12:17, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@CedricCSCFL: First, a procedural point, new entries (that are not responses to earlier posts) on talk pages should be placed at the bottom of the page, so I have moved your post to here.

If we have an article for an entity that used to be a state park, but no longer is, we should not delete the article, but instead edit it to indicate that it is no longer a state park and explaining, if possible, what its current status is.

When a state park name has changed from the title of its Wikipedia article, post a notice on the talk page proposing that the name of the article be changed. No need to make a formal Page Move proposal, just ask informally. If, after a week or two, there is no opposition, the page can be moved. If there are any objections to the name change, but there is also support, then a formal Page Move should be proposed. See Wikipedia:Moving a page for details. Note that when a page is moved a redirect is usually left behind so that links and searches continue to work as expected.

For state managed entities that you think deserve an article, feel free to create them, as long as you can find and use Wikipedia:Reliable sources supporting the contents of the articles. I would urge you to avoid creating one sentence stubs, however, and to find more than one informative reliable source for an article. - Donald Albury 14:08, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Donald Albury: Thank you Donald. I'll check out the couple help articles you mentioned and do some research and work on creating new articles! :) CedricCSCFL (talk) 14:54, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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