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Unit Name: Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park<br />

Acres: 66.71 Managing<br />

Agency:<br />

Description:<br />

DRP<br />

Current Management Plan<br />

Approved:<br />

Devil’s Millhopper is a National Natural Landmark. The sinkhole, a bowl-shaped cavity 120 feet<br />

deep, and the surrounding park land sit the midst <strong>of</strong> North <strong>Florida</strong>’s sandy terrain and pine forests.<br />

The park’s stepped boardwalk leads down to the bottom <strong>of</strong> the sink, through a miniature rain forest<br />

where small streams trickle down the steep slopes <strong>of</strong> the limestone sinkhole, disappearing through<br />

crevices in the ground. Visitors can learn more about this sinkhole and <strong>Florida</strong>’s unique geology<br />

through interpretive displays at the park’s visitor center.<br />

Accomplishments:<br />

Resource Management<br />

• Restoration <strong>of</strong> plant community by reduction <strong>of</strong> invasive hardwoods<br />

• Reduced the park’s prescribed fire backlog.<br />

180<br />

2003

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