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Unit Name: Honeymoon Island State Park<br />

Acres: 2,810.16 Managing<br />

Agency:<br />

Description:<br />

DRP<br />

Current Management Plan<br />

Approved:<br />

The pioneers called it Hog Island, but it became Honeymoon Isle in 1939 when a New York<br />

developer built 50 palm-thatched bungalows for honeymooners. Today, more visitors arrive at this<br />

park than at any other state park in <strong>Florida</strong>. The park provides beach swimming and picnicking<br />

areas, nature trails, birdwatching along the northwestern shoreline, an interpretive center, and<br />

regular ferry services to nearby Caladesi Island State Park.<br />

Accomplishments:<br />

Resource Management<br />

• The first eagles nesting on island were recorded in 2008, with one chick fledged.<br />

• A bird steward program was initiated to provide increased shorebird protection.<br />

• Five new interpretive programs were developed in FY 20008-09 and 6 new programs were<br />

developed in FY 2009-10.<br />

Other<br />

• Honeymoon Island state Park recorded 21,054 volunteer hours in FY 2009-10<br />

• Park Rangers received the 2009 Division Team Award<br />

212<br />

2007

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