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Unit Name: Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park
Acres: 691.09 Managing
Agency:
Description:
DRP
Current Management Plan
Approved:
This park commemorates the site of Florida’s largest Civil War battle. The battlefield became the
state’s first state park. Olustee Battlefield has a visitor center with historical information and
artifacts. Visitors can relax and enjoy the picnic area or walk along a mile-long nature trail
wandering through palmetto thickets, live oaks and pine forests. In February each year, the fourday
Olustee Battle re-enactment draws Civil War re-enactors from throughout the U.S. and
thousands of visitors to the park.
Accomplishments:
Resource Management
• Continued successful collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service to manage the natural and
cultural resources of the State and Federal Land under lease to the Division.
Visitor Services
• The February, 2010 event attracted over 18,000 visitors to the park.
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