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Unit Name: Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park
Acres: 3,967.22 Managing
Agency:
Description:
DRP
Current Management Plan
Approved:
This state park protects one of the largest contiguous areas of coastal uplands remaining in Duval
County. Equestrians, hikers and off-road bicyclists can explore five miles of multi-use trails that
wind through the park’s many different natural communities. The park has a canoe/kayak launch
that provides visitor access to the surrounding marshes of the Nassau River-St. Johns River
Marshes Aquatic Preserve and the Timucuan National Ecological and Historical Preserve.
Accomplishments:
Resource Management
• The feral hog removal program continues to be successful.
• Executed a Fire Management Agreement with Florida Division Of Forestry, The Nature
Conservancy, the National Park Service, the Saint Johns River Water Management District and
the City Of Jacksonville.
Visitor Services
• Improved accessibility of facilities and resources and increased staff awareness of ADA barriers.
• Visitation nearly doubled during the reporting period.
Capital Improvements
• Established parking area to provide access to the trails available on the park and on the City of
Jacksonville’s Cedar Point property.
Other
• Hosted Bit & Spur Wounded Warriors Riding Event.
• Observed the City of Jacksonville Preservation Project 10 year-anniversary.
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