Anastasia State Park
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IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
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| Location | St. Johns County, Florida, USA |
| Nearest city | St. Augustine, Florida |
| Coordinates | 29°51′43″N 81°16′23″W / 29.86194°N 81.27306°WCoordinates: 29°51′43″N 81°16′23″W / 29.86194°N 81.27306°W |
| Area | 1,700 acres (6.9 km2) |
| Established | 1949 |
| Governing body | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
Anastasia State Recreation Area is a 1,600-acre (6.5 km2) Florida State Park located on a peninsula on the Atlantic coast of Anastasia Island across Matanzas Bay from downtown St. Augustine. The park has a variety of wildlife, birds and plants in a setting of beaches, tidal salt marsh, and marine and upland hammock.
Recreational activities Activities include bird watching, camping, fishing, sun bathing, surfing, sail boarding, swimming, kayaking, hiking and picnicking.
Amenities include a campground and nature trails, and the park is unique in being the site of a quarry from which the coquina stone used in the construction of the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine was mined.
Hours Florida state parks are open between 8 a.m. and sundown every day of the year (including holidays).
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