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The park includes the Myakkahatchee Creek and connection to the T. Mabry Carlton Reserve, [5] basic camping areas, 3.7 miles (6.0 km) of trails available for hiking, bike riding, and horseback riding, a picnic area, a parking area, and restrooms. [5] [6] [7] The park also offers birdwatching and fishing. [8]
Myakka River State Park is a Florida State Park, that is located nine miles (14 km) east of Interstate 75 in Sarasota County and a portion of southeastern Manatee County on the Atlantic coastal plain. This state park consists of 37,000 acres (150 km 2), making it one of the state's largest parks. It is also one of the oldest parks in the state.
The river is 72 miles (116 km) long and has a drainage basin of 602 square miles (1559.2 km 2), [3] of which 314.7 square miles (815 km 2) lies in Sarasota county. [4] The last 20 miles (32 km) of the river is tidal and brackish. The Myakka River remains relatively undeveloped.
The Green Trail is a 9.0 miles (14.5 km) hiking/equestrian trail in the northwest parcel of the preserve. Great Florida Birding Trail Site Brochure/Trail Map 27°49′57.1″N 80°33′29.2″W / 27.832528°N 80.558111°W / 27.832528; -80.558111 ( St. Sebastian River Preserve Yellow Trailhead ) Yellow
On February 20, 1999, a groundbreaking and dedication were held for the Blackwater Heritage State Trail. Presently, the trail reaches a little more than 8 miles in length. Then, 'North from the Blackwater Heritage Trail is the 1.5-mile Military Heritage Trail managed by Whiting Field Air Station.'
Myakka is a name believed to be derived from an unidentified Native American language, from the same word used as the namesake for Miami. [6] Myakka City was founded by Frank Earl Knox (1870–1950) in 1915, after purchasing early pioneer William Durrance’s land a year earlier.
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The Myakka State Forest is in the U.S. state of Florida. The 8,593-acre (35 km 2) forest is located on the southwest coast, in North Port. See also.