Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park

Tarkiln Bayou State Park
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
File:Pensacola FL Tarkiln Bayou SP path03.jpg Trail through woods
Location	Escambia County, Florida, United States
Nearest city	Pensacola, Florida
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Governing body	Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park is a 4,290-acre (17.4 km²) preserve, a unit of Florida State Park located 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Pensacola, in northwestern Florida. It is home to four species of endangered pitcher plants, as well as other rare and endangered plant species. The rare, carnivorous white–top pitcher plant is unique to the Gulf Coast and found only between the Apalachicola and Mississippi rivers. Almost 100 other rare plants and animals depend on the wet prairie habitat, including the alligator snapping turtle, sweet pitcher plant, and Chapman's butterwort. Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park is located in Escambia County about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 98 and State Road 293.

Recreational Activities

A half-mile long ADA boardwalk to Tarkiln Bayou allows visitors to experience some of western Florida's most wild and beautiful natural areas. Visitors can picnic or hike on one of the nature trails to observe the rare plants and animals. For the more adventurous, visitors can take a day–hike across the park to the Perdido River which separates Florida from Alabama.

Gallery

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  Park sign
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  Entrance
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  Boardwalk leading to the Bayou
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  Panorama of part of the Bayou
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  Pitcher plant

External links

• Florida State Parks