This park covers 1,962 acres at the east end of the long, narrow barrier island of St. George. It has nine miles of undeveloped beaches and sand dunes surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico on one side and Apalachicola Bay on the other. It has 60 sites for camping.
People are not allowed to climb on the dunes, but there are plenty of protected walkways to the beaches.
The beaches have plenty of sea shells to pick up, and in the summer sea turtles come into shore here to lay their eggs.
The park has plenty of salt marshes and pine forests with nature trails. The bay between the island and the mainland was once the top producer of oysters in the state, but is now in decline.
We have seen a wide variety of birds on the island. A sign on display states that there are 13 different kinds of snakes here, with three being venomous.
This is a very beautiful, well-preserved area on the Gulf. The campground is full, and the weather has been sunny and warm.
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