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Recreation
and Places to Visit:
Florida is renowned as one of the country’s
most popular vacationlands, and almost the entire state
is oriented toward the numerous forms of recreation available.
Among the most popular are water sports, including swimming,
boating, water-skiing, and fishing. Other diversions offered
include hunting, golf, tennis, jai alai, polo, horse racing,
dog racing, automobile racing, baseball, and rodeos. In
addition, many areas in the state have been set aside by
the federal and state governments for recreation and conservation.
National Parks
The principal national park in the state,
Everglades National Park (566,116 hectares/1,398,903 acres),
is a vast wilderness area covering the southern tip of
the peninsula. Adjoining the Everglades is Big Cypress
National Preserve. Biscayne National Park includes dozens
of islands and keys in Biscayne Bay, south of Miami. Canaveral
National Seashore is north of Kennedy Space Center. Gulf
Islands National Seashore is south of Pensacola. |
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