Each year, the National Park Service sets one week aside for a nationwide celebration of our National Parks, Preserves, Historic Sites, and Seashores.
For 2024, National Park Week starts on April 20 and ends April 28. Admission is free to all on the 20th. Other fee-free days in 2024 include:
Jan 15: Martin Luther King Jr Birthday
Jun 19: Juneneenth National Independence Day
Aug 4: Anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act
Sep 28: National Public Lands Day
Nov 11: Veterans Day
We’re fortunate in Florida to have quite a list of National Parks to enjoy. What you can see and do in our parks is rather diverse.
Wildlife encounters are expected, especially in vast protected areas like Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve. But we have many smaller National Park Units focused on history.
Have you walked the tunnels inside Fort Pickens at Gulf Islands National Seashore? Watched the Blue Angels practice overhead at Fort Barrancas? Or seen about a rocket launch from Canaveral National Seashore?
Here’s our starting point for you on what you can see and do in Florida’s National Parks.
On each of these pages, you’ll find more details on park units and trails at the parks.
Big Cypress National Preserve Protecting nearly three quarters of the million-acre Big Cypress Swamp, Big Cypress National Preserve is Florida's second largest and most remote wilderness. 
Biscayne National Park Florida's largest offshore park, Biscayne National Park protects living coral reefs and islands that are the northernmost part of the Florida Keys
Canaveral National Seashore Canaveral National Seashore protects 58,000 acres of maritime hammocks, dunes, and coastline north of Cape Canaveral, a natural sandy cape that formed where ocean currents meet.
Castillo de San Marcos The only remaining 17th century fortress in North America, the Castillo de San Marcos defended the Spanish colony of St. Augustine from two British sieges in the 1700s.
De Soto National Memorial Interpreting the landing of Spanish conquistador Hernando De Soto, De Soto National Memorial occupies a peninsula where the Manatee River flows into Tampa Bay. 
Dry Tortugas National Park Our friend Bob "TruckrBob" Finley shares his experience with planning, and reaching, the toughest park to visit in Florida: Dry Tortugas National Park, 70 miles offshore from Key West. 
Everglades National Park In 1.5 million acres across South Florida, Everglades National Park has outdoor experiences from accessible boardwalks and paved trails to rugged adventures in harsh wilderness.
Fort Barrancas Part of the Third System of coastal defenses built in the 1840s by the Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Barrancas is the showy centerpiece of a National Park unit inside Naval Air Station Pensacola.
Gulf Islands National Seashore Stretching across three Gulf Coast states, Gulf Islands National Seashore protects portions of the barrier islands between Navarre Beach, Florida and Gulfport, Mississippi.
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area One of only three federally designated ONAs in the United States, Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area combines a unique location with botanical beauty and history. 
Okaloosa Area A broad sweep of beach and coastal habitats are protected along Choctawhatchee Bay within the Okaloosa Area, the easternmost unit of Gulf Islands National Seashore.
Timucuan Preserve Florida's northernmost National Park encompasses a diverse collection of historic and cultural sites on both sides of the St. Johns River in Jacksonville.
- Michael Crotty Bicentennial Park - November 3, 2026
- A.J. Henry Park - November 1, 2026
- Okeeheelee Nature Center Trails - October 22, 2026