Shaded by oak hammocks along Pellicer Creek, this peaceful park offers camping, hiking and biking trails, and some of the best paddling along this coast.
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Overview
Location: St. Augustine
Trailhead: 29.669967, -81.258967
Address: 1000 Faver-Dykes Rd, St. Augustine
Fees: $4-5 per vehicle
Restroom: At trailhead
Land Manager: Florida State Parks
Phone: 904-794-0997
Open 8 AM to sunset. Leashed dogs welcome.
Directions
From Interstate 95 exit 298, drive north on US 1 to the first road on the right, Faver Dykes Rd, located between two gas stations at the interchange. Follow the road for 1.5 miles to the park entrance. From the park entrance, continue along the one-way dirt road to a T intersection; turn right and make a right turn at the fork. Follow signs to the day use area.
About the Park
Faver-Dykes State Park is a mecca for birders thanks to more than a hundred migratory species that pass through the marshes.
Glide through the Pellicer Creek Trail, a maze of needlerush leading out to the river. With dozens of uninhabited islands on which to stop and lunch or camp, the Matanzas River is tricky but fun.
Manatees surface and dolphins race as you navigate between the oyster beds. Offshore extensions of the park, Mellon Island and Jordan Island are accessible only by water and open to primitive camping.
Canoe rentals are offered on site: $8 for two hours plus $3 for each additional hour. You’re welcome to launch your own watercraft as well.
One hiking trail connects the campground and the day use area with a walk along the shoreline. Another starts by the campground and makes its way to a historic site at Hemming Point
Faver-Dykes Pine Loop Nestled in oak hammocks along Pellicer Creek, the Pine Loop Trail at Faver-Dykes State Park lets landlubbers trace the route of the creek through old-growth pines.
Hiram Faver Trail An easy stroll through shady coastal forests leads to a picturesque picnic spot overlooking Pellicer Creek on this 2.5 mile hike at Faver-Dykes State Park.Trail Map
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Nearby Adventures
Matanzas State Forest A system of linear and loop trails connected to a primitive campground offers scenic views of flatwoods, hammocks, and marshes alongside the Matanzas River.
Princess Place Preserve Explore wild spaces and cultivated grounds along eight different trails at Princess Place Preserve, an 1880s homestead at Cherokee Grove on Pellicer Creek. 
Fort Matanzas National Monument On the shores of Fort Matanzas, a significant historic site south of St. Augustine, the dunes are now swaddled in coastal hammock. Visit them on an accessible boardwalk.
Anastasia State Park Anastasia State Park is windswept and sandy, with an arc of beach that stretches four miles to Matanzas Inlet, curving in on itself to face the ancient city of St. Augustine. 
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