Bald Point State Park

Bald Point State Park is a Florida State Park located south of Ochlockonee Bay, approximately seven miles southeast of Panacea, on St. James Island in Alligator Point, Tallahassee's closest beach, off U.S. 98, in northwestern Florida. The address is 146 Box Cut.

Bald Point State Park
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
LocationFranklin County, Florida, USA
Nearest cityAlligator Point, Florida
Coordinates29°56′51″N 84°20′29″W
Governing bodyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection

Bald Point State Park was expanded in 2002 when Florida purchased 2,851 acres of land from St. Joe Company for $10.3 million. The property, on Ochlockonee Bay, east of the Crooked River (Florida) where additional land was purchased a year later, is in Franklin County, Florida.[1]

Recreational Activities

The park has such amenities as beaches, bicycling, birding, canoeing, fishing, hiking, paddling, kayaking, swimming and wildlife viewing.

Bald Point also offers a variety of accessible amenities to its visitors, such as beach wheelchairs, mobi-mat beach access, accessible boardwalk & observation deck, outdoor showers/rinse stations, and picnic pavilions.[2]

Hours & Fees

Bald Point State Park is open to the public from 8am until sunset, daily, including holidays.

Admission fee is $4 per vehicle (up to 8 passengers) and $2 per pedestrian, bicycle, or extra passengers.[3]

References

  1. Jackie Hallifax [Cabinet votes to buy marshland]; The land along Crooked River will cost $14.5 million November 26, 2003 Lakeland Ledger (Associated Press)
  2. "EXPERIENCES & AMENITIES - Bald Point State Park". Florida State Parks. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  3. "Bald Point State Park". Florida State Parks. Retrieved 8 February 2021.


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