Thursday, December 08, 2005

Florida Recreation and Outdoors overview

Florida Outdoors and Recreational Opportunities
Florida is the outdoor capital of the US!
Why? Because Florida has the following:
• 1700 rivers and streams
• 3 million acres of lakes
• 105 state park sites 30 million plus acres to hunt and fish in
• 320 freshwater springs
• Over 500 miles of beaches.
• For a complete listing of all parks by area go to http://www.floridastateparks.org/

Geography
• Coastline: 1,197 statute miles
• Tidal Shoreline: 2,275 statute miles
• Beaches: 663 miles
• Total Land Area: 54,136 square miles
• Total Water Area: 4,424 square miles
• Rank Among States In Total Area: 22nd
• Number of Lakes Greater Than 10 Acres: 7,700 (approx.)
• Length North and South: 447 miles
• (St. Mary’s River to Key West)
• Width East and West: 361 miles (Atlantic Ocean to Perdido River)

Participant sports
• Ballooning
• Biking
• Birding-330 official sites
• Boating-
• Camping
• Canoeing-over 60 state trails
• Fishing. Over 600 species of fish. Florida is considered the best state in the country for fishing.
• Flying
• Gardening-3000 species of plants and 300 species of trees
• Golfing-Over 1000 courses
• Hiking-Scenic trail-
• Horseback riding-over 50 public Equestrian trails
• Hunting-.
• Kayaking
• Photography
• Surfing
• Swimming
• Scuba Diving-over 600 Ocean and spring dive sites
• Snorkeling
• Tennis

Spectator sports
• Drag racing
• Football-college-NFL
• Baseball-MLB-Major and minor league and Spring training (Jan through April)
• Horse racing
• NASCAR racing
• Dog racing
• NBA Basketball
• NHL Hockey
Link to all 18 national teams and their spring training locations
http://flasports.com/page_prosports_springtraining.shtml
Link to all Florida pro Sports teams
http://www.funandsun.com/1tocf/sportf/spts.html
Being outside is better for your health!

The really good news is that you can do most of these things year round. Sorry no mountain climbing or white water rafting!

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