Fort Clinch State Park | |
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IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
Location | Nassau County, Florida, United States |
Nearest city | Fernandina Beach, Florida |
Coordinates | 30°42′16.88″N 81°27′16.06″W / 30.7046889°N 81.4544611°W |
Area | 1,100 acres (4 km2) |
Established | April 21, 1905 |
Visitors | 167,000 (in an average year) |
Governing body | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
The Fort Clinch State Park is a Florida State Park, located on a peninsula near the northernmost point of Amelia Island, along the Amelia River. Its 1,100 acres (4 km2) include the 19th-century Fort Clinch, sand dunes, plains, maritime hammock and estuarine tidal marsh. The park and fort lie to the northeast of Fernandina Beach at the entrance to the Cumberland Sound.[1]