The Ocala National Forest is the second largest nationally protected forest in the U.S. State of Florida. It covers 607 square miles (1,570 km2) of North Central Florida. It is located three miles (5 km) east of Ocala and 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Gainesville. The Ocala National Forest, established in 1908, is the oldest national forest east of the Mississippi River[1] and the southernmost national forest in the continental U.S. The word Ocala is thought to be a derivative of a Timucuan term meaning "fair land" or "big hammock". The forest is headquartered in Tallahassee, as are all three National Forests in Florida, but there are local ranger district offices located in Silver Springs and Umatilla.
^Steen, Harold (1992). The Origins of the National Forests:A Centennial Symposium. USA: Forest History Society. ISBN 0-8223-1272-7.
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The OcalaNationalForest is the second largest nationally protected forest in the U.S. State of Florida. It covers 607 square miles (1,570 km2) of North...
Silver Glen Springs Recreation Area of OcalaNationalForest. It lies at the east edge of the nationalforest. It is about 2 miles north of the entrance...
Marion, and Lake counties. It runs from Groveland to Palatka through OcalaNationalForest. Along with SR 33, SR 19 provides a mostly rural north-south corridor...
Springs (referred to locally as "the Springs"), located in the OcalaNationalForest east of Ocala, Florida, is a natural spring that forms the headwaters of...
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regional Rainbow Gathering in OcalaNationalForest, Florida. In 2015, at a regional gathering at Apalachicola NationalForest in Florida, 24-year-old attendee...
Juniper Prairie Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the OcalaNationalForest in Florida, United States. The Juniper Prairie Wilderness was established...
Rainbow Lakes Estates eastward through Ocala over the Ocklawaha River and through the heart of the OcalaNationalForest to SR A1A in Ormond Beach. Names of...
the OcalaNationalForest. It was officially designated as a National Scenic Trail in 1983. The U.S. Forest Service, through the NationalForests in Florida...
and the OcalaNationalForest. The Florida National Scenic Trail runs through the from southeast to northwest. List of Florida state forests List of Florida...
central peninsula, and OcalaNationalForest and environs. It occurs on the Lake Wales Ridge. It is common in the OcalaNationalForest, but it is slowly declining...
The largest remaining block lies in and around the OcalaNationalForest. Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge also holds a high proportion of remaining...
found in the southeastern US. Smilax glauca is also found in the OcalaNationalForest in Florida. Smilax glauca is resistant to fire because it sprouts...
testimony was used to close two cold-case murders of Schaefer in the OcalaNationalForest.[citation needed] London collaborated with serial killer Danny Rolling...
in the book and the film's shooting location are now part of the OcalaNationalForest. Visitors can hike the Yearling Trail and pass the sites where the...
One was seen at the OcalaNationalForest, in Marion County, in early 2020, with the sighting being confirmed by the National Museum of Florida as the...
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