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TARKILN BAYOU PRESERVE STATE PARK
TARKILN BAYOU PRESERVE STATE PARK
C/O Big Lagoon State Park
Pensacola, Florida   32507

Phone: 850-492?1595
The preserve is home to four species of endangered pitcher plants, as well as other rare and endangered plant species. The rare, carnivorous white?top pitcher plant is unique to the Gulf Coast and found only between the Apalachicola and Mississippi rivers. Almost 100 other rare plants and animals depend on the wet prairie habitat, including the alligator snapping turtle, sweet pitcher plant, and Chapman?s butterwort. A boardwalk offers visitors a view of the wild and beautiful Tarkiln Bayou. Visitors can enjoy a picnic and then take a hike on the nature trails to observe the rare plants and animals. For a more adventurous outing, visitors can take a day?hike across the park to the Perdido River. Located in Escambia County about 1.5 miles south of the intersection of U.S. 98 and State Road 293.
History of the Area
The original 900 acres of the park was acquired in 1998. Since that time there has been an ongoing active acquisition program. The boardwalk to the bayou was built in 2002 and there is currently a project to build a trail from the parking lot to the boardwalk that will be ADA accessible.


Location
Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park is located near Cantonment, Foley and Pensacola


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Area Campgrounds
Heritage Oaks Community
1523 Gulf Beach Highway
Pensacola, FL
850-261-1341
Playa del Rio RV Resort
16990 Perdido Key Drive
Pensacola, FL
850-492-0904
Drifters RV Park
9110 Untreiner Avenue
Pensacola, FL
850-484-2488
Nearby Hotels
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Directions
The entrance to the park is located 10 miles southwest of Pensacola on CR 293 approximately 2 miles south of US 98 and 7 miles north of SR 292A (Gulf Beach Highway).

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