St. Andrews State Park partially reopens Tuesday

St. Andrews State Park partially reopened Tuesday. (WJHG/WECP)
St. Andrews State Park partially reopened Tuesday. (WJHG/WECP)(WJHG)
Published: May. 5, 2020 at 2:58 PM CDT
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A local state park has been added to the list of parks reopening in phase one.

According to Florida State Parks website, St. Andrews State Park opened Tuesday, with limitations. The park will be open from 8 a.m. to sunset for active recreation only, such as walking, jogging, swimming, and fishing. The website also says restrooms and trash cans are available, but other park facilities are closed.

Here is a list of state parks, some partially opened, in phase one of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection:

Addison Blockhouse Historic State Park

Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park (Lake Overstreet trails only)

Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve State Park

Amelia Island State Park

Anclote Key Preserve State Park

Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park

Avalon State Park

Bald Point State Park

Big Shoals State Recreation Area

Big Talbot Island State Park

Blackwater Heritage State Trail

Blackwater River State Park

Bulow Creek State Park

Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park

Camp Helen State Park

Cayo Costa State Park (beachside boat access only)

Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve

Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park

Cockroach Bay Preserve State Park

Crystal River Archaeological State Park

Crystal River Preserve State Park

Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Preserve State Park

Deer Lake State Park

Don Pedro State Park (island only)

Dunns Creek State Park

Econfina River State Park

Egmont Key State Park

Estero Bay Preserve State Park

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

Faver-Dykes State Park

Fernandina Plaza Historic State Park

Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail

Fort Cooper State Park

Fort George Island Cultural State Park

Ft. Pierce Inlet State Park (Jack Island access only)

Gainesville to Hawthorne State Trail

Gasparilla Island State Park (roadside day use parking only)

General James A. Van Fleet State Trail

George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier State Park

Grayton Beach State Park (access north of 30a only)

Haw Creek Preserve State Park

Honeymoon Island State Park

Hontoon Island State Park

Hugh Taylor Birch State Park

Indian River Lagoon Preserve State Park

Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park

Lake June-in-Winter Scrub Preserve State Park

Lake Talquin State Park

Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park

Lover's Key State Park (boat ramp only)

Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park

Madira Bickel Mound State Archaeological Site

Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway (Includes: Withlacoochee Bay Trail, Inglis Bypass Recreation Area, Inglis Lock Recreation Area, Ross Prairie Trailhead, Landbridge Trailhead, Historic Santos Recreation Area, Eureka West Recreation Area, Rodman Recreation Area, Buckman Lock - St Johns Loop North and South, Felburn Park, Inglis Dam and Island Recreation Area, Dunnellon Trail, Shangri-La Trailhead, Santos Trailhead, Baseline Road Trailhead, Kenwood Recreation Area)

Mound Key Archaeological State Park

Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park

Nature Coast State Trail

North Peninsula State Park

Okeechobee Battlefield Historic State Park

Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park

Palatka to Lake Butler State Trail

Palatka to St. Augustine State Trail

Perdido Key State Park

Price's Scrub State Park

Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park

River Rise Preserve State Park

San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park

San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park

San Pedro Underwater Archaeological Preserve State Park

Seabranch Preserve State Park

Sebastian Inlet State Park (AIA day use parking only)

Skyway Fishing Pier State Park

St. Andrews State Park

St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park

St. Marks River Preserve State Park

St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park

Suwannee River Wilderness Trail

Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail

Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park

Terra Ceia Preserve State Park

Torreya State Park

Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park

Washington Oaks Garden State Park (beach side only)

Wes Skiles Peacock Springs State Park

Withlacoochee State Trail

Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park

Yellow River Marsh Preserve State Park

Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park

Friday, Governor Ron DeSantis' office said, "The selected reopened state parks will have limited facilities. Reopened beach areas allow visitors access to active recreation only. This includes walking, jogging, swimming and fishing. No sunbathing, chairs, canopies or coolers are allowed in beach areas at this time."

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