Troy_Spring_State_Park

Troy Spring State Park

Troy Spring State Park

State park in Florida, United States

Troy Spring State Park is a Florida State Park, located approximately six miles north of Branford, off US 27. It contains one of the state's 33 first magnitude springs.

Quick Facts Location, Nearest city ...

At the bottom of the Troy Spring is the sunken Confederate sidewheel paddle steamer Madison, which had been owned and captained by James Felix Tucker. Tucker scuttled Madison in September 1863 to prevent her from falling into Union hands during the American Civil War.[1][2][3]

  • Visitor center
  • Ranger station
  • Stairs heading into the springs

References

  1. [1]
    "The Madison :Scuttled in Troy Spring Run". Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Troy Springs on the Historic Suwannee River". Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  3. [3]
    Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6, p. 42.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Troy Spring State Park.


Stub icon

This Florida State Park related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article about a location in Lafayette County, Florida is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Troy_Spring_State_Park, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.