Dunns Creek State Park | |
Iucn Category: | V |
Map: | Florida#USA |
Location: | Putnam County, Florida, USA |
Nearest City: | Crescent City, Florida |
Coordinates: | 29.4744°N -81.5908°W |
Governing Body: | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
Dunns Creek State Park is a Florida State Park, located approximately 15 miles south of Palatka, on US 17.
Native Americans used this site as evidenced by the fairly widespread burial mounds. During the 1920s, a steamboat stop provided wood and water to citrus loaded ships. The area was also used as a post office for the towns of Pomona and Sisco. The 6,000-acre property was the site of turpentining, logging, cattle ranching and farming operations within the last century. Located south of a sharp bend in the St. Johns River along Dunns Creek (which connects to Crescent Lake), the park was added to the state park system in October 2001.[1]