🗺️ Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

State / Public Land📍 FLauto-imported (OSM)

Cost of access

Unknown — check official site

Primarily estuarine habitats including mangroves, salt marshes, estuarine bay and associated mudflats, oyster bars, and seagrass beds. Some areas of freshwater marsh, cypress swamps, coastal strand, scrub, pine flatwoods and cabbage palm/oak hammock.

🫐 Berry Foraging⛺ Camping🎣 Fishing🥾 Hiking🍄 Mushroom Foraging📷 Nature Photography

Amenities: Not documented — check the official site.

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Fees and rules change — always confirm with the managing agency. Public land ≠ unlimited harvest: state licenses apply for hunting/fishing, and foraging rules vary by unit.

🎫 Entry requirements — FL state lands

Required pass	Day-use fee
FL residents	$6/vehicle typical
Out-of-state visitors	$6/vehicle typical
Annual option	$120 family

Typical published rates — fees change; confirm at the official site before travel. Hunting/fishing licenses are always separate from entry passes.

📋 Standard rules — State / Public Lands

The publicly posted baseline for this land type. Individual units add their own rules — the official page ↗ always controls.

Rules vary by managing agency — check the linked official page
Hunting/fishing with licenses is commonly the primary allowed use on game/wildlife lands