Region: Southeast

FORT PIERCE INLET STATE PARK
Fort Pierce, Florida

Contact Information
905 Shorewinds Drive
Fort Pierce, 34949
(772) 468-3985

Driving Directions
Fort Pierce Inlet State Park is located four miles east of Fort Pierce, via North Causeway.

Hours of Operation
Florida state parks are open from 8 a.m. until sundown 365 days a year.

Located on the north shore of Fort Pierce Inlet, this 340-acre park of Atlantic beach, dunes and coastal hammock provides hours of fun. Adjacent Jack Island on the Intracoastal Waterway is a bird watcher's paradise.

Plantlife
At the park, swimmers and surfers on their way to the beach cross through a community of beach grasses, sea oats and creeping vines. Please walk only on the boardwalks. They protect feet from sandspurs, stinging nettles, prickly pear cactus and also protect the plants that anchor the dunes from being trampled. Behind the dunes lie maritime hammocks (seaside hardwood forests), which are rapidly disappearing outside the park because of demand for land development. A 20-minute, self-guided trail leads through a hammock of wind-pruned live oaks, cabbage palms, sea grapes and strangler figs.

Park Activities

Beaches, Bicycling, Fishing, Nature Trails, Picnicking, Showers, Scuba Diving, Swimming, Youth Camping, and Wildlife Viewing