Alafia River State Park
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IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
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| Location | Hillsborough County, Florida, United States |
| Nearest city | Lithia, Florida |
| Coordinates | 27°46′48.41″N 82°8′41.05″W / 27.7801139°N 82.1447361°WCoordinates: 27°46′48.41″N 82°8′41.05″W / 27.7801139°N 82.1447361°W |
| Governing body | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
Alafia River State Park is a Florida State Park, located near Picnic in Hillsborough County in central Florida, 10 miles southeast of Tampa on County Road 39. Even before it became a park, the area, and particularly Hurrah Lake, was the center of leisure activities since the early 1880s.
The park has such amenities as bicycling, birding, canoeing, fishing, hiking, horse trails, picnicking areas, wildlife viewing and full camping facilities. Especially known for its mountain biking, it has advanced trails in an area of the park that was once a phosphorus strip mine. The mountain bike trails were created and are maintained by the SouthWest Association of Mountain Bike Pedalers (SWAMP) club. The forest has grown back. The mine was abandoned before remediation laws took effect, and the area where mountain biking exists is an erratic mixture of pond depressions and abrupt hills jutting from the surface.
On the Alafia River near Lithia Springs Park
An American alligator near the campground
Hurrah Lake on the Alafia River
Foot path to the left, tough cycle path to the right
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