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Torreya State Park is truly unique. Set on the high bluffs of the Apalachicola River, it has terrain resembling the Appalachian Mountains. The River Bluff Loop Trail, a loop of about seven miles, traverses ravines and streams and bluffs which rise above the Apalachicola River. Logan's Bluff towers to about 300 feet. Forests include river swamp, hardwood hammocks and longleaf pine. Each of these communities has a different set of trees, shrubs, and wildflowers. Look for the rare Florida yew tree, the queen Magnolia (the largest big leaf magnolia in the U.S.), dogwood, yellow jasmine, azalea, and the torreya from which Noah is supposed to have constructed the Ark. The torreya tree ( also known as gopherwood or "stinking cedar") resembles a hemlock and grows only along the Apalachicola river bluffs. Wildlife is common and includes deer, beaver, bobcat, gray fox, the rare Barbour's map turtle and more than a hundred species of birds. This park is historically significant. Traces of the Indians who lived here still remain. There were Confederate gun batteries here during the Civil War. Look for the ruins of the emplacements near the bluffs overlooking the Apalachicola. The ranger's station is in the historic Gregory plantation house, which was restored after it was moved to Torreya from the opposite side of the river.
Torreya State Park is 12 miles north of Bristol near Rock Bluff on CR 271. Enter the park via CR 270 or CR 271 from SR 12 south of I-10.
