charlotte, harbor, preserve, state, park, acre, florida, state, park, composed, islands, land, that, surrounds, charlotte, harbor, part, southwest, florida, water, management, district, protects, gasparilla, sound, charlotte, harbor, cape, haze, matlacha, pass. Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park is a 46 000 acre 190 km2 Florida State Park composed of islands and land that surrounds Charlotte Harbor It is part of the Southwest Florida Water Management District and protects the Gasparilla Sound Charlotte Harbor Cape Haze Matlacha Pass and Pine Island Sound aquatic preserves 1 It is site 22 on southern section of the Great Florida Birding Trail and offers boating paddling fishing and hiking 1 Charlotte Harbor Preserve State ParkIUCN category IV habitat species management area LocationCharlotte County Florida USANearest cityPunta Gorda FloridaCoordinates26 52 24 73 N 82 1 26 36 W 26 8735361 N 82 0239889 W 26 8735361 82 0239889Area42 518 acres 172 06 km2 Governing bodyFlorida Department of Environmental ProtectionThe park can be accessed from Punta Gorda Cape Coral Cape Haze El Jobean Rotonda and Little Pine Island The main offices are approximately 3 miles 4 8 km south of US 41 Tamiami Trail in Punta Gorda Contents 1 Admission and Hours 2 Gallery 3 References 4 External linksAdmission and Hours editThere is no entrance charge Florida state parks are open between 8 a m and sundown every day of the year including holidays Gallery edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp References edit a b Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park Southwest Florida Water Management DistrictExternal links editCharlotte Harbor Preserve State Park at Florida State Parks nbsp This Florida State Park related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park amp oldid 1168172105, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
