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Honeymoon still most popular state park
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Published: July 24, 2009
TAMPA - Honeymoon Island State Park in Dunedin has again proved to be the state's most popular, with 1.2 million visitors during the year that ended June 30.
It is the second consecutive year the park received more visitors than any of the other 159 state parks in Florida, the state Department of Environmental Protection said Wednesday.
The department said that attendance at Florida's state parks rose by about 700,000, to 21.4 million, a record.
Rounding out the state's top five parks in attendance during the 2008-09 fiscal year were:
• St. Andrews State Park in Panama City Beach: 910,000 visitors
• Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park in Key Biscayne: 909,000 visitors
• Gasparilla Island State Park in Boca Grande: 846,000 visitors
• Sebastian Inlet State Park in Melbourne Beach: 796,000 visitors
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