Outdoor exhibits include farm implements. Relax for a moment in the patio swing as you imagine Baldwin Country. Located along U.S. Highway 98, just east of downtown Gulf Breeze, Florida, the 1,300-acre park offers several marked trail with a good possibility of encountering wildlife. Purchased in 1828 by the U. S. government for the purpose of conserving the valuable timber for shipbuilding, the live oaks lost their importance to defense with the development of the ironclad warship from 1861-1870. The live oak timbers were important in the restoration of the USS Constitution in 1926.
Visitor center offers exhibits, books, sales items, maps and information.
Campgrounds, nature center, hiking trails, lakes, lake store, picnic areas off Highway 182, Gulf Shores. Also visit the Nature Center in the park. Bottomland hardwood swamps dominate the habitats of the reserve. One of the major functions of this habitat type is to serve as a refuge for wildlife. More than nine-tenths of all the different kinds of birds of eastern North America use hardwood swamps at one time or another.