Manatee Lake (Manatee) DeSoto Pond (DeSoto), Marl Pits 1, 2 and 3, and Webb 

 Area Reservoir (Charlotte). The National Register properties located in 

 Southwest Florida are the Seaboard Coastline Railroad in Naples Park, the 

 Koreshan Unity Settlement Historic District, Mound Key on Estero Island, and 

 the Sanibel Lighthouse and Keeper's Quarters on Sanibel Island. The counties 

 primarily supply a combination of resource-based and user-oriented recreation 

 areas. Typical city-owned recreational areas are playgrounds, swimming pools, 

 ballfields, golf courses, and tennis courts. 



In 1980 there were about 58,567 acres of private recreational lands 

 (Table R/T 21 in the Data Appendix). This includes 50,191 acres of hunting 

 area, 594 boat ramps, piers, and marinas, and 5,752 linear ft of saltwater 

 beach frontage. Of the counties, Lee County (35.9%), Collier (31.9%), and 

 Charlotte County (30%) had the greatest percentage of private hunting areas, 

 but Monroe County had the greatest number (194) of private boat ramps, piers, 

 and marinas. 



Based on Tables R/T 17-20 in the Data Appendix, there were 2,282,515 

 acres of Federal, State, and local public recreation areas in Southwest Flor- 

 ida. The saltwater beach frontage was nearly 80 miles long. Among the 

 counties, Monroe County had the greatest percentage of recreation area (47.5%) 

 and beach frontage (71.2%). Collier County had 39.8% of all public recreation 

 area in Southwest Florida in 1980 and Charlotte County had 29.2%. Public rec- 

 reation contributed nearly 40 times more recreation area (2.3 million acres) 

 than the private sector (58,567 acres) and over 71 times more saltwater beach 

 frontage (about 78 miles compared to 1 mile). 



Most public recreational lands are owned by Federal, State, county, and 

 municipal governments. In Southwest Florida in 1980, the Federal Government 

 owned 1,620,578 acres including 57,000 acres of hunting area and 18.2 miles of 

 saltwater beach frontage. Monroe County (52.2%) and Collier County (37.5%) 

 had the greatest percentage of all Federal recreation areas in the region. 

 All hunting areas w^re located in Collier County. Nearly all (95,000 linear 

 ft; 98.6%) of the federally owned saltwater beaches are in Monroe County. The 

 J.N. Ding Darling, Key Deer, Great White Heron, Pine Island, Passage Key and 

 Egmont Key Wildlife Refuges are located in Monroe County. 



In Southwest Florida the State owns about 637,370 acres or 28% of all 

 public recreation areas. Collier County has 300,000 acres (47%) of all State 

 owned recreation lands, and about 284,934 acres (69%) of all public hunting 

 lands. Collier County provided 70.2% of all State hunting areas and Monroe 

 County contributed 83.2% of the 237,896 linear ft (45.1 mi) of the State salt- 

 water beach frontage. 



For recreation, county and municipal (local) governments own or maintain 

 beaches, boat ramps, piers, and marinas. Of the 24,567 acres of local recrea- 

 tion areas, Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties contribute 31.2% (7,657 acres) 

 and 29% (912 acres), respectively. Local governments also own and maintain 

 HI boat ramps, piers, and marinas for boaters and sports fishermen. Local 

 governments own 14.7 linear miles of saltwater beach frontage. 



In 1980, Southwest Florida had 4,032 historical and archaeological sites. 

 Most (1,203) were in Monroe County and in Hillsborough County (999). Flor- 

 ida's coastal zone management program in 1975 reported that there were 324 



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