National Forest · USFS · FL · Roosevelt connection
Ocala National Forest
Alerts and conditions
All clear. The managing agency, the National Weather Service and wildfire reporting show no current alerts.
History
The designation history for this site (every law, proclamation and order, and the administration behind each) is being researched and checked by the Library’s historians.
The Roosevelt connection
Protected by T.R.
- : as President, Theodore Roosevelt set aside Ocala National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1908.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- November 24, 1908: Proclamation 823, “Setting Apart the Ocala National Forest, Florida.” Today’s site began with this document.
Proclamation 823 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations
What to see and do
Plan your visit
Check the USDA Forest Service for current hours, fees and access.
Whose lands these are
These lands are the ancestral and present-day homelands of Native nations. A section on whose lands these are is being prepared with tribal review. In the meantime, Native Land Digital offers a starting point.
Pair it with
- Ocala National Game Refuge USFS · 1 miles
- Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 22 miles
- Fort Matanzas National Monument NPS · 46 miles
- Castillo de San Marcos National Monument NPS · 54 miles
- Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 64 miles
- Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 66 miles