Description
Merchants Millpond State Park features a millpond with camping, hiking, and paddling trails.
Recreation
Merchants Millpond State Park has backpacking and paddle-in tent sites for camping, hiking, biking, paddling, fishing, picnicking, and birdwatching.
Amenities
- Tent sites (including backpacking sites and paddle-in sites)
- Trailer sites
- Group tent sites (including paddle-in only sites)
- Showers
- Firewood
- Boat ramp
- Boat rentals
- Auditorium, classroom, and outdoor classroom
- Picnic shelter
- Visitor center and exhibits
- Bathhouse
Fees and Passes
There are no fees required to access Merchants Millpond State Park for day use, except for boat rentals.
Fees are also charged for camping, certain event permits, and facility reservations.
Flora and Fauna
Merchants Millpond State Park is the northernmost point for the habitat range of the American alligator.
Geography
Merchants Millpond State Park has a 760-acre millpond. A millpond is a small reservoir created to power a waterwheel.
Lassiter Swamp has Spanish moss dangling from old-growth cypress trees creating an “enchanted forest.”
