Troy Spring State Park

Troy Spring State Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Springs area
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Location	Lafayette and Suwannee counties, Florida, United States
Nearest city	Branford, Florida
Coordinates	30°0′21″N82°59′49″W / 30.00583°N 82.99694°W / 30.00583; -82.99694
Governing body	Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Troy Spring State Park is a Florida State Park, located approximately six miles north of Branford, off US 27. It contains one of the state's 33 first magnitude springs.

At the bottom of the Troy Spring is the sunken Confederate sidewheel paddle steamer Madison , which had been owned and captained by James Felix Tucker. Tucker scuttled Madison in September 1863 to prevent her from falling into Union hands during the American Civil War. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Gallery

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  Visitor center
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  Ranger station
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  Stairs heading into the springs

References

1. "The Madison: Scuttled in Troy Spring Run". Florida Public Archaeology Network. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
2. Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008, ISBN   978-0-8071-3274-6, p. 42.
3. "Wreck of the Madison". Florida State Parks . Retrieved October 3, 2025.

External links

• Official website