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![Blackwater-River-State-Park:-Munson-Highway-Bridge_01.jpg Blackwater-River-State-Park:-Munson-Highway-Bridge_01.jpg: driftwood, logs, forest, sand bar, switchback, stump, bathers, swimming hole,](/photos/Blackwater-River-State-Park:-Munson-Highway-Bridge/thumbs/Blackwater-River-State-Park:-Munson-Highway-Bridge_01.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
Florida's surface water systems offer some of the states most attractive recreational enticements. Here dozens of bathers enjoy a swim in the Blackwater River.
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![Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove_driftwood-1.jpg Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove_driftwood-1.jpg: driftwood, stumps, beach, cove, pensacola bay, gulf coast, gulf of mexico, gulf breeze](/photos/Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove/thumbs/Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove_driftwood-1.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
The cove is on the sound side of Naval Live Oaks Preserve.
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![Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove_driftwood-2.jpg Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove_driftwood-2.jpg: cove, driftwood, sand, beach, sunset](/photos/Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove/thumbs/Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove_driftwood-2.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
The old Naval Live Oaks Reservation was established in 1828 for the cultivation of live oak trees used for constructing 19th century wooden sailing ships. The area has been preserved for over 150 years.
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![Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove_driftwood-3.jpg Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove_driftwood-3.jpg: driftwood, beach, sand, sunset](/photos/Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove/thumbs/Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove_driftwood-3.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
Large pieces of driftwood dot the shore of the cove.
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![Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove_sunset-1.jpg Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove_sunset-1.jpg: sunset, beach, cove, sand, driftwood, bay, gulf of mexico](/photos/Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove/thumbs/Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove_sunset-1.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
The cove is part of Escambia Bay at the National Seashore.
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![Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove_sunset-2.jpg Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove_sunset-2.jpg: gulf coast, sunset, beach, cove, sand, driftwood, pensacola bay, gulf of mexico](/photos/Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove/thumbs/Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Butcherpin-Cove_sunset-2.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
The cove is part of Naval Live Oaks Preservation at the National Seashore.
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![Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Dunes:-Parking-Lot-9_03.jpg Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Dunes:-Parking-Lot-9_03.jpg: driftwood, wild flowers, quartz sand, pensacola bay, sand dunes, national seashore](/photos/Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Dunes:-Parking-Lot-9/thumbs/Gulf-Islands-National-Seashore:-Dunes:-Parking-Lot-9_03.jpg.width.440.c.jpg)
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![Scenic-Highway:-Mackey-Point_03.jpg Scenic-Highway:-Mackey-Point_03.jpg: driftwood, escambia bay, swamp](/photos/Scenic-Highway:-Mackey-Point/thumbs/Scenic-Highway:-Mackey-Point_03.jpg.width.200.c.jpg)
Tom Roush is sitting on a large cypress stump.