AWESOME FACTS ABOUT FLORIDA YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW

FLORIDA IS THE FLATTEST STATE IN THE COUNTRY.

FLORIDA’S MEAN ELEVATION IS JUST ONE HUNDRED

FOOT (THIRTY METRES). BRITTON HILL IS THE

HIGHEST NATURAL POINT IN THE STATE WITH A

SUMMIT ELEVATION OF JUST 345 FT (105 METRES)

ABOVE SEA LEVEL. BRITTON HILL IS THE LOWEST

STATE’S HIGHEST POINT IN THE UNITED STATES.

THE LOWEST POINTS OF SIXTEEN U.S. STATES

ARE HIGHER THAN BRITTON HILL

FLORIDA HAS THE LONGEST COASTLINE IN THE

CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES (1,350 MILES OR 2,170 KM)

AND IS THE ONLY STATE THAT BORDERS BOTH THE

GULF OF MEXICO AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN

WITH OVER 1,300 COURSES, FLORIDA HAS MORE

GOLF COURSES THAN ANY OTHER STATE

IN THE COUNTRY

FLORIDA IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF CITRUS FRUITS

IN THE UNITED STATES AND THIRD IN THE WORLD

BEHIND BRAZIL AND CHINA

THE FLORIDA MUSEUM OF HISPANIC AND LATIN AMERICAN

ART IN CORAL GABLES IS THE FIRST AND ONLY MUSEUM

IN THE UNITED STATES DEDICATED TO THE

PRESERVATION, DIFFUSION AND PROMOTION OF

HISPANIC AND LATIN AMERICAN ART

VENICE, FL IS KNOWN AS THE SHARK TOOTH CAPITAL

OF THE WORLD. COLLECTING PREHISTORIC SHARKS’

TEETH HAS BEEN A FAVOURITE PASTIME OF VISITORS

AND RESIDENTS OF THE AREA FOR YEARS

THE LONGEST RIVER SAILBOAT RACE IN THE WORLD

IS THE ANNUAL MUG RACE. THE EVENT RUNS FORTY-TWO

MILES FROM PALATKA TO JACKSONVILLE ALONG

THE ST. JOHNS RIVER

DURING THE 1991 GULF WAR THE BUSIEST MILITARY

PORT IN THE COUNTRY WAS JACKSONVILLE. FROM

THIS LOCATION THE MILITARY MOVED MORE SUPPLIES

AND PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER PORT IN THE COUNTRY

THE FRED BEAR MUSEUM IN GAINESVILLE IS A

TRIBUTE TO THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF FRED BEAR,

A PROMOTER OF PROPER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

AND THE FOUNDER OF BEAR ARCHERY COMPANY