Troy Spring State Park

{{Short description|State park in Florida, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

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| name = Troy Spring State Park

| iucn_category = V

| photo = File:Troy Springs SP springs01.jpg

| photo_caption = Springs area

| map = Florida#USA

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| location = Lafayette and Suwannee counties, Florida, United States

| nearest_city = Branford, Florida

| coordinates = {{coord|30|0|21|N|82|59|49|W|display=inline, title}}

| area =

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| governing_body = Florida Department of Environmental Protection

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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.{{cite web|title=The Madison :Scuttled in Troy Spring Run|url=http://www.flpublicarchaeology.org/blog/ncrc/2011/12/20/the-madison-scuttled-in-troy-spring-run/|access-date=30 November 2014}}{{cite web|title=Troy Springs on the Historic Suwannee River|url=http://www.floridaadventuring.com/troy-springs.html|access-date=30 November 2014}}[http://scubagonewild.com/documents/Encyclopedia%20of%20Civil%20War%20Shipwrecks%20-%20(Malestrom).pdf Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks], Louisiana State University Press, 2008, {{ISBN|978-0-8071-3274-6}}, p. 42.

Gallery

File:Troy Springs SP VC01.jpg|Visitor center

File:Troy Springs SP ranger station01.jpg|Ranger station

File:Troy Springs SP springs stairs01.jpg|Stairs heading into the springs

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