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Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park is a 190.11-acre (76.93 ha) Florida state park in Jefferson County, Florida, about six miles (9.7 km) west of Monticello. It preserves the Letchworth-Love Mounds, a Woodland period mound complex on a low sandy rise near the southwestern shore of Lake Miccosukee. The site is recorded in the Florida Master Site File, the state's inventory of historical and archaeological resources, under the Smithsonian trinomial 8JE337. Its principal earthwork, Mound 1, stands about 49 feet (15 m) tall and is the tallest prehistoric Native American earthwork in Florida. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
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Large collection of classic and antique cars and other curiosities.
Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park
Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park has at its heart the winter home and gardens of Maclay and his wife Louise. The house is open to the public as an interpretive museum. The surrounding gardens are known especially for their camellias and magnolias. Other than the gardens, the park offers biking, hiking and equestrian trails as well as kayaking, canoeing and fishing among other activities. The park is open all year round during most daylight hours. The gardens are open all year round 9AM-5PM.
The plantation home is now a historic house museum known as Goodwood Museum & Gardens that features original family furniture, porcelain, textiles, glassware, art and personal effects. The rooms have been decorated to appear in the years surrounding World War I. The house is visited by guided tour. The grounds cover 16 acres (65,000 m2), and the gardens also feature an early 20th-century design. Admission to the gardens is free.
Lake Ella has an area of 12 acres (49,000 m²). Lake Ella is attached to 6.5 acre (26,000 m²) Fred Drake Park. The park has picnic shelters, a site for community activities and a paved walking trail that completely encircles the lake. The lake is bordered on the west side by quaint little shops and cafes. One vendor is the Black Dog Cafe where joggers can get a cup of coffee for their morning run around the trail. Visitors can walk, skate, or skateboard around the lake.
Historic home constructed in 1843.