Eighteen of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s state parks are temporarily closed to day-use and overnight visitors today due to a Tropical Storm Watch and Tropical Storm Warning in order to provide the safest conditions possible for park visitors. The parks will be closed until further notice.

At 11 a.m. EDT, Tropical Storm Bonnie was located 30 miles south-southwest of Miami, Florida and moving to the west-northwest at 18 mph. The maximum sustained winds are 40 mph.. On this track, Bonnie will move across the southern Florida peninsula today and move over the eastern Gulf of Mexico tonight and Saturday. Bonnie is expected to approach the northern Gulf Coast late Saturday. Some slight strengthening is possible when the cyclone moves over the Gulf of Mexico late tonight and Saturday.

State park closures include:

Collier-Seminole State Park

20200 E. Tamiami Trail

Naples, FL 34114

(239) 394-3397

Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park

11135 Gulfshore Drive

Naples, FL 34108

(239) 597-6196

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

137 Coastline Drive

Copeland, FL 34137

(239) 695-4593

Lovers Key State Park

8700 Estero Boulevard

Fort Myers Beach, FL 33931

(239) 463-4588

Hugh Taylor Birch State Park

3109 E. Sunrise Boulevard

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

(954) 564-4521

John U. Lloyd Beach State Park

6503 N. Ocean Drive

Dania Beach, FL 33004

(954) 923-2833

Bahia Honda State Park

36850 Overseas Highway

Big Pine Key, FL 33043

(305) 872-2353

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park

1200 S. Crandon Boulevard

Key Biscayne, FL 33149

(305) 361-5811

Curry Hammock State Park

56200 Overseas Highway

Marathon, FL 33050

(305) 289-2690

Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park

County Road 905

Key Largo, FL 33037

(305) 451-1202

Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park

Southard Street

Key West, FL 33041

(305) 292-6713

Indian Key Historic State Park

U.S. 1 Mile Marker 85.5

Islamorada, FL 33036

(305) 664-2540

John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park

U.S. 1 Mile Marker 102.5

Key Largo, FL 33037

(305) 451-1202

Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park

Offshore Island, Mile Marker 78.5 Oceanside

Islamorada, FL 33036

(305) 664-2540

Long Key State Park

67400 Overseas Highway

Long Key, FL 33001

(305) 664-2540

Oleta River State Park

3400 N.E. 163rd Street

North Miami, FL 33160

(305) 919-1846

The Barnacle Historic State Park

3485 Main Highway

Coconut Grove, FL 33133

(305) 442-6866

Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park

U.S. 1 Mile Marker 84.9

Islamorada, FL 33036

(305) 644-2540

Visitors can contact state parks directly for the most up to date information on park closures, or visit www.FloridaStateParks.org <www.FloridaStateParks.org> . More information on Tropical Depression #3 can be found at www.floridadisaster.org <www.floridadisaster.org/index.asp> .

Source: Florida DEP