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Highlands Hammock Announces Brian Smalley Concert Sebring:  Florida’s folk balladeer Brian Smalley is scheduled to play at Highlands Hammock State Park on Saturday evening, February 16, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.  Smalley is an original songwriter whose high-energy acoustical guitar and soulful, earthy voice complement an unusual repertoire that…

Highlands Hammock announces Labor Day Holiday Tram Tours Sebring:  Highlands Hammock State Park tram tours are scheduled to run during the Labor Day holiday weekend. Trams will run at 9:30 am on Friday, August 30 and Monday, September 2.  On Saturday and Sunday, two trams will run with the first…

Highlands Hammock to Begin Summer Schedule For Park Tram Tours and Museum Operation    Sebring:  The guided, narrated tram tour of Highlands Hammock State Park operated by the Hammock Inn concession will transition to summer hours beginning May 3.  Tours will be limited to weekend operation on Friday, Saturday and…

As the six-month anniversary of the Sept. 2 storm approaches, hundreds of people whose homes were damaged or destroyed by the record-breaking floods are still piecing their lives back together.

Learn about Florida’s history through the artifacts and objects found at our state parks. The fossil shell of a giant land tortoise is a highly prized artifact at Highlands Hammock State Park. The fossilized shell is on permanent display in the Hammock Inn, where it wows visitors with measurements of nearly 3-feet by 4-feet by 5-feet. Individual plates in the shell measure 5-inches in diameter. The discovery of the tortoise is a remarkable story. In 1933, while work crews were excavating ...