Highlands County, Florida
Metal Detecting at Lake June-in-Winter Scrub Preserve State Park in Lake Placid, Florida
Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas when designated by the park manager. No current manager-designated detecting-beach exception is established for this park record, so the publication classification remains Prohibited.
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Can you metal detect at Lake June-in-Winter Scrub Preserve State Park?
Prohibited. Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas when designated by the park manager. No current manager-designated detecting-beach exception is established for this park record, so the publication classification remains Prohibited.
Permit/authorization: No — Ordinary recreational metal detecting is not authorized. Florida State Parks says recovery of a specific personally lost item may be coordinated with the park manager/staff; that is not general detecting permission.
Evidence freshness: verified , Grade A, confidence 99/100. Recheck the official source before travel.
Current verified decision
What the current evidence actually allows
Evidence: Grade A · 99/100 · verified 2026-08-14 · freshness Current · revalidation due 2026-12-12 · source conflict none identified.
Map and public access reference
Verified public reference pin is shown on the map.
Official/state or government-linked visitor reference/GPS; not a detecting-zone or legal-boundary coordinate.
Legal status and controlling rule
Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas when designated by the park manager. No current manager-designated detecting-beach exception is established for this park record, so the publication classification remains Prohibited.
Restricted or prohibited areas
Entire park for ordinary recreational metal detecting under the current statewide State Parks baseline. No current park-manager-designated coastal detecting-beach exception is established for this record.
Permit and digging rules
Permit: No
Ordinary recreational metal detecting is not authorized. Florida State Parks says recovery of a specific personally lost item may be coordinated with the park manager/staff; that is not general detecting permission.
Digging: No recreational detector digging or resource disturbance is authorized under the statewide rule. Follow all park resource-protection requirements.
Water and artifact rules
Water detecting: No - submerged detecting is not permitted under the statewide Florida State Parks guidance.
Historic/artifact rule: Objects with historic association, including objects over 50 years old, may not be kept; archaeological/historic resources remain protected. Public coordinates in this record are visitor/reference points only and never resource targets.
Verification record
This page is published only after its legal and access evidence passes the project verification checks. Its current legal/access record is Grade A with a confidence score of 99/100 and was last checked on .
Map policy: every record has an in-page map plus external map-provider navigation. Verified pins remain canonical; query-only records can create a temporary provider search marker on demand, which is never promoted to verified geometry automatically. No map mode proves permission.
Official legal and place sources
Lake June-in-Winter Scrub Preserve State Park metal detecting FAQ
Can you metal detect at Lake June-in-Winter Scrub Preserve State Park?
Florida State Parks currently prohibits metal detecting on state park lands except certain coastal beach areas when designated by the park manager. No current manager-designated detecting-beach exception is established for this park record, so the publication classification remains Prohibited.
Is a permit or authorization required at Lake June-in-Winter Scrub Preserve State Park?
No Ordinary recreational metal detecting is not authorized. Florida State Parks says recovery of a specific personally lost item may be coordinated with the park manager/staff; that is not general detecting permission.
Does the map show where detecting is legally allowed?
Yes. The page shows an independently verified public visitor/access reference pin plus external map navigation. It is not a property boundary, detecting zone, archaeological location or permission boundary.
How current is this Lake June-in-Winter Scrub Preserve State Park record?
The legal/access record was last verified on 2026-08-14 with verification grade A and confidence score 99/100. Recheck the cited official source before travel because rules and closures can change.
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