The state park is home to the historic Turkey Point Light and offers land-based and water-based recreation.

Although he originally intended the land to be a gift to the Boy Scouts, a meeting with State Forester Fred W. Besley in 1935 persuaded Abbott to change the terms of his will.

Following the state's purchase of additional acreage, the Civilian Conservation Corps created park improvements from 1937 to 1941.

The 35-foot (11 m) tower is a "private aid to navigation" maintained by a non-profit organization, Turkey Point Light Station, Inc., which offers weekend tours seasonally.

[10] The park was used as a filming location for the 1997 Clint Eastwood movie Absolute Power,[11][12] The Curve,[13] and as the setting of an episode of the television series Hannibal.