The Indian Lake State Forest is approximately 4,466 acres of gently rolling sandhills and pastures just north of historic Silver Springs in Marion County, Florida.

This property was acquired in 2007 and 2008 under the Florida Forever program, with additional money from Marion County and help from The Nature Conservancy, Silver Springs Working Group, and the Department of Environmental Protection.

In addition to sandhills dotted with sinkholes, natural community types found on the forest include depression marshes and mesic flatwoods.

As a result of the studies, Indian Lake State Forest was purchased under the Florida Forever springs initiative.

When you drive down Baseline Road, you can see some of the recently planted longleaf pine seedlings starting to pop out of the grass stage and grow into a young forest.