The 2,287-acre (9 km2) forest is located in North Central Florida, upstream from Welaka on the eastern bank of the St. Johns River.

Welaka State Forest is adjacent to the Mount Royal site discussed by William Bartram in chapter 4 of Bartram's Travels.

[1] Welaka State Forest is located along Putnam County Road 309 between two portions of the Welaka National Fish Hatchery.

[2] Media related to Welaka State Forest at Wikimedia Commons

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