Yes, Rainbow Springs State Park is accessible for visitors with disabilities. The park offers various amenities and services to ensure that visitors with disabilities can enjoy the park’s natural beauty and recreational opportunities.
Wheelchair Accessibility
Wheelchairs and manually powered mobility aids are allowed anywhere foot traffic is allowed. Other power-driven mobility devices (OPDMD) are permitted only for use by people with mobility disabilities.
Service Animals
Service animals are welcome in the park, as defined by the Revised Americans with Disabilities Act Service Animal Requirements.
Accessible Facilities
The park strives to design and construct accessible buildings and facilities, including camping areas, bathhouses, restrooms, recreation halls, fishing piers, and environmental education centers.
Adapted Equipment and Accommodations
Upon request, the park provides adapted equipment and accommodations for visitors with disabilities, such as all-terrain wheelchairs, accessible kayak launches, and roll-out matting for beach access.
Accessible Programs and Activities
The park ensures equal access by providing reasonable accommodations and modifying policies without altering the fundamental nature of programs and activities. This includes adapted equipment and accommodations for visitor use.
Cultural Sites and Historic Properties
The park provides access to cultural sites and historic properties in a way that is reasonable and consistent with the preservation of each property’s significant archaeological, historic, and/or cultural features.
Wilderness Areas
The park provides visitors with disabilities the highest feasible level of physical access to wilderness areas, consistent with the preservation of the property’s significant natural features.
Visitor Services
The park partners with authorized vendors who share the responsibility of providing reasonable accommodations and program access to visitors with disabilities.
Accommodation Request Process
Visitors can request accommodations by contacting the specific state park or calling the visitor information line at 850-245-2157 or 711 (Florida Relay Service).
Complaint Process
If a request for access has not been resolved in a timely or acceptable manner, a complaint can be filed in writing or submitted by telephone to the Accessibility and Safety Manager.
Overall, Rainbow Springs State Park is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to ensure that visitors with disabilities are included and immersed in the park experience.