Biscayne National Park is a wonderful place to visit, a paradise for wildlife-watching, snorkeling, diving, boating, fishing and other activities that attract near 300,000 visitors a year.

Within the park boundaries are the longest stretch of mangrove forest left on Florida’s east coast, the clear shallow waters of 3iscayne Bay, over 40 of the northernmost Florida Keys, and a pectacular living coral reef.

Superimposed on all of this natural beauty is evidence of 10,000 years of human history, including stories of native peoples, shipwrecks, pirates, pioneers and presidents.

Since 95 percent of the park is covered by water, the best way to get to know Biscayne is to get wet – or at least get out on a boat. Read more »

Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum
Learn about the culture of the unconquered Seminole Indians. Located on a 60-acre cypress hammock, more than one mile of boardwalk nature trails winds through ceremonial grounds and a living village.

Located 17 miles north of 1-75, exit 14. Big Cypress

Amelia Earhart Park
Explore 515 acres, including a freshwater lake, photo above, and the Bill Graham Farm Village (open 9a. m. to 4 p. m.), complete with a petting zoo and weekend pony and hayrides. The park also features Tom Sawyer’s Play Island, picnic pavilions, and bike and paddkboat rentals.

401 E. 65th St., Hialeah

Art Center – South Florida
Art Center provides work and exhibition space for more than 81 visual artists through its juried artists program. Art Studies in various media and artistic levels are available for all ages.

Galleries and studios are free to the public.

At 800, 810 and 924 Lincoln Road Miami Beach.

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The Everglades is the extraordinary, shallow river that once flowed over most of South Florida.

Long before farmers drained the wetlands for crops or sunseekers flocked to the beaches, nature graced the peninsula with a miraculous ecosystem of birds and plants, reptiles and mammals, all dependent on a slow-flowing flood of sweet water.

Miami was built on a swamp.

Today, we know, that swampland is an intricately linked environmental chain. As cities and farms developed, they began to vie with nature for the sweet water and land intertwined in the chain.

The Glades narrowed, and animal populations decreased.

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