Florida Parks for Kids

florida parks for kids 1. Everglades National Park Take a sightseeing fan boat or go crabbing and shrimping. Take a nature walk with a natu- ralist or canoe around the park. Buddy Bison’s 2. Biscayne National Park Cruise on a glass-bottomed boat or walk to Fact Bites! Convoy Point and enjoy a picnic. Rent a canoe and explore the Mangrove Tidal Creeks. Go on a snorkeling tour and look for manatees! • The oldest existing masonry fort in the United States is in Castillo 3. Sunken Gardens de San Marcos National Monu- Tour the 100 year-old garden to look at more www.parktrust.org ment. than 50,000 different kinds of plants during a 6. Wekiwa Springs State Park garden tour! Look for butterflies and spy for birds Camp overnight, go for a swim in the springs or among the trees. • South Florida is the only place have a picnic. Paddle down Wekiwa Springs Run in the world where alligators and or take a hike along one of the trails. crocodiles coexist in the wild. 4. John Pennekamp Coral • Benjamin Green, a Miami phar- Reef State Park 7. Paynes Prairie Preserve Snorkel on the reef to get an up-close view of the macist, invented the first suntan fish. Canoe or kayak on the water trails! Visit the State Park lotion: Coppertone. aquarium and go swimming at Cannon Beach. Take the Wacohoota Trail to the observation tower to view the local scenery or have a picnic at Lake Wauberg. Camp overnight or go fishing. • The telephone area code 321 5. Myakka River State Park was assigned to Cape Canaveral Become a Junior Ranger! Take an airboat tour or and Brevard County in Florida a tram safari! Explore the Myakka Canopy Walk- 8. Timucuan Ecological and to honor the many spacecraft way. Ride your bike or walk the Nature Loop. launched there. Historic Preserve Become a Junior Ranger! Visit Fort Caroline to learn about history or climb the Wildlife Observa- tion Platform. Kayak around the marsh or spend a day at the beach. Photos courtesy of National Park Service.

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