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The Larry and Penny Thompson Memorial Park is the largest park/campground in Miami-Dade County (Florida). [1] The park, adjacent to Zoo Miami, totals 270 acres (of which 60 acres is dedicated to camping). [2] It is located in southwest Miami, two miles west of the Florida Turnpike's Exit 13 between SW 134th Ave. and SW 122nd Ave. on the north ...
Haulover Park is a 177-acre (72 ha) urban park owned and operated by Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation & Open Spaces Department, located in metropolitan Miami, just north of Bal Harbour, Florida. The park is located on a shoal between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, just north of the Broad Causeway (SR 922) and Collins Avenue.
The Fruit & Spice Park, formally known as the Preston B. Bird/Mary Heinlein Fruit & Spice Park, is a 37-acre park located in Redland, Florida, and it is the only botanical garden of its kind in the United States. This park is operated by Miami-Dade County Parks and Open Spaces Department. The park attracts more than 50,000 visitors per year ...
Matheson Hammock opened in 1930 as the first county park of Dade County, a gift of 80 acres to the county from William J. Matheson. [1] Originally administered by the county's first director of public parks, A. D. Barnes, and designed by the landscape architect William Lyman Phillips, [2] today it is owned and managed by Miami-Dade County.
The new shared space will link Overtown to downtown Miami and the Omni district. ... mostly an effort by Miami-Dade County. The Underdeck is a joint effort between the city of Miami and the ...
Permanent link; Page information; ... Pages in category "Parks in Miami-Dade County, Florida" ... Simpson Park Hammock; South Dade Rail Trail; South Pointe Park; T.
In 1933 A. O. Greynolds donated the tract of land, originally used as a limestone quarry, to Dade County. [1] The park was developed between 1936 and 1939 by the Civilian Conservation Corps as a part of the New Deal public works program. [2] Oleta River Youth Conservation Corps 1979 Oleta River Nature Trail and Mangrove Footbridge Entrance Sign
The land Crandon Park occupies was once part of the largest coconut plantation in the United States, operated by William John Matheson and his heirs. In 1940 the Matheson family donated 808.8 acres (327.3 ha) of their land to Dade County (now Miami-Dade County) for a public park.