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South Florida Section of the Great Florida Birding Trail

The South Section, which opened in January 2006, completes the statewide Great Florida Birding Trail. This section consists of 116 sites in 12 counties. The following table lists the sites in the order that they appear in the South Florida Section guide, along with county, contact phone number and possible site closures. For an alphabetical listing of birding trail sites by section, visit the Birding Links page.

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South Florida Birding Trail Sites

No. Site Name County

Nearest City

Phone

1.

Quick Point Nature Preserve

Sarasota

Longboat Key

941-316-1988

2.

Arlington Park

Sarasota

Sarasota

941-861-5000

3.

Pinecraft Park

Sarasota

Sarasota

941-861-5000

4.

Celery Fields

Sarasota

Sarasota

941-861-5000

5.

Crowley Museum & Nature Center

Sarasota

Sarasota

941-322-1000

6.

Myakka River State Park

Sarasota

Sarasota

941-361-6511

7.

Red Bug Slough Preserve

Sarasota

Sarasota

941-861-6259

8.

Siesta Beach

Sarasota

Sarasota

941-861-5000

9.

Oscar Scherer State Park

Sarasota

Osprey

941-483-5956

10.

T. Mabry Carlton, Jr. Memorial Reserve

Sarasota

Venice 

941-861-5000

11.

Jelks Preserve

Sarasota

Venice

941-861-5000

12.

Venice Area Audubon Society Rookery

Sarasota

Venice

941-496-8984

13.

Shamrock Park and Nature Center

Sarasota

Venice

941-861-5000

14.

Caspersen Beach

Sarasota

Englewood

941-861-5000

15.

Lemon Bay Park and Environmental Center

Sarasota

Englewood

941-861-5000

16.

Blind Pass Beach

Sarasota

Englewood

941-861-5000

17.

Indian Mound Park

Sarasota

Englewood

941-861-5000

18.

Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center: Cedar Point Environmental Park

Charlotte

Englewood

941-475-0769

19.

Amberjack Environmental Park

Charlotte

Englewood

941-625-7529

20.

Tippecanoe Environmental Park

Charlotte

Port Charlotte

941-625-7529

21.

Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center: Alligator Creek Preserve

Charlotte

Punta Gorda

941-575-5435

22.

Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park: Old Datsun Trail

Charlotte

Punta Gorda

941-575-5861

23.

Fred C. Babcock/Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area

Charlotte

Punta Gorda

941-575-5768

24.

Charlotte Flatwoods Environmental Park

Charlotte

Punta Gorda

941-625-7529

25.

Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park: North Cape Flats Trail

Lee

Matlacha

941-575-5861

26.

Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park: Little Pine Island

Lee

Matlacha

941-575-5861

27.

Cayo Costa State Park

Lee

Boca Grande

941-964-0375

28.

J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge

Lee

Boca Grande

239-472-1100

29.

Lighthouse Park Beach

Lee

Boca Grande

239-472-3700

30.

Rotary Park Environmental Center

Lee

Cape Coral

239-549-4606

31.

Lakes Regional Park

Lee

Fort Myers

239-432-2000

32.

San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve

Lee

Fort Myers

239-432-2127

33.

Bowditch Point Park

Lee

Fort Myers Beach

239-463-7400

34.

Matanzas Pass Preserve

Lee

Fort Myers Beach

239-463-7400

35.

Little Estero Island Critical Wildlife Area

Lee

Fort Myers Beach

239-461-7453

36.

Lovers Key State Park

Lee

Fort Myers Beach / Bonita Springs

239-463-4588

37.

Estero Bay Preserve State Park: Estero River Scrub Trail

Lee

Estero

239-992-0311

38.

Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve

Lee

Fort Myers

239-533-7550

39.

Hickey's Creek Wildlife and Environmental Area

Lee

Alva

239-728-6240

40.

Caloosahatchee Regional Park

Lee

Fort Myers

239-693-2690

41.

CREW Wildlife and Environmental Area: Corkscrew Marsh Trails

Collier

Estero

239-657-2253

42.

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
*Gateway

Collier

Naples

239-348-9151

43.

Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area: East

Glades

Lakeport / Moore Haven

863-946-1194

44.

Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area: West

Glades

Palmdale / Moore Haven

863-946-1194

45.

Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest and Wildlife Management Area

Hendry

LaBelle / Felda

863-612-0776

46.

Dinner Island Ranch Wildlife Management Area

Hendry

Immokalee

863-228-7238

47.

Stormwater Treatment Area 5

Hendry

Clewiston

866-433-6312

48.

Stormwater Treatment Area 1 West

Palm Beach

Loxahatchee / Belle Glade

866-433-6312

49.

Royal Palm Beach Pines Natural Area

Palm Beach

Royal Palm Beach

561-233-2400

50.

City of West Palm Beach Grassy Waters Preserve

Palm Beach

West Palm Beach

561-627-8831

51.

Sweetbay Natural Area

Palm Beach

Palm Beach Gardens

561-233-2400

52.

J. W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area

Palm Beach

West Palm Beach

561-624-6989

53.

John C. & Mariana Jones/Hungryland Wildlife and Environmental Area

Martin

Jupiter / Indiantown

561-625-5122

54.

DuPuis Wildlife and Environmental Area

Martin / Palm Beach

Indiantown

561-924-5310

55.

Lake Okeechobee Ridge Park: Rafael Sanchez Trail

Martin

Port Myaca

772-220-7114

56.

Hawk's Hammock

Martin

Palm City

772-220-7114

57.

Halpatiokee Regional Park

Martin

Stuart

772-220-7114

58.

Kiplinger Parcel

Martin

Stuart

772-220-7114

59.

Rocky Point Hammock Park

Martin

Stuart

772-220-7114

60.

St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park

Martin

Port Salerno / Stuart

772-219-1880

61.

Peck Lake Park

Martin

Hobe Sound

772-220-7114

62.

Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge

Martin

Hobe Sound

772-546-6141

63.

Jonathan Dickinson State Park

Martin

Hobe Sound

772-546-2771

64.

Jupiter Ridge Natural Area

Palm Beach

Jupiter

561-233-2400

65.

Frenchman's Forest Natural Area

Palm Beach

Palm Beach Gardens

561-233-2400

66.

Juno Dunes Natural Area

Palm Beach

Juno Beach

561-233-2400

67.

John D. MacArthur Beach State Park

Palm Beach

North Palm Beach

561-624-6950

68.

Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park

Collier

Naples

239-597-6196

69.

Conservancy of Southwest Florida Nature Center

Collier

Naples

239-262-0304

70.

Eagle Lakes Community Park

Collier

Naples

239-213-2953

71.

Picayune Strand State Forest: Sabal Palm Hiking Trail

Collier

Naples

239-348-7558

72.

Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Collier

Naples

239-417-6310

73.

Tigertail Beach

Collier

Marco Island

239-591-8596

74.

Collier-Seminole State Park

Collier

Goodland / Marco Island

239-394-3397

75.

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

Collier

Copeland / Everglades City

239-695-4593

76.

Everglades National Park: Gulf Coast Visitor Center

Collier

Everglades City

305-695-3311

77.

Big Cypress National Preserve

Collier

Ochopee

239-695-1201

78.

Everglades National Park: Shark Valley Visitor Center

Dade

Homestead

305-221-8776

79.

Holey Land & Rotenberger Wildlife Management Areas

Palm Beach

South Bay

954-746-1789

80.

Everglades & Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area

Broward

Ft. Lauderdale

954-746-1789

81.

Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
*Gateway

Palm Beach

Boynton Beach

561-734-8303

82.

Green Cay Wetlands & Nature Center

Palm Beach

Kings Point

561-966-7000

83.

Wakodahatchee Wetlands

Palm Beach

Delray Beach

561-493-6000

84.

Seacrest Scrub Natural Area

Palm Beach

Boynton Beach

561-233-2400

85.

Delray Oaks Natural Area

Palm Beach

Delray Beach

561-233-2400

86.

Spanish River Park

Palm Beach

Boca Raton

561-393-7815

87.

Gumbo Limbo Nature Center

Palm Beach

Boca Raton

561-338-1473

88.

Fern Forest Nature Center

Broward

Coconut Creek

954-970-0150

89.

Easterlin Park

Broward

Oakland Park

954-938-0610

90.

Hugh Taylor Birch State Park

Broward

Ft. Lauderdale

954-564-4521

91.

John U. Lloyd Beach State Park

Broward

Dania Beach

954-924-2833

92.

West Lake Park/Anne Kolb Nature Center

Broward

Dania Beach

954-926-2480

93.

Tree Tops Park and Pine Island Ridge Natural Area

Broward

Davie

954-370-3750

94.

Brian Piccolo Park

Broward

Cooper City

954-437-2600

95.

Snake Warrior's Island Natural Area

Broward

Miramar

954-985-1960

96.

Greynolds Park

Dade

North Miami Beach / Aventura

305-948-2891

97.

A. D. Barnes Park

Dade

Coral Gables

305-662-4124

98.

Crandon Park: Bear Cut Preserve

Dade

Village of Key Biscayne

305-361-6767

99.

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park

Dade

Key Biscayne

305-361-5811

100.

Matheson Hammock Park

Dade

Coral Gables

305-665-5475

101.

Deering Estate at Cutler

Dade

Miami

305-235-1668 ext. 242

102.

Castellow Hammock Preserve

Dade

Homestead

305-242-7688

103.

Biscayne National Park: Convoy Point

Dade

Homestead

305-230-7275

104.

Everglades National Park: Main Entrance

Dade

Homestead

305-242-7700

105.

Southern Glades Wildlife and Environmental Area

Dade

Homestead / Florida City

954-746-1789

106.

Frog Pond Wildlife Management Area ("Lucky Hammock")

Dade

Florida City

954-746-1789

107.

Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park

Monroe

Key Largo

305-451-1202

108.

John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park

Monroe

Key Largo 

305-451-1202

109.

Long Key State Park

Monroe

Layton

305-664-4815

110.

Curry Hammock State Park

Monroe

Marathon

305-289-2691

111.

Crane Point Museum & Nature Center

Monroe

Marathon

305-743-7124

112.

Bahia Honda State Park

Monroe

Marathon

305-872-2353

113.

National Key Deer Refuge: Blue Hole and Jack Watson Trails

Monroe

Big Pine Key

305-872-0774

114.

Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden

Monroe

Key West

305-296-1504

115.

Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park

Monroe

Key West

305-292-6713

116.

Dry Tortugas National Park

Monroe

Key West

305-242-7700

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