Biscayne National Park

Miami-Dade County · South Florida & the Keys

A national park that is ninety-five parts water out of a hundred, reached from 9700 Southwest 328th Street, Homestead.

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Four systems meet inside it and each depends on the next: the mangrove forest along the shoreline, the shallow water of Biscayne Bay, the northernmost Florida Keys, and the coral reef offshore. There is ten thousand years of human history in the park, from the people who lived on these keys before Europeans arrived, through the wrecks on the reef, to the houses on stilts at Stiltsville standing over open water. Boca Chita Key is the most visited island and has an ornamental lighthouse on it. The Maritime Heritage Trail links six wrecks for divers and snorkelers, and the park publishes three-dimensional images and the story of each. Visitors without a boat go to the Dante Fascell Visitor Center at Convoy Point, where rangers run guided trips out onto the water. There is no entrance fee. The park is open daily and the number is 786-335-3620. The park covers more than two hundred and seventy square miles between Miami and Key Largo. The Biscayne National Park Institute runs guided snorkeling and paddling trips, tours of Stiltsville and daily cruises to Boca Chita Key, booked ahead. Camping is possible on Boca Chita Key and Elliott Key, both reachable only by boat, at twenty-five dollars a night, with no reservations taken and exact change needed at the dock kiosk. Elliott Key has a hiking trail known as Spite Highway. Kayaks can be launched from Convoy Point or from Cape Florida

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