Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

Palm Beach County · South Florida & the Keys

The northernmost remnant of the Everglades, more than 145,000 acres of it, pressed straight up against suburban Palm Beach County.

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Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee protects the northernmost remnant of the Everglades, and at more than 145,000 acres the refuge describes itself as one of the largest urban wildlife refuges in the country. What makes it unusual is how close it is: the sawgrass begins minutes from developed Palm Beach County, off Lee Road in Boynton Beach. Hiking, biking, boating, canoeing, fishing, hunting, birding and wildlife photography are all provided for, and the visitor center keeps a record of what has been seen on the refuge recently. The refuge asks that the full address, 10216 Lee Road, Boynton Beach, is typed into a mapping app before setting off, because shorter forms of it send people the wrong way. A visitor center, a cypress boardwalk and marsh trails give the short version of the place, while the canoe trails and the boat ramps give the long one. The sawgrass, the tree islands and the wet prairie here are what the whole system looked like before it was drained, which is why a refuge this close to a city matters more than its address would suggest

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