Anne Kolb Nature Center
Hollywood 4.9 milesWhether it's from the top of a five-level observation tower or at ground level with the land crabs, Anne Kolb Nature Center focuses on the urban mangrove forest that it protects and interprets.
Barrier Island Nature Trail
Hollywood 0.5 milesAt Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park, the Barrier Island Nature Trail gets you away from the busy beach and into a patch of wilds along a slender barrier island.
Bonnet House
Surrounded by 35 acres of tropical forest, the Bonnet House was a gift from industrialist Hugh Taylor Birch to his daughter Helen and son-in-law Fredric Clay Bartlett.
Butterfly World
While butterflies are the main attraction at this complex of natural wonders inside Tradewinds Park, a series of gardens also put on quite a show.
Coastal Hammock Trail
Fort Lauderdale 0.3 milesIn the southern corner of Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, the Coastal Hammock Trail traverses a maritime hammock dense with sea grapes, myrsine, gumbo limbo, and stopper.
Colohatchee Park
Fort Lauderdale 0.3 milesAn interpretive boardwalk along the South Fork of the Middle River leads you on an exploration of a mangrove forest in Colohatchee Park north of Fort Lauderdale.
Crystal Lake Sand Pine Scrub Natural Area
Pompano Beach 0.4 milesWinding through a diminutive forest of sand live oak, gopher apple, and sand pines, the accessible 0.4-mile trail through Crystal Lake Natural Area celebrates scrub.
Doris Davis Foreman Wilderness
Coral Springs 0.5 milesA pretty patch of tropical hammock hides amid the bustle of suburbia in Parkland in Broward County on the half-mile loop through Doris Davis Foreman Wilderness Preserve.
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park
With its shores dwarfed at times by the giant cruise ships steaming in and out of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park is well-known as a great nearshore dive spot.
Easterlin Park
Fort Lauderdale 0.9 milesA designated urban wilderness area just north of Fort Lauderdale, Easterlin Park immerses you in a dense tropical forest on its 0.9-mile loop trail.
Exotic Trail
Fort Lauderdale 0.5 milesRunning down the middle of Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, the Exotic Trail traces a path through the exotic gardens of the former estate of Hugh Taylor Birch, Terramar.
Fern Forest Nature Center
Coconut Creek 2.2 milesA bounty of ferns awaits at Fern Forest Nature Center, where more than two miles of trails introduce you to a slice of Florida's past, a tropical forest surrounding the original floodplain of Cypress Creek