Okeeheelee Nature Center
Forest Hill Boulevard
West Palm Beach
233-1400
Walk along the nature trails that wind through 100 acres of native pine flatwoods and wetlands. The center’s 2.5 miles of trails include paved trails designed to be accessible to strollers and the handicapped. They feature soft surface trails leading into more remote areas of the sanctuary. The spacious [...]
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Okeeheelee Nature Center in West Palm Beach Florida
Published January 8th, 2010 in Nature and Wildlife and South Florida Attractions. ClosedInternational Museum Of Cartoon Art
Published December 7th, 2009 in South Florida Attractions. ClosedInternational Museum Of Cartoon Art
201 Plaza Real
391-2200
Tues.-Sat. 10-6, Sun. noon-6.
Telephone first to verify hours.
Championed by Beetle Bailey cartoonist Mort Walker, this is the only museum of its kind in the world. It showcases more than 160,000 pieces of art created over two centuries by more than 1,000 artists from more than 50 countries: everything from [...]
Arthur R. Marshall-Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Boynton Beach Florida
Published December 2nd, 2009 in Nature and Wildlife and South Florida Attractions. ClosedArthur R. Marshall-Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
10119 Lee Rd., off U.S. 441 between Boynton Beach Blvd. (Rte. 804) and Atlantic Ave. (Rte. 806), west of Boynton Beach
734-8303
Daily 6 AM-sunset; visitor center weekdays 9-4, weekends 9-4:30
Entrance fees apply.
The refuge, established in 1951, is the last remnant of land in the northern Everglades in South Florida. It was [...]
Loggerhead Park Marine Life Center in Juno Beach Florida
Published November 28th, 2009 in South Florida Attractions. ClosedLoggerhead Park Marine Life Center
1200 U.S. 1 (entrance on west side of park), Juno Beach, 627-8280. Donation welcome. Tues.-Sat. 10-4, Sun. noon-3.
Established by Eleanor N. Fletcher, “the turtle lady of Juno Beach,” the center just south of Jupiter focuses on the natural history of sea turtles. Also on view are displays of coastal natural history, [...]
Lion Country Safari
Published November 18th, 2009 in Nature and Wildlife and South Florida Attractions. ClosedLion Country Safari
Southern Blvd. West
793-1084
Van rentals available
Daily 9:30-5:30 last vehicle in by 4:30.
Drive (with car windows closed; no convertibles or pets) on 8 miles of paved roads through a 500-acre cage less zoo where 1,300 wild animals roam. Lions, elephants, white rhinoceroses, giraffes, zebras, antelopes, chimpanzees, and ostriches are among those in residence. Special exhibits [...]
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