Broward County Parks

Broward County Parks and Recreation Division
950 N.W. 38th St.
Oakland Park, FL 33309
Phone: 954-357-8100

Explore Broward County Parks

Broward County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population is 1,623,018; this makes it the second most populated county in the state. According to 2007 U.S. Census estimates, its population has increased to 1,759,591. Its county seat is Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

It is also the fifteenth most populous county in the US.

Broward County is one of three counties that comprise the South Florida metropolitan area.

History

Broward County was created in 1915. It was named for Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, Governor of Florida from 1905 to 1909. In 1915, Palm Beach County and Dade County contributed nearly equal portions of land to create Broward County. By the 1960s, Broward County was considered a leader in agriculture products and services within the State of Florida. 

The massive buildup of the South Florida region since the mid 1970s transformed the region, evidenced by the closure of the last major agriculture center within the county (Waldrep Dairy Farm) in 2003. It was one of the counties at the center of the 2000 U.S. Presidential election recount controversy. In 2002, it began an aggressive campaign of placing surveillance cameras along highways and traffic lights.

Check out Broward County Parks

• Boaters Park (Accessible only by boat.),
  North side of the Dania Cutoff Canal, west of Ravenswood Rd./Anglers Ave., Dania Beach 33312, Phone: 954-985-1980
• Boulevard Gardens Community Center
  313 N.W. 28th Terr., Fort Lauderdale 33311, Phone: 954-625-2988
• Brian Piccolo Park
  9501 Sheridan St., Cooper City 33024, Phone: 954-437-2600
• C.B. Smith Park
  900 N. Flamingo Rd., Pembroke Pines 33028, Phone: 954-437-2650
• Central Broward Regional Park
  3700 N.W. 11th Pl., Lauderhill 33311, Phone: 954-321-1170
• Deerfield Island Park (Accessible only by boat.)
  1720 Deerfield Island Park, Deerfield Beach 33441, Phone: 954-360-1315
• Easterlin Park
  1000 N.W. 38th St., Oakland Park 33309, Phone: 954-938-0610
• Fern Forest Nature Center
  201 Lyons Rd. South, Coconut Creek 33063, Phone: 954-970-0150
• Franklin Park
  2501 Franklin Dr., Fort Lauderdale 33311, Phone: 954-791-1037
• Hollywood North Beach Park
  3601 N. Ocean Dr., Hollywood 33019, Phone: 954-926-2444
• Lafayette Hart Park
  2851 N.W. Eighth Rd., Fort Lauderdale 33311, Phone: 954-791-1041
• Long Key Nature Center and Natural Area
  3501 S.W. 130th Ave., Davie 33330, Phone: 954-327-8797
• Markham Park
  16001 W. State Rd. 84, Sunrise 33326, Phone: 954-389-2000
• Plantation Heritage Park
  1100 S. Fig Tree Ln., Plantation 33317, Phone: 954-791-1025
• Quiet Waters Park
  401 S. Powerline Rd., Deerfield Beach 33442 Phone: 954-360-1315
• Reverend Samuel Delevoe Park
  2520 N.W. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale 33311 Phone: 954-791-1036
• Roosevelt Gardens Park
  2841 N.W. 11th St., Fort Lauderdale 33311 Phone: 954-327-3888
• Secret Woods Nature Center
  2701 W. State Rd. 84, Dania Beach 33312 Phone: 954-791-1030
• Sunview Park
  1500 S.W. 42nd Ave., Fort Lauderdale 33317 Phone: 954-791-1040
• Tradewinds Park
  3600 W. Sample Rd., Coconut Creek 33073 Phone: 954-968-3880
• Tree Tops Park
  3900 S.W. 100th Ave., Davie 33328 Phone: 954-370-3750
• T.Y. (Topeekeegee Yugnee) Park
  3300 N. Park Rd., Hollywood 33021 Phone: 954-985-1980
• Vista View Park
  4001 S.W. 142nd Ave., Davie 33330 Phone: 954-327-8797
• West Lake Park/Anne Kolb Nature Center
  751 Sheridan St., Hollywood 33019 Phone: 954-926-2480

Natural Areas

• Crystal Lake
  3299 N.E. Third Ave., Pompano Beach
  24.3 acres of sand pine scrub
  Phone: 954-357-8700
• Helene Klein Pineland Preserve
  4701 West Hillsboro Blvd., Coconut Creek
  13 acres of mesic flatwood
  Phone: 954-357-8700
• Highlands Scrub
  4050 N. Dixie Hwy., Pompano Beach
  34.3 acres of sand pine scrub
  Phone: 954-357-8700
• Hillsboro Pineland
  5591 N.W. 74th Pl., Coconut Creek
  44 acres of pine flatwoods, cypress, and open prairie
  Phone: 954-698-1200
• Pine Island Ridge
  3900 S.W. 100 Ave., Davie
  101 acres of live oak ridge and slash pine
  Phone: 954-370-3755
• Snake Warrior's Island
  3600 S.W. 62nd Ave., Miramar
  53.3 acres of upland hammocks and created wetlands
  Phone: 954-926.2480
• Tall Cypress
  3700 Turtle Run Blvd., Coral Springs
  66.4 acres of pine flatlands and cypress swamp
  Phone: 954-341-3995
• Woodmont
  7250 N.W. 80th Ave., Tamarac.
  21.6 acres. Mixed slash pine/cypress.
  Phone: 954-357-8700

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