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Estero Bay Preserve State Park, the first aquatic nature preserve established in Florida, is a 10,000-acre (40 km 2) Florida State Park located near Estero, between Fort Myers and Naples. It consists of the water, inlets, and islands along 10 miles (16 km) of Estero Bay. Activities include fishing, and boating, bicycling, canoeing, and wildlife ...
The bay is also the location of the Mound Key Archaeological State Park. [1] [2] [3] In December 1966, the northern half of Estero Bay was designated as the state's first aquatic preserve, the Estero Bay Preserve State Park. The southern half of the bay was added to the preserve during the 1983 Florida Legislature session.
Estero (Spanish for "estuary") is an incorporated village in Lee County, Florida, United States, located directly beside the first aquatic nature preserve established in Florida: The Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve, otherwise referred to as Estero Bay Preserve State Park which is within Estero Bay, Florida.
View of Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve. It can be hard to believe that Florida attracts over 140 million visitors each year. However, there’s not much to complain about while sipping a tropical ...
Tampa Bay: The ruins of Fort Dade and Egmont Key Light are inside the park Estero Bay Preserve State Park: Lee: 10,000 acres (4,050 ha) 1974: Estero Bay: The first aquatic nature preserve established in Florida Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park: Collier: 75,000 acres (30,375 ha) 1975: none: Part of the Big Cypress National Preserve in the ...
The Estero River, in Southwest Florida, is 6.52 miles long.It flows west and spills into Estero Bay estuary. The Estero River has abundant wildlife and is an important habitat for endangered species such as the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana smalli), [2] gray bat (Myotis grisescens), and the whooping crane (Grus americana) among others.
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The only access to the island is by boat; there are no facilities. Interpretive displays can be found along a trail that spans the width of the island. Located in Estero Bay, the park is a few miles by boat from both the Koreshan State Historic Site and Lovers Key / Carl E. Johnson State Park.