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Matheson Hammock opened in 1930 as the first county park of Dade County, a gift of 80 acres to the county from William J. Matheson. [1] Originally administered by the county's first director of public parks, A. D. Barnes, and designed by the landscape architect William Lyman Phillips, [2] today it is owned and managed by Miami-Dade County.
In 1933 A. O. Greynolds donated the tract of land, originally used as a limestone quarry, to Dade County. [1] The park was developed between 1936 and 1939 by the Civilian Conservation Corps as a part of the New Deal public works program. [2] Oleta River Youth Conservation Corps 1979 Oleta River Nature Trail and Mangrove Footbridge Entrance Sign
The parcel for the Larry and Penny Thompson Memorial Park and Campground (and Zoo Miami) was acquired in 1974 as part of a 1,010-acre land transfer from the U.S. government to Miami-Dade County. [17] Following the death of his parents, in late 1976, Carl Thompson lobbied the Miami-Dade County Commission to name the park after his parents.
In June 2023, the Miami-Dade County Department of Parks and Recreation created a vision for a potential park at county land behind the Kaseya Center known as both Parcel B and Dan Paul Plaza. The ...
Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation Department: Website: Tropical Park: Tropical Park is a 275-acre (1.11 km 2) urban park in metropolitan Miami, Florida.
The Miami-Dade County Department of Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department. Miami-Dade County Parks is the third largest county park system in the United States, consisting of 270 parks and 13,573 acres of land.
In 1940 the Matheson family donated 808.8 acres (327.3 ha) of their land to Dade County (now Miami-Dade County) for a public park. In return, county commissioner Charles H. Crandon promised that the county would build a causeway to Key Biscayne. World War II delayed construction, but the causeway opened in 1947.
Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation Department: Status: Open all year: South Pointe Park, known locally as South Pointe, is a 17-acre (6.9 ha) ...