This park was gorgeous and just glorious on a bright sunny afternoon. As a long-time Pompano resident, I just wish I'd found this place earlier!
It's listed as a city park but is actually leased to the city by the Florida Inland Navigation District. You can read the entry sign that I photographed for more info on this. In any case, you won't really care either way who owns it or when it was founded, etc. etc., as you will love this place.
There is easy free parking right when you enter after passing through a residential area of town. And there are a lot of open well-groomed grassy areas as well as tree shaded sections.
For the active folks, there are a series of exercise suggestions with instructions on signs all grouped in one area and another set of metal exercise enablers throughout the park along the trail. For the children there are swings, and a playground that is designated for those 12 and under. We also saw a lot of dog walkers (there's plastic bags for clean up).
For those less energetic, you can enjoy sitting on a park bench and watching the squirrels or taking a leisure stroll along the paved path. There are benches to rest at that are spaced out on the path periodically.
On the east end of park is the intracoastal waterway and a small beach. There are a couple benches nearby here as well. We came upon a group of spring breakers who were enjoying the sunshine, tossing a football around, and fishing. You can even enter the water at a shallow area here. We took a short stroll (it's a small beach) to look at the crabs and other sea life. A young gal and her mom were at the beach too -- she was making sand "snowballs"!
Like I said the weather was glorious. Sunny but with low humidity and a slight breeze off the water. We watched the boats go up and down and the bridge and just enjoyed a moment of what South Florida does best. We had errands to do, but we just didn't want to leave. We will be back. read more