Softball, baseball ,playground , bathrooms, Pavilion . Great place to get out and get some fresh…read moreair , sun , nature and exercise . Love all our fla parks instead of being inside a building. Get out and breathe, be one with nature . Parking is good .

Schonberger Park is part of North Bay Village, a waterfront community situated between the cities…read moreof Miami and Miami Beach in the middle of Biscayne Bay. North Bay Village is made of three islands, Harbor, North Bay and Treasure Island. The town was created in 1940 by dredging and bulk heading. Schonberger Park is located on Treasure Island. This neighborhood park was named in honor of Phil Schonberger, a member of North Bay Village's town zoning and recreation boards in the early 1990's. Schonberger Park is on Galleon Street. The islands and streets of North Bay Village have nautical names and in keeping with the this, the park was given a pirate theme in 2015. Ahoy Mateys! Shiver my timbers. This park has a two creative pirate ship play areas, one for toddlers and one for older children. Restrooms are available in a trailer. Parking is limited on the street due to the current demolition of the Public Works building next door. The park is currently open and remains a popular play area for the neighborhood children.

This is a very nice children's playground and park behind the North Bay Village Treasure Island…read moreElementary School that is tucked out of the way of traffic. It is located on a neighborhood street. There is street parking available. The park offers a swing set with 3 toddler swings and 3 regular swings. There is also a bright red slide to climb up to and come whizzing down on! In the front of the playground is a well-built pirate ship to climb around in. Kids could have a birthday party here because there are several picnic tables. In case of rain or too much sunshine, there is a covered area with tables. This is a very well thought out children's playground with benches and tables placed at strategic spots for parents and grandparents so they can keep an eye on the children. It is all fenced with a gate in the front, so kids can not run out into the street. There are restrooms here, which is important. No dogs are allowed. There is another park in NBV for dogs. Nicely paved sidewalks for walking around for exercise. The grassy areas are level, and landscaping is kept up. I was impressed with this park.

Found this so called "Park" to walk my dog off STRD 84 along the North New River canal which…read moreconnects Okeechobee to Fort Lauderdale maintained by Broward County Parks and Recreation. Plenty of parking spaces and a picnic table under a huge tree as shading from the intense western sun. Just a tiny grassy area to walk my dog with giant iguanas roaming. Looks like a great fishing hole though and boats no longer can travel this canal. FYI, the entrance is small and must make a quick turn in from STRD 84 so not to get slammed in the rear by oncoming vehicles. NOT recommended for dogs or kiddies.

I love to discover history and there is something interesting in a park located south of Plantation…read moreon State Road 84 just west of the Davie Road Extension. In the park is Lock No. 1, also known as Sewell Lock and Broward Memorial Lock. A lock is a device for raising and lowering boats through different levels of water. This wooden lock is Broward County's oldest water control structure. Many people race by without ever noticing it is there but here lies one of the oldest structures in Broward County. Sewell Lock was built for the Everglades Drainage District in 1912 by the Furst-Clark Construction Company on the man made North New River Canal. The canal was built to drain the Everglades to allow for farming. It is a single lock that is 149 feet long and the entry controlled by wooden gates. The lock consisted of six-foot-thick concrete walls and large wooden gates that were operated by a hand-driven rack-and-pinion mechanism. The lock was built to to increase agricultural traffic along the North New River Canal. During this time the Everglades was being opened up to settlers and farmers. The canals linked the Everglades to the coast, not roads. The North New River Canal was a major transportation route for produce and catfish to travel from Lake Okeechobee to Ft. Lauderdale. In order to make the canal useful for boat transportation, locks had to be constructed in order to move the boats from one elevation of the water to another. Lock No. 1 at the south end of the canal was the first to be built in South Florida. Once the produce reached Ft. Lauderdale it was transported by train. Steamboats also used the lock to travel between Fort Lauderdale, the lake and Fort Myers via the Caloosahachee River. The steamboats carried passengers, cargo, and tourists up and down the river. After the 1920's highways and the railroad became the preferred mode of transportation. In 1926 the lock was closed permanently and allowed to deteriorate. Today boat traffic on the North New River Canal is limited and the lock is inoperative. Instead of a lock there is a spillway which keeps the area from flooding in a heavy rain by having three underwater gates that open by radio signal from the South Florida Water Management District in West Palm Beach when the water level in the river becomes too high. Excess water flows into the New River and out into the ocean. The Broward County Historical Commission worked with the the South Florida Water Management Department of Natural Resources to add the lock to the National Register of Historic Places in March of 1978. In the early 1990s the Historical Commission partnered with Broward County's Engineering and Parks and Recreation divisions, the state's Department of Transportation and South Florida Water Management District, and Department of Natural Resources to restore the gates on the west end of the lock. The lock now sits as the centerpiece of a park where it is a reminder of a time when people first started messing with the Everglades with unintended consequences. People have been trying to fix it ever since.

Yesterday we visited this new park in North Miami Beach which recently held its grand opening…read moreceremony on Oct. 3, 2025. This new 5 acre beachfront park includes a multilevel pedestrian promenade and water features. The park is located between 73rd and 76th Ave off Collins Ave next to the ocean. There is no charge to enjoy this new park. It is street parking wherever you can find it. We explored as much as possible of the beach, the boardwalk, the beautiful palm trees and other foliage, the new Reflection sculpture, the paved pathways, the photo ops. and the beach. There were lots of joggers, dogwalkers, moms with strollers, roller skaters, bicyclists, all age groups and of various physical capabilities. I'm so glad that we found this beautiful park that is located among restaurants, bars, stores, movie theaters, and all fun things to do in Miami Beach on Collins Ave.

Pride Promoters Park in Coral Springs may be small, but its recent renovation has transformed this…read morehalf acre neighborhood park into a special recreational space. Originally built in the 1990s, the park is named after the local civic group Pride Promoters, which formed in the late 1980s to organize neighborhood beautification campaigns and encourage community pride in some of the city's older residential areas. At just half an acre, Pride Promoters Park fits the definition of a pocket park, a small public space designed to provide outdoor recreation and gathering opportunities within a neighborhood. Despite its compact size, the newly renovated park offers an impressive range of amenities, including public art, an accessible playground, renovated basketball court, outdoor fitness equipment, benches, picnic tables, shaded areas, pavilions, and an open play area. The renovation was estimated to cost $345,000, including $225,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant funding. The project took a little longer than originally planned, with the reopening delayed while the new asphalt basketball court was completed and allowed to cure before its surface was painted. What I especially like about this renovation is how much was accomplished in such a small space. The improvements make the park more functional and inviting while giving nearby residents a place to play, exercise, relax and spend time outdoors. Pride Promoters Park is a great example of how even a tiny neighborhood park can have a big impact. With its new amenities and welcoming design, this little pocket park has been elevated into something truly special for the Coral Springs community.

Hollywood has five pocket parks along the intracoastal, across from North Beach. Each park is named…read moreafter a different species of sea turtle. Parking is by app for $2 an hour. If you cross the street you can reach the public beach access. This park is alongside the Sheridan Street Bridge. This park is named for the Loggerhead sea turtle. Loggerhead turtles are named for their large heads, which supports powerful jaw muscles that enable them to feed on hard-shelled prey, such as whelks and conch. They are the most abundant species of sea turtle but are still endangered due to a reduction in their numbers from being caught in commercial fishing nets and loss of nesting habitat. This park has a picnic area, restroom, and shelters. Of the five sea turtle pocket parks in Hollywood, this is the only one currently closed. Historically boaters have used the intracoastal off this park as a place to dump unwanted vessels causing an environmental problem and an eyesore. Broward County is attempting to clean up this area and complete 3.2 million of improvements that include boat slips and amenities such as new bathrooms, showers and laundry areas, a picnic shelter, temporary on-shore dinghy docking, a sewage pump-out station and 29 overnight mooring spaces on both the north and south sides of Sheridan Street. For now the park remains closed.

I read about the new Ocean Terrace Park that just opened on October 25, 2025, in Miami Beach. So,…read more we decided to go take a look at the park and also take a look at this incredible sculpture made by French artist Prune Nourry. This is her first public exhibit in the U.S. If you want to learn more about her, she has a huge following and is on IG under her name. REFLECTION is 25 feet long and 8 feet tall and is made of concrete. The sculpture honors the women who served in the US Coast Guard Women's Reserve of World War II. REFLECTION shows a half-face lying on its side, the full face seen then in the reflection on the water. It is an amazing piece, very meaningful, and a new treasure for Miami Beach and Miami art lovers. I'm so glad that we decided to take a walk today and find her. Parking is close by on the street. We pulled into 74th street off Collins and parked for free there. You just need to drive around in the area for a bit and have patience. It will be well worth it because the path to the beach and Miami Beach Boardwalk are right there also. There are many restaurants and bars in the area to experience if you get hungry or thirsty.

Coleman Park is named for the Reverend James Emanuel Coleman, pastor of Mount Calvary Baptist…read moreChurch in Pompano Beach. Pompano's Colored School used to sit on the site of the park. Once desegregation took place enrollment in the school dropped off and it was closed and torn down in 1972. Today Coleman Park sits in the middle of the homes in the Coleman Park neighborhood The park has a playground and some benches. There is also a Florida Historical Marker that explains the history of the Pompano Colored School. Because of the school this park is a Florida Heritage Site. Aside from the history, this is just a pretty basic neighborhood park.