Greynolds Park

Greynolds Park is located in North Miami Beach, Florida, a rock quarry area that covers about two hundred and forty nine acres of natural plant and animal habitats. It is a protected recreation area where eco type tours are very popular with visitors.

The park was once a place where settlers and native peoples came together to trade and where fishing in its rivers was common place. In later years, quarrying almost destroyed much of the original mangrove forests until the owner handed it over to the state in the 1930s.

Today the park is a place for eco tourism. Tours take visitors to see a boathouse, a lagoon trail, an observation type mound, a boardwalk make from mangrove wood and a rookery for birds. Other tours enable visitors to rent out boats such as paddles, kayaks and canoes on holidays and weekends. The park's nature center and trails offer self-guided walks, but the best tours are guided with special visits to see owls, bats, butterflies and birds. Close to the park's beach, two small volleyball courts allow visitors to play all day. The log type shelter is ideal for shaded picnics.

Greynolds Park opens at sunrise and closes at sunset. Its boathouse is open for use on weekends and holidays, from 10am to 5pm. Tour guides offer special festival admission in May to the park's love-in event where many former hippies return to remember the 60s.