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| | |  | IUCN Category Ib, Everglades National Park, Everglades, National parks in Florida, Archaeological sites in Florida, Biosphere reserves of the United States, Parks in Collier County, Florida, Parks in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Parks in Monroe County, Florida, 1947 establishments in Florida, Protected areas established in 1947, Ramsar sites in the United States, Wilderness Areas of Florida, World Heritage Sites in the United States, Great Florida Birding Trail, Shell middens in Florida, Wetlands... | | Everglades National Park is a U.S. National Park in Florida that protects the southern 20 percent of the original Everglades. In the United States, it is the largest tropical wilderness, the largest wilderness of any kind east of the Mississippi River, and is visited on average by one million people each year. It is the third-largest national park in the lower 48 states after Death Valley and Yellowstone. It has been declared an International Biosphere Reserve, a World Heritage Site, and a Wetla... |
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| | | | | | Flamingo is the southernmost headquarters of Everglades National Park, in Monroe County, Florida, United States. Flamingo is located at the end of the 99-mile (159-km) Wilderness Waterway known as the Ten Thousand Islands, and the southern end of the only road (running 39.3 miles (63.2 km)) through the park from Florida City. It began as a small coastal settlement on the eastern end of Cape Sable on the southern tip of the Florida peninsula, facing Florida Bay. The actual town of Flamingo was lo... |
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| | | | | | Cape Sable, Florida, is the southernmost point of the US mainland and mainland Florida. It is located in southwestern Florida, in Monroe County, and is part of the Everglades National Park. The cape is a peninsula issuing from the southeastern part of the Florida mainland, running west and curving around to the north, reaching Ponce de Leon Bay, at the mouth of the Shark River. It forms the southern and western margins of Whitewater Bay. There are three prominent points on the cape, East Cape, w... |
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| | | | | | The Anhinga Trail is a short trail (about 0.4 miles) in the Everglades National Park. Located 4 miles from the park entrance, it starts at the Royal Palm Visitor Center. The trail is a paved walkway and a boardwalk over Taylor Slough, a freshwater sawgrass marsh. Abundant wildlife is visible from the trail, including alligators, turtles, anhingas, herons, and egrets. it is one of the most popular trails in the Park. On November 5, 1996, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Plac... |
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| | | | | | The South Florida rocklands ecoregion, in the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome, occurs in southern Florida and the Florida Keys in the United States, where they would naturally cover an area of 2,100 km2 (810 sq mi). These forests form on limestone outcroppings with very thin soil; the higher elevation separating them from other habitats such as coastal marshes and marl prairies. On mainland Florida, rocklands exist primarily on the Miami Rock Ridge, which extends from the ... |
| | | | | | Florida Bay is the bay located between the southern end of the Florida mainland (the Florida Everglades) and the Florida Keys. Its area is variously stated to be 800 square miles (2,100 km2), or 850 square miles (2,200 km2), or 1,000 square miles (2,600 km2). Nearly all of Florida Bay is included in Everglades National Park. The southern edge, along the Florida Keys is in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The bay muds of portions of Florida Bay have been cored to develop insights on th... |
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| | | | | | Air Base K-8 Center, The Center for International Education, (formerly Air Base Elementary School) is a primary school located at 12829 S.W. 272nd Street in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, northeast of Homestead. Its principal is Raul Calzadilla Jr and it is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools System. The schools mascot is the Explorer, and its colors are black, teal, and white. Its total enrollment for the 2005-2006 school year was 451 students in kindergarten... |
| | | | | | Redland, often mistakenlycitation needed] called The Redlands by those in neighboring communities, is an agricultural area in metropolitan Miami, Florida, United States, about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Downtown Miami. Many farms, original clapboard homes of early settlers, u-pickem fields and coral rock walls dot the landscape. It was named for pockets of red clay once common in the area, on top of a massive layer of oolite rock. Early residents intentionally created the singular community n... |
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| | | | | | Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park is a Florida State Park located at mile marker 85.5 near Islamorada. It was a former quarry used by Henry Flagler in the early 1900s to help his building of the Overseas Railroad. Following the railroads completion, it was a source for decorative stone pieces called Keystone. Now on display are exposed sections of fossilized coral, as well as some of the original quarry machinery. The Hurricane Monument at Mile Marker 82 in Islamorada is constructed ... |
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| | | | | | Plantation Key Colony is a neighborhood within the village of Tavernier in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is located in the upper Florida Keys on the island of Plantation Key. Its name is in reference to the pineapple plantation originally in the area. Tavernier and Islamorada are both on Plantation Key per USPS. Locals often say Plantation Key Colony is in the village of Islamorado, however, Plantation Key Colony residents all have a Tavernier zip code. Tavernier is north of Islamora... |
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| | | | | | Homestead Sports Complex is a baseball training facility located less than three miles from downtown Homestead, Florida. The facility, seats 6,500 and expands to 9,000, and provides parking for over 3,900 vehicles. A 200 bed dormitory facility located on the grounds of the Homestead Sports Complex complements the training facilities. The dormitories consist of 30 single rooms and 84 double rooms that are complete with restrooms, showers, dressing areas, a full service kitchen and recreational ar... |
| | | | | | WMLV (89.7 MHz FM), branded as K-Love, is a contemporary Christian-formatted radio station in Miami, Florida, owned by Educational Media Foundation. This listener supported, nonprofit public radio station had been owned by American Public Media Group, the parent nonprofit support organization of Minnesota Public Radio. The station was operated by Classical South Florida, a Florida nonprofit corporation owned by the American Public Media Group. The stations primary transmitter is located at 17107... |
| | | | | | WMLV (89.7 MHz FM), branded as K-Love, is a contemporary Christian-formatted radio station in Miami, Florida, owned by Educational Media Foundation. This listener supported, nonprofit public radio station had been owned by American Public Media Group, the parent nonprofit support organization of Minnesota Public Radio. The station was operated by Classical South Florida, a Florida nonprofit corporation owned by the American Public Media Group. The stations primary transmitter is located at 17107... |
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| | | | Historic districts in Florida, Art museums in Florida, Castles in the United States, Forteana, Museums in Miami-Dade County, Florida, National Register of Historic Places in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Folly buildings in the United States, Outdoor sculptures in Florida, Roadside attractions in Florida, Visionary environments, Buildings and structures completed in 1923, Stone sculptures in Florida, 1923 sculptures, Homestead, Florida, Limestone sculptures in the United States, 1923 establishments... | | Coral Castle is a stone structure created by the Latvian American eccentric Edward Leedskalnin (1887�1951) north of the city of Homestead, Florida in Miami-Dade County at the intersection of South Dixie Highway (U.S. 1) and SW 157th Avenue. The structure comprises numerous megalithic stones (mostly limestone formed from coral), each weighing several tons. It currently serves as a privately operated tourist attraction. Coral Castle is noted for legends surrounding its creation that claim it was... |
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| | | | | | San Pedro Underwater Archaeological Preserve State Park is a Florida State Park located in 18 feet (5.5 m) of water, approximately 1.25 nautical miles (2.32 km) south of Indian Key. It became the second Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve when it opened to the public in 1989. The heart of the park is the San Pedro, a submerged shipwreck from a 1733 Spanish flotilla, around which visitors can dive and snorkel. The wreck was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on May 31, ... |
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| | | | | | Silver Palm is an unincorporated community and ghost town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is located about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Miami within the unincorporated community of Redland. Formerly a distinct community in the first half of the 20th Century, it has now been absorbed into other communities in the region. Homestead and Redland district, FL directory for 1927-1928 includes the Community of Silver Palm The community name survives in Silver Palm Drive and the Silver... |
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