Sunset Ridge Park

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Sunset Ridge Park in downtown Lake Worth is located in a residential area north of 10th Avenue between US 1 and I-95.  The park has ample parking on the northwest and southwest sides of the park accessed by North A and 15th Avenue.   There are five lighted tennis courts, with one in partial shade.  Playground equipment is also occaisionally in shade and children can run free or pick up a soccer game in the large multipurpose field.  Basketball courts are located in the center of the park near the tennis courts.

Patch Reef Park

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Patch Reef Park is a beautiful park located in central Boca Raton.  This park consists of fifty-five (55) acres of passive and active recreation facilities.  Patch Reef has a comprehensive tennis center, community center, softball and baseball fields, soccer/football fields and lighted basketball courts.  Surrounding the wonderfully renovated children's playground is a fitness trail.

James A. Rutherford Park

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James A. Rutherford Park is a 45-acre park in Boca Raton open from 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday.  The park is closed on the weekends.  It is located in eastern Boca Raton on the east side of the intracoastal near Gumbo Limbo Nature Center.  It is located behind the Publix shopping center so be careful coming in from Federal Highway not to pass it! 

Countess de Hoernle Park aka Spanish River Athletic Facility

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Countess de Hoernle Park (Spanish River Athletic Facility) is a city-owned park in Boca Raton, Florida. First opened in 2012 and located south of Spanish River Boulevard, the park came to life when the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District provided the city of Boca Raton with $13.9 million of taxpayers' money to improve upon 80 acres of unused land owned by the city. The land once belonged to the IBM Corporation.



George Snow Park

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Located next to the Serenoa Glade Preserve,  George Snow Park in eastern Boca Raton is an almost 6 acre city park. The park can be reached via Glades road just east of I-95.  It is the only access point to the Serenoa Glade Preserve and has plenty of parking.  George Snow Park has a shaded playground with swings and plenty of space to play all in a fenced in area.  Across from the playground is a well-kept tennis court.

Serenoa Glade Preserve

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Atop one of the higher elevations in Boca Raton, Serenoa Glade Preserve is a rare undeveloped piece of the Atlantic Coastal Ridge, featuring a transition zone from scrub habitat on the Atlantic Ocean side to pine flatwoods on the Everglades side. What Everglades, you say? Once upon a time, before the early 1900s, a sheet flow of water passed through gaps in the ridge to reach the sea. This land was slated to become yet another office complex near Florida Atlantic University, and was preserved just in time by the city of Boca Raton.

Kid's Kingdom

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Kids Kingdom is a great large playground in Boynton Beach that is between the Children's Schoolhouse Museum and the City Hall Complex. There is a smaller portion of the playground meant for smaller children and the much larger area is better suited to school age children. There are restrooms and a couple of picnic tables. The city also has a small outdoor amphitheater and field that around the holidays hosts different festivals (the large Christmas Tree is right there).

Veteran's Park

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Veteran's Park in east Delray Beach is located adjacent to the Intracoastal drawbridge on Atlantic Avenue.  Parking is located to the north and to the west of the park.  Come to play at the large wooden playgrounds or sit waterside and watch the boats go by.  The drawbirdge is always a favorite with the kids.  A large pavillion sits on an open green area perfect for running and cavorting.  Events are held in the pavillion and on the grounds throughout the year.  The onsite Recreation Center can be rented and offers classes year round for all ages.

Old School Square and Park

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Located in the heart of the downtown Delray beach shopping and dining district, this popular venue and park is the location of several major holiday and cultural events.  The campus includes the Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture (in the former 1913 Delray Elementary building), the Crest Theatre (in the former 1925 high school building), the Vintage Gymnasium (c.

Wakodahatchee Wetlands

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Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department manages the Wakodahatchee Wetlands as a  water reclamation area.  Local highly treated waste water is pumped into the wetlands to be filtered by native vegetation and soil.  The water is then reclaimed for irrigational use.  The entire boardwalk is less than 1 mile long so it is very manageable for families. The wetlands are home to alligators, ibis, great blue heron, limpkin, purple gallinule, marsh rabbits, racoons, all sorts of turtles and iguana.