John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park is America’s first undersea park located at Mile Marker 102.5 in Key Largo Florida. It was established in 1963. Named for the late Miami newspaper editor John D. Pennekamp who was also instrumental in preserving the land that would become the Everglades National Park. John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park does have a campground but was closed when we visited the park. There is fishing allowed in designated areas as well as three beaches. It has a couple of short trails you can hike. The park also has snorkeling tours, scuba tours, glass bottom boat tours and they also rent boats. It is a beautiful state park both on land and ocean. Mom and I explored the park late morning and then later on in the afternoon we decided to go on a glass bottom boat tour.
Enjoy the pictures of our morning adventures.
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6 comments:
Great photos Pepper. This is a park both Ellie and I have wanted to visit for years.
John
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Nice pics. This area is on MY To Go list. And I sure hope I can make it there in the Winter. BBBRRR in PA.
Hey! We've actually been there! I think it was about 100 years ago during our working career. I had to go to a conference in Miami, and Suzy was not about to let me go to FLorida without her, so we added a one-week vacation to the trip. First and sofar only trip to Florida. Thanks for helping us revisit -- you saw a lot more than we did!
What a wonderful place to be in the midst of freezing cold temps around the states. Great pics!
Kathy
You know I'm not sure whether I should be flattered or not. I will say that it looks like something I would want to touch or throw at somebody : )
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