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3109 E. Sunrise Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

954-564-4521

http://www.floridastateparks.org/hugh...

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Best Place to Propose
Award Winner 2013

3109 E. Sunrise Blvd. Fort Lauderdale FL 33304

2013 | Best Place to Propose

We should all go to Birch State Park much more often. It shows us what this chunk of Florida looked like before we messed it up with the drainage and concrete and sprawl. The park is green, brown, beautiful, overpoweringly fragrant, and a little too wet for comfortable human habitation. And in the park's lagoon, accessible via rented canoe ($5.30 an hour), there is a lonesome little island where nobody ever goes, a few hundred yards past the nearest walking trail, just beyond the abandoned... More »
2009 | Best Jogging Path

Whether you're a long-distance runner, an amateur jogger, or a power walker who's sick of doing laps around Aventura Mall, Hugh Taylor Birch State Park is the best place to get your groove on. This two-mile path is loaded with things to keep your mind off the fact that, for some reason, you're running without being chased. Located on Sunrise Boulevard at A1A, the heavily shaded path at Birch State Park runs along the Intracoastal Waterway and is always populated with runners, bikers,... More »
2007 | Best Jogging Path

Runners need oxygen, and a trip to Hugh Taylor Birch State Park puts them close to the source: trees. The running path, so dense with green that runners need to duck under low-hanging branches, is a triumph of photosynthesis. Leave the iPod at home and listen to the symphony of subtropical birds overhead. And while there's only about one-in-a-million chance that an alligator will leap from the foliage and dive for your ankles, that's just enough of a threat to put an extra spring in your... More »
2004 | Best Place to Hang Out with Treebeard

By the age of 5, most South Floridians would rather watch their television flicker than have a close encounter with nature. But perhaps because of the popularity of Lord of the Rings, it "Ent" impossible to get those kids interested in the gigantic Lofty Fig at Hugh Taylor Birch State Park. How could they resist the opportunity to hang out with the shaggy monster that so resembles their beloved Treebeard? The 70- to 85-year-old giant -- like those pesky invasive Australian pines that got... More »
2001 | Best Picnic Spot

For most of A1A's course through Fort Lauderdale, the west side of the street is a hideous combo of strip malls, restaurants, condos, hotels, and curio shops: crap, in other words. But then you come upon a strange little strip of mangroves and sea oats corralled behind a wrought iron fence, which seems as out of place on this road as a ballerina at a biker bar. That would be the eastern boundary of Hugh Taylor Birch State Park. Mr. Birch was a reclusive former attorney from Chicago who... More »
2000 | Best Place to Jog

What makes this rectangle of tropical lushness with a paved loop exceptional? Its prominent location facing Fort Lauderdale's beach and its relative obscurity for a park in a city. (You can bet some green space-hating developer sees lost millions every time he looks at it.) Pull in off Sunrise Boulevard and park for $3.25, or walk in for $1. The 1.9-mile loop offers a quiet, frequently shady refuge from heavy traffic. The park is sandwiched between the beach and the Intracoastal Waterway,... More »

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Thu, December 06, 2012

Join thousands throughout Florida to raise $1,000,000 for college scholarships for low-income and deserving students. Take Stock in Children helps break the cycle of poverty by providing college scholarships, caring volunteer mentors and hope for... More »

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Lindsey220 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 375 Reviews

4
| Wed, February 16, 2011

LOVE this park!! complete get away from the city.
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ColtCubFL | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 1 Reviews

4
| Sun, September 5, 2010

An 180n acre green oasis surrounded by urban Ft. Lauderdale. Inside Birch come find the treasures of our coastal past, with the last remnants of Subtropical Coastal, Hardwood Hammocks featuring a number of unique species that evolved in Florida-Carribean including Strangler Fig, Wild Coffee and Coontie. Canoe on a Coastal Dune Lake - a very inexpensive activity. Rent bikes and segways and beach equipment from MCruz Rentals. Jog or bike or hike the 2-mile loop walkway. Enjoy a guided .6 mile audio tour hike. Visit live animals at the Terramar Visitor's Center and learn some essential Florida history. Come and take a step outdoors into your oasis and learn a little more about the Real Florida.

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Hugh Taylor Birch State Park

3109 E. Sunrise Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

954-564-4521

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2013 | Best Place to Propose

2009 | Best Jogging Path

2007 | Best Jogging Path

2004 | Best Place to Hang Out with Treebeard

2001 | Best Picnic Spot

2000 | Best Place to Jog

Strides for Education 5k Walk/Run

Thu, December 06, 2012

Lindsey220 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 375 Reviews

ColtCubFL | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 1 Reviews

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