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16450 Southeast Federal Highway Hobe Sound, FL 33455

772-546-2771 

http://www.floridastateparks.org/jona...  

16450 Southeast Federal Highway Hobe Sound FL 33455

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  • The park is open from 8:00 a.m. until sundown, 365 days a year.
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  • 2012 | Best Place to Get Shipwrecked

    They really need to make a movie about Vincent Nostokovich, AKA Trapper Nelson. According to legend, he grew up trapping muskrats in New Jersey during the industrial revolution. He ran away from home to Mexico but was arrested by Federales for gunrunning. So he headed back East with ten cents to his name, grew that into a living wage by gambling, and landed in South Florida. With a loan, he bought vast swaths of land -- 800 acres eventually -- where he trapped animals and sold... More »

  • 2011 | Best Kayaking

    At Jonathan Dickinson State Park, it's $16 for a single kayak, $21.30 for a double, and that gets you two hours of paddling on a river wider than I-95. It'll likely take you a couple of hours to reach Trapper Nelson's, an old camp available only by water. A clearing in the jungle reveals a wood cabin that was the former residence of a trapper who lived off the land. Wander past his old bunk, animal cages, and the building where he dried fur pelts to sell. "Tarzan of the Loxahatchee River,"... More »

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