Gumbo Limbo Nature Center Oberservation Tower
N 26° 21.900 W 080° 04.200
17R E 592785 N 2916441
Quick Description: Walk on the elevated quarter-mile long boardwalk. Explore this rare remnant of a coastal hardwood hammock, and get a glimpse of the past. Climb the observation tower located on the winding boardwalk through coastal hammock.
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 9/29/2009 1:13:23 PM
Waymark Code: WM7B5E
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Long Description:The construction of boardwalk took place from August of 1985 to
March of 1986. It is 1628 feet long and 6 feet wide. The tower and
boardwalk was made from Southern yellow pine. The forest you walk
in is the same natural community present as when the first
Europeans arrived. The micro climate present between the two warm
bodies of water, ocean and lagoon, is responsible for the presence
of plant species otherwise native only to the tropics.
The Gumbo Limbo Environmental Complex was founded in 1984 as a
cooperative venture between the City of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County School District, Florida Atlantic University and Gumbo Limbo
Nature Center, Incorporated.
The Environmental Complex is designed to provide marine and
coastal environmental education for the community through classes,
workshops, field trips and research.
Come walk around! Learn something new! See how we're advancing
coastal and marine learning! Find out how to make a difference!