The City of Plantation has a lot of really beautiful parks and Sunset Park is no exception…read more Plantation Sunset Park is located on Cleary Boulevard. The first things you notice about the park is that it has a lot of sports amenities. The park has seven lighted baseball diamonds, two of which are major league regulation size, and four unlit T-Ball fields. There are also concession stands, 3 batting cage areas, two playgrounds, restrooms, and one pavilion. On the day I visited there was a birthday party near the playground. While this is a great park to play team sports my favorite part of the park was the paved walking path that winds around the fields and encircles a small pond in the back of the park. In the middle of the pond is a fountain and lining the path are benches. During my walk I encountered geese, ducks, herons, and turtles. It was a really peaceful and safe place to exercise and enjoy the beautiful weather.

They are constantly holding events that last all weekend or late at night (past 9:00 pm). with…read morepeople screaming and cursing at the top of their lungs. it definitely brings down the neighborhood and makes living anywhere around the park miserable.

I played pickleball there for the last 10 years. Put your paddle in the rack. 4 on and 4 off…read more They have beginners, intermediate, advanced and challenge courts. I have restrooms and refreshment stand Courts open play are 7 days a week, unless noted. 7am- 11pm. Great lights at night. Instructors available

This 12 acre park runs along a canal and Interstate 95, connecting Johnson Street and Hollywood…read moreBoulevard. It was named after late city commissioner Stan Goldman who was a city commissioner for eight years. He was a long time advocate for the park and worked to expand it. The park was dedicated to him in 1986. I entered Stanley Goldman Memorial Park at the southern end of the park that connects to Lions Park via a bridge that crosses the C-10 canal. As I was crossing the bridge I spotted 4 manatees including a baby which I have never seen at a park before. I had a great time watch them swim and munch on the nearby tree branches. The park also has a fitness trail, fishing area, playgrounds, picnic areas, roller hockey rink, skatepark, restrooms, and a dog park. The city added the 22,000 square foot dog play area in 2015. The park is also a popular place to fish. The city of Hollywood has created the perfect place for nature, dog, and sports lovers to go to enjoy the best of what Florida has to offer.

This park has everything: basketball courts, pickleball courts, a running track, a community pool…read morefeaturing a beach-like entrance and ample onsite parking!! The pool offers different classes as well as monthly memberships.

The Driftwood Park is a community park for the Driftwood neighbored in Hollywood. The park has four…read moreathletic fields containing lighted basketball, paddleball, and tennis courts, a shaded playground, a lighted track, a pool, and a community center that has room for classes and meetings and a computer lab. I was here for a rummage sale in the community center parking lot. The park is not a destination if you are not from the neighborhood but it has wonderful amenities for the people who live in this area.

Rose's Garden is named for community activist Rose Shomer who moved to Hollywood in 1945. She was…read moreknown to keep an eye on her neighborhood and alert the city if anything was amiss. After living in her home for 65 years, Rose sold it to the city of Hollywood in 2010 for $59,4000 so it could be turned into a park. The acre park on the corner of Monroe Street and 24th Ave. is made up of 5 lots that were purchased by Rose's parents and that used to belong to Rose and her siblings. The city had long wanted to put a park in this area to give the neighborhood children somewhere to play. In 2012 at the age of 93, Rose attended the ribbon cutting ceremony at the park name for her. The park cost around $700,000 to build with $213,000 come from the city. The rest of the money was provided by grants from Broward County and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The park was designed to be eco-friendly and was the first of it's kind for the city. It was created to be low maintenance and low cost. Solar lighting and a rainwater cistern for irrigation were added. The playground has a fabric shade cover and surrounding it is a walking path and five exercise equipment stations. The park also has a picnic table, trash recycling compactor, native plants, and recycled plastic benches. There is no parking here so it is definitely a neighborhood park. The city is taking good care of it and it looks great. I think Rose would be glad to know that on the day I visited, her park was being enjoyed by a young boy and his mother.

Lovely neighborhood park but not very welcoming if you are driving and wanting to park and visit…read more The park looks well maintained and it has a nice playground and benches for residents to use. I would not waste my time to come here as you cannot park your car and visit.

Parking and the main entrance for Dania Cove Park is located on SW 25th Terrace. There is a second…read moreentrance to the park on SW 45th Street but there is no parking. If you interested in checking out the park, it is pretty close to the Florida landmark restaurant, Tropical Acres. This is a large park located on the Dania cut-off canal. Once you enter the park, if you walk to the left there is a picnic pavilion, mangrove cove, and a fishing dock and platform. From the fishing dock you can observe a number of birds that have made this wetlands their home. There is also a smaller fishing dock in this area as well. Native plants were added to the park to eliminate the need for irrigation and to attract butterflies. While walking around a saw a mango tree dropping its fruit. When creating the park it was designed to preserve the Oak Hammock ecological system found here. The right side of the park has an archeologically significant midden that dates back to the Tequesta Indians. This site is named the Holbinger archaeological site because for many years the land was used for tomato farming by the Holbinger family. A midden is a kind of garbage dump that was used by the prehistoric Tequesta Indians. You can see the elevation of land that was a result of them discarding materials over many years. An analysis of the animal remains found in the midden revealed it was from between 500 B.C. and 1513 A.D. A midden can tell archaeologists a lot about the people who lived here until Spanish occupation in the 1500's wiped them out. I really enjoyed my visit to the park. It is great for bird watching and I enjoyed reading all of the signs throughout the park. Dania Beach was the first city in Broward County and there are signs that tell about its history as the tomato capital of the world and its famous antique row, as well as signs about the butterflies and plants in the park and the manatees that can be found in the canal and mangroves. There is so much history and beautiful nature here. Another thing about the park is that seems to be directly at the end of the airport runway for Ft. Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. The planes taking off were so close that I am sure they could see me clearly. It is fun to see but I don't think I would want to live in this neighborhood.

This little gem is Dania Cove Park, a very peaceful waterfront park with a scenic mangrove cove, a…read morefishing dock & platform, picnic pavilions, an exercise path, native plants, butterflies, and informational kiosks. There are no bathrooms and there are only four parking spaces.

Nicely maintained park with a lot of natural beauty surrounding the lake. They offer drinking…read morefountains, restrooms and a play area that is lit at night. This location gets a lot of visitors and kids like the playground equipment.

The parks in Weston are some of the nicest and most well-maintained parks in Broward County and the…read more5 acre Emerald Estates Park is no exception. Located near I-75, Emerald Estates Park is located just outside the gates of the Emerald Estates community in Weston, a neighborhood made of 607 single family homes. Emerald Estates Park has many amenities including a shade covered playground, basketball courts, exercise path, outdoor fitness equipment, lighted tennis courts, picnic shelters and grill. There is even a bike Fixit Repair Station. Dogs are allowed as long as leashed. During my visit I saw a lot of people throughout the park exercising, playing tennis, and at the playground. I walked on the paved fitness trail and tried out the the outdoor exercise equipment. While I worked out I could see all of the birds attracted by the water in the park. At the back of the park is an island filled with wood storks, a large wading bird that is considered threatened in the United States. There were also a lot of cormorants too. Not only is this park a great place to play, exercise, and cook out but it is also a wildlife sanctuary and a fantastic place to bird watch.

This is a large neighborhood park in Plantation. In 2005 the playground equipment was damaged by…read moreHurricane Wilma. It was rebuilt by 200 volunteers from Massey-Yardley Chrysler Jeep, The Chrysler Foundation, the City of Plantation, organizers from KaBOOM!, and residents of the community who all came together to restore the play structures for the children. In addition to the playground the park has a half basketball court, practice baseball field, a pavilion which can be rented, picnic tables, benches and a restroom. There is also a large open area for play and exercise. My favorite part of the park was along the canal where the water attracts local birds. On the day I visited there were two Egyptian Geese with big personalities and a common moorehen with her chick. They are also known as a swamp chickens and live around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands. I loved watching the sweet little fuzzy chick explore the world under its mother's watchful eye. That is why I enjoy checking out all kinds of parks. You never know what you will discover. This is a great park to play, picnic, or to just watch the nature swim by.

Stumbled across this little park while killing some time with my son. It's a lot larger than I…read morethought. There's a huge grass area for literally whatever you want. There's a decent sized playground for kids. There's a softball field and a single basketball hoop in what looked like a part of the parking lot that they blocked off. I noticed they had a book box that I've been seeing around the county more. One of those where you get give and/or take a book. I say one pavilion and a bench along the huge lake. I didn't check if they were open but it looked like there were bathrooms near the entrance. I can't confirm if there was a water fountain. The parking lot is a bit small and the path to get in is a little tight. Otherwise, this looks to be a great park, especially if you just want to lay out in the sun on the grass and relax.

Small park directly behind the Pembroke Pines Police Dept and next to a rental community. Kiddie…read morepark, volleyball, basketball court, large pavilion with public restrooms. The park was active at the basketball court but dead everywhere else. The park was manicured but not really a secure place to walk my dog.

Tanglewood Park is a public park just outside the gates of the The Estates of Tanglewood Lakes…read morecommunity. It sits across from the police station. The park is located in the Tanglewood Lakes section of Pembroke Pines, a neighborhood of single family homes and condos built in the mid 1980's. Tanglewood serves as an oasis of nature and recreation for the people who live in the surrounding homes. Park amenities include a basketball court, racquetball court, shade covered playground with a section for toddlers and one for older children, restrooms. a large picnic pavilion with grill, sand volleyball court, and a large multipurpose field. There was an area roped off on the field for endangered burrowing owls but the burrows looked closed. This cozy neighborhood park is perfect for picnics, cookouts, recreation and play. I came by on a summer evening to try and walk off a bit of a heavy Mexican meal I just eaten at an area restaurant. On the evening I visited children were enjoying the playgrounds, young adults a basketball court game, and a family was having their evening meal in the pavilion. For a neighborhood park there is a lot to enjoy in this well maintained outdoor green space. The Tanglewood Lakes residents are lucky to have this recreational resource in their community.