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Shepard Park (Shephard Park)
Shepard Park, frequently misspelled as Shephard Park, sits along the St. Lucie River in Jensen Beach. The park has a picnic pavilion, a small playground, picnic tables with grills, and a riverside walkway, but honestly, we usually stop at the parkside docking here while boating to use the restrooms, which are not in such a great state right now (the floors are collapsing). There's also a boat ramp that's a little sketchy. While backing down it, it first acts as if everything will be fine. However, once you've backed in a few feet, you'll discover that the ramp basically flattens out. Our trailer sits very low and has a really long tongue, it was nearly high tide, and we still had to back until water was up to the rear wheels' rims before we could get enough water under the boat.
This ramp has parking for around ten trailers. I doubt you could launch more than a 21 footer here, although the ramp is probably best left for dinghies. (Shepard Park (Shephard Park) continued)
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Pendarvis Cove Park (Palm City)
Pendarvis Cove Park in Palm City claims to have a boat ramp. We'd heard rumblings about something being strange about it, and we found out: the shellrock ra... |
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Shepard Park (Shephard Park) (Jensen Beach)
Shepard Park, frequently misspelled as Shephard Park, sits along the St. Lucie River in Jensen Beach. The park has a picnic pavilion, a small playground, pi... |
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Indian Riverside Park (Jensen Beach)
Indian Riverside Park sits along the Intracoastal Waterway in Jensen Beach. We arrived via boat and parked at one of the five or six courtesy slips, then wa... |
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Peck Lake Park (Hobe Sound)
Peck Lake Park in Martin County offers a tranquil look at Florida plants and wildlife. From the picnic area, a 1/2-mile boardwalk winds through the greenery... |
St Lucie Locks / Phipps Park (Palm City)
Updated 10/07The St Lucie Locks / Phipps Park ramp dock has been repaired. First, if you are new to South Florida, let us start by saying tha... |
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Downtown Stuart (Stuart)
Downtown Stuart is pretty cool! Instead of the modern, faux-Mediterranean "mixed use" shopping areas that are spreading through South Florida like a virus, ... |
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Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge (Hobe Sound)
This 970-acre refuge is home to the most productive sea turtle nesting area in the region. Pine scrub oak forests lie on 230 acres, while the remainder is c... |
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Seabranch Preserve State Park (Stuart)
Resting on ancient sand dunes, Seabranch Preserve is home to one of the last natural coastal scrub ares in the southeast, with nearly 300 acres of designated... |
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Elliott Museum (Stuart)
Take a step back in time when you visit the Elliott Museum. Founded by Harmon Elliott, the museum houses art, antiques, inventions, tools, and vehicles reca... |
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Jimmy Graham Park (Hobe Sound)
Jimmy Graham Park is a terrible boat ramp! There was plenty of parking and not many people there and I can see why. After going only 1/4th of the way down ... |
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