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Things to see and do in St. Lucie County, brought to you by people who live in South Florida! |
Parks |
| Old Fort Park |
| Veteran's Memorial Park at Rivergate |
| White City Park |
Boating & Fishing |
| Moore's Creek Boat Ramp |
| Veteran's Memorial Park at Rivergate |
| White City Park |
Old Fort Park
In Fort Pierce, at the original site of the city's namesake, sits Old Fort Park. The fort, built in 1838 and abandoned four short years later, was designed to keep the Seminole Indians out, and for expeditions during the Second Seminole War. The fort itself is long gone, having burned down in 1843.
A main draw of the park is the long-standing Ais Indian burial mound, created before the fort and lasting much longer. The site is quite beautiful, really, with lots of big old trees and a series of concrete steps leading up the mound. However, there's not really a whole lot to see other than the passing Indian River, and maybe the railroad track; there aren't even any picnic tables or anything. A sort of odd thing is that there are rows and rows of palm trees, almost as if this site had been a tree nursery at some point, but it wasn't.
Just a side note here: you'd be well advised to NOT make a stop here on the way to a local boat ramp - navigating back out of the parking lot with a trailered boat involved a 47-point turn! (Old Fort Park continued)
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Old Fort Park (Fort Pierce)
In Fort Pierce, at the original site of the city's namesake, sits Old Fort Park. The fort, built in 1838 and abandoned four short years later, was designed ... |
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Veteran's Memorial Park at Rivergate (Port St. Lucie)
Sitting along the picturesque St. Lucie River lies Veteran's Memorial Park at Rivergate (also known as Rivergate Park). We stop here frequently on our trave... |
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A.E.Backus Gallery & Museum (Fort Pierce)
Famous Fort Pierce landscape painter A.E.Backus, along with local art fans, created his namesake gallery and museum in 1960. Today the A.E.Backus Gallery & ... |
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White City Park (Fort Pierce)
White City Park is a beautiful, if unusual-looking, park bordered by the St. Lucie River. Rather than the standard South Florida pines and palms, White City... |
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Moore's Creek Boat Ramp (Fort Pierce)
Technically part of Indian River Veteran's Memorial Park, this ramp is better known as Moore's Creek Boat Ramp. There are roughly 25 trailer spaces and thre... |
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