Bill Sadowski Park and Nature Center

17555 SW 79 Ave.
Miami, FL 33157
305-255-4767

Monday - Tuesday, Closed
Wednesday - Sunday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Open Holidays, except Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Years Day

Bill Sadowski Park and Nature Center offers three distinct habitats within thirty acres; pineland, tropical hardwood hammock, and a drained Everglades slough.  The main building houses a live animal exhibit of native and non-native animals that can be found living in wet lands and waterways of South Florida. The 822-gallon freshwater aquarium displays fish that have been caught from the shores of the canal adjacent to the park, where canoeing and fishing opportunities await.  A self guided nature trail gives visitors insight to the various plant communities and animals that frequent the park.  Solution holes and Karst limestone formations are visible along the way.  Encompassed within the park grounds are also a native tree arboretum, and a bird watching area.

• EcoAdventures tours offered
• Continuous nature study and outreach programs for all ages, including school-aged children and organized groups
• Nature trails, bird-watching site and guided tours offered
• Fishing instruction and tours available
• Boy scout programs 
• Family campfires
• Site of geological formations, including ancient sloughs with limestone rock formations, pinnacle arches and solution holes
• Fishing canal nearby
• Picnic shelters, tables, and restrooms
• Observatory site for the Southern Cross Astronomical Society, which conducts free star-gazing programs with telescopes, lectures, slide shows, and more
• Canoe rental