• July 3-5 – Miami Metrozoo turns 30 and permanently changes its name to Zoo Miami.  To celebrate these occasions, the zoo is offering $5 entry to the park and will feature special events throughout the weekend.
• July 4 – Blackpoint Park and Marina will host its free admission annual fireworks display at 9 p.m.
• July 8 – Miami-Dade County Commissioner Javier Souto will present Miami-Dade Parks with a Proclamation declaring July as Park and Recreation Month in Miami-Dade County.
• July 12-16 – Country Club of Miami Golf Course – Two-for-one offer – after 5 p.m., bring a friend to the lighted driving range and get a free large bucket of golf balls.
• July 13 – For registered summer camp participants – UM Health will conduct a mini health and wellness clinic at West Perrine Park for children enrolled in the Miami-Dade Parks Fit-to-Play, Green-it-Up summer camp.
• July 17 – Deering Estate at Cutler will host Fee-Free “P.L.A.Y.” Days on Saturday, July 17th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bring your family and friends and enjoy complimentary admission as well as hands-on eco-art activities, science discovery programs, and historic house tours – all for free!
• July 20 – For registered summer camp participants – UM Health will conduct a mini health and wellness clinic at Ruben Dario Park for children enrolled in the Miami-Dade Parks Fit-to-Play, Green-it-Up summer camp
• July 24-25 – Larry and Penny Thompson Campground – Tent campers will pay the reduced price of $10 per group of four people for the two-days and receive a free complimentary one-day admission pass good for
• July 25 to the beach and waterslide.   Offer open to Miami-Dade County residents only.  Children must meet the height requirement of 48 inches to ride the waterslide.
• July 27 – For registered summer camp participants – UM Health will conduct a mini health and wellness clinic at Country Village Park for children enrolled in the Miami-Dade Parks Fit-to-Play, Green-it-Up summer camp 
• July 1-31 – Trail Glades Range:
  • First-time skeet shooters receive one free skeet shooting lesson.  Reservations are required.  Ammunition and target cost not included.
  • Only $5 rate beginning at 5 p.m. weeknights for shooting at the Trap and Skeet fields.
  • Buy 10 rounds of Trap and Skeet for the price of nine rounds.
  • Bring a first-time shooter to the main range, and you get a free three-hour admission to the main range.

“Every great community has a great Park system and the residents of Miami-Dade County have one of the best in the nation, with not only the spectacular County park system, but fabulous State and Municipal parks as well,” said Jack Kardys, Director of Miami-Dade Park and Recreation Department.  “Miami-Dade County is the only community in the country with two National Parks – Biscayne and Everglades National Parks.  We just want people to take their time and enjoy some of the great parks, open spaces, cultural and natural areas in Miami-Dade, and to remember what an important contribution they make to the quality of life and the ultimate prosperity of this community,” he added.

About Miami-Dade Park and Recreation:

The third largest county park system in the United States, consisting of 263 parks and more than 12,848 acres of land, Miami-Dade Parks is one of the most unique park and recreation systems in the world.  Made up of more than just playgrounds and athletic fields, it also comprises after-school, sports-development, and summer-camp programs; programs for seniors and people with disabilities; educational nature centers and nature preserves; environmental restoration efforts; arts and culture programs and events; the renowned Miami MetroZoo and the Deering Estate at Cutler; the Crandon Tennis Center, home of the Sony Ericsson Open—the USTA’s fifth largest tennis tournament; golf courses; beaches; marinas; campgrounds; pools; and more.