Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The Palm Beaches are a rich habitat for sea turtles of many species. You know Florida’s Palm Beach for its glitz and glam, for the many larger-than-life figures that have shaped its history as a high society playground. You know how promoters and ambitious architects helped create one of early last century’s first luxury tourism destinations out of nothing.
But collectively, The Palm Beaches have got a whole other side to discover right outside the hotels that line the barrier islands and along 47 miles of beach. Outdoor adventures and conservation themes can be as easily pursued here as the sybaritic life. Take the four-mile stretch of Singer Island as a reminder that in our ever more urbanized world, nature is right before us if we open our eyes.
On a drive up the slim island neck, the condo and hotel beachfront suddenly gives way to a shift back to the area’s original mangrove habitats. You’ve arrived at the 436-acre John D. MacArthur Beach State Park , funded by the foundation started by that eponymous figure behind the celebrated so-called Genius Grants.
At the tip of Singer Island, John D, MacArthur State Park is a step back into the original habitat around the Palm Beaches barrier islands. A 1,600-foot-long wooden boardwalk stretches over the park estuary, taking you over kayakers and past fishermen on the shore to two self-guided nature trails. Home to twisty strangler fig, satinleaf and pond apple trees, th.
