Oxbow Eco-Center

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Location 5400 NE St. James Drive
Port St. Lucie, Florida 34983
Contact Number 772-785-5833
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Park Information

Three miles of nature trails twist through hammocks and pine forests on the 225-acre site.  A nature center, canoe dock, and observation towers are located on the preserve. The nature center hosts a number of activities and events throughout the year for all ages. Trails are open dawn to dusk year round. Call for center operating hours and programs. To visit the Oxbow Eco-Center web pages go to: Oxbow Eco-Center

Amenities

Birding
Fishing
Hiking Trails
Picnic Tables
Restroom
Observation Areas

Additional Information

A St. Lucie County environmental learning center, the Oxbow Eco-Center is a place where young and old alike can discover the mysterious and hidden life of the forest and river. The preserve at the Oxbow is a living laboratory, offering year-round educational programs on a variety of nature-related subjects. At the Oxbow, you can join a naturalist on a guided walk through quiet gardens planted and nurtured by Mother Nature herself, or journey on your own through the verdant and wild sanctuary.

Historical Interest The Oxbow Eco-Center is situated on a 225-acre preserve on the North Fork of the St. Lucie River and offers a rare glimpse of  "the real Florida" - a place where the past and the present come alive in the canopy of the floodplain forest, in the sandy soils of the scrub and pine flatwoods, and in the primordial swamps and wetlands.

 

 

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