Additional Information for Bahia Honda State Park
Plant Life
The park, which encompasses 524 acres, includes one small island offshore on the southwest end of the park. The subtropical climate throughout the Florida Keys has created a natural environment found nowhere else in the continental U.S.
Many plants in the park are rare and unusual, including marine plant and animal species of Caribbean origin. Trees in the community include the yellow satinwood, gumbo limbo and silver palm. The park has one of the largest remaining stands of the threatened silver palms in the United States. A specimen of the silver palm and the yellow satinwood have been certified as national champion trees. Also found on the park grounds is the endangered small-flowered lily-thorn. These, and other natural wonders, may be viewed along the nature trail that follows the shore of a tidal lagoon at the far end of Sandspur Beach.
Download/Print the Bahia Honda Plant List Brochure (PDF)
Wildlife
- Download/Print the Bahia Honda Animal List Brochure (PDF)
- Download/Print the Bahia Honda Bird List Brochure (PDF)
- Download/Print the Bahia Honda Butterfly List Brochure (PDF)
- Download/Print the Bahia Honda Butterfly Life Cycle Brochure (PDF)
- Download/Print the Bahia Honda Wings and Waves Butterfly Garden Brochure (PDF)
- Download/Print the Bahia Honda Sea Turtle Nesting Information (PDF)
- Download/Print the SnorkelinglGuide to Marine Life of Bahia Honda Brochure (PDF)
Area Geography
The geological formation of Bahia Honda is Key Largo limestone. It is derived from a prehistoric coral reef similar to the present day living reefs of the Keys. Because of a drop in sea level several thousand years ago, portions of this ancient reef emerged from the sea, forming islands. Bahia Honda is the southernmost key where the formation is exposed.
Pets
Please see our General Parks Pet Policy for more information.
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