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Snake Warriors Island Natural Area. Walk a gentle accessible half-mile loop while learning about the oldest documented settlement in the eastern Everglades at Snake Warrior’s Island in Miramar. Hollywood ( 25.977289, -80.210608 ) 0.5 miles.
Jan 30, 2017 · At 53.3 acres this is Broward County's most archaeological significant natural area. Artifacts found here show that people have lived here from 500 B.C. through roughly A.D. 1000 to 1200. Centuries later this area was home to Miccosukee leader Chitto Tustenuggee known as the snake warrior.
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The 53.3-acre natural area is now leased to Broward County for management and preservation. Today, it offers locals a beautiful and tranquil respite within the Miami metro area, with plenty of opportunities for birding, walking, running, fishing, picnicking, and more.
Protecting what was once the headwaters of Snake Creek and was the oldest eastern Glades settlement of the Seminoles, Snake Warrior Island Natural Area is a small urban oasis not far from I-95 in Miramar. Concrete trail, interpretive signage, shelter, benches, and picnic tables.
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Snake Warrior's Island Natural Area, photographed in January 2015 just before sunset. SW 62nd Avenue. Miramar. Website. Snake Warrior's Island Natural Area is part park, part historical site and part natural area. It's a 53-acres of ponds and marshes.
Great site to observe wading birds and ducks, wood storks, little blue and tricolored herons, anhinga, white ibis, and osprey. Snake Warrior's Island is part of the Great Florida Birding Trail, which is a collection of 489 sites throughout Florida selected for their excellent bird watching or bird education opportunities.
Jun 14, 2010 · A look into the archaeology and history of Snake Warrior's Island Natural Area in Miramar, Florida. Brought to you by the Southeast Regional Center of the Florida Public Archaeology...
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