Dante Fascell Visitor Center

The dante fascell visitor center is located on convoy point the only mainland based section of biscayne national park with amenities for tourists picnic area short trail canoe kayak launch.

Dante fascell visitor center. Dante fascell visitor center open daily from 9 a m. All other portions of the park are reachable only by private or concessioner boats. When i recently called the ranger told me about a half dozen events but the calendar page only listed one and it wasn t even an event that i was told about. Access to the park from the mainland is limited to the immediate vicinity of the dante fascell visitor center at convoy point.

Fodor s expert review dante fascell visitor center. From november through april a variety of daily ranger programs are held at the dante fascell visitor center. Convoy point grounds open daily from 7 a m. Similarly a public park located in south miami is named for him.

The visitor center in the park is named after representative fascell. Opened in 2002 the dante fascell visitor center gallery provides a space where contemporary artists inspired by the beauty of biscayne national park and south florida can show their work. Past shows have included color and black and white photography oil acrylic pastel and watercolor paintings drawings fiber ceramics collage and sculpture. All reservations during the time of our closure will receive a full refund.

A beautiful museum offers a virtual journey through the park s four ecosystems using dioramas audio and video. Navigable waters elliott key and boca chita key accessible by boat open 24 hours a day. The center is located at convoy point 9 miles east of the city of homestead florida. Activities include boating fishing kayaking windsurfing snorkeling and scuba diving.

Please continue to check our website for updates. The only way to find out what is going on is to either drop by the visitor center or call the park at 305 230 1144 x555. In order to protect our visitors and employees and minimize transmission of the coronavirus covid 19 all biscayne national park institute activities have been suspended starting march 17 2020 until further notice. Fascell north south center act of 1991 established the prestigious think tank at the university of miami.

You can also check out the park s calendar web page but this is not a complete listing. Adams key accessible by boat day use area only. While the shoreline for many miles north and south of the visitor center is also part of the park it is covered by impenetrable mangrove thickets not sandy beaches. The biscayne national park s visitor center the dante fascell visitor center is a great structure in a most beautiful setting right at the edge of biscayne bay with fantastic views of the water and beyond.