Parks Near Red Reef Park
Planning a second stop? These parks are within about 7 miles of Red Reef Park, and each has its own detailed guide.
Within about 15 miles
Ocean Strand Park (Boca Raton, FL, about 1 mile away): A quiet Boca Raton nature park on A1A: a trail through coastal hammock to benches and a kayak landing on the Intracoastal, on land saved from development.
Silver Palm Park (Boca Raton, FL, about 1 mile away): Boca Raton's public boat ramps on the Intracoastal at the Palmetto Park Road bridge, with a fishing dock, a kayak launch and a promenade to Wildflower Park's splash pad next door.
Spanish River Park (Boca Raton, FL, about 1 mile away): A 95-acre Boca Raton park between the ocean and the Intracoastal: a guarded Blue Flag beach reached through tunnels under A1A, Bark Beach for dogs, ten reservable picnic pavilions, a nature trail and a lagoon with a kayak launch.
El Rio Trail (Boca Raton, FL, about 3 miles away): About 5 paved miles along the El Rio Canal from Glades Road at FAU north to Congress Avenue, with free parking and tunnels at the Yamato Road Tri-Rail station and branches to the T-Rex Trail and Delray Oaks.
Hillsboro El Rio Park South (Boca Raton, FL, about 3 miles away): A newer 14-acre Boca Raton city park on SW 18th Street with four pickleball and two tennis courts, basketball and sand volleyball, playgrounds, seven rentable pavilions, a walking path and a kayak launch on the El Rio Canal.
Sugar Sand Park (Boca Raton, FL, about 4 miles away): 132 acres off Military Trail in Boca Raton: a four-level Science Playground with a splash pad, a $1 carousel, the free Children's Science Explorium, the Willow Theatre, a big indoor Field House and nature trails through Florida scrub, all free to enter.
Patch Reef Park (Boca Raton, FL, about 4 miles away): Boca Raton's 55-acre home for tennis, pickleball, splash-pad afternoons, and Saturday-morning baseball.
Quiet Waters Park (Deerfield Beach, FL, about 7 miles away): A 427-acre Broward County park in Deerfield Beach with the Splash Adventure water playground, Ski Rixen cable wakeboarding, the Woofing Waters dog park, a tent-and-tepee campground, seven miles of mountain bike trails and the Florida Renaissance Festival.
About these guides
Each park above has its own independent visitor guide from the same publisher as this guide to Red Reef Park, researched the same way from official sources. Distances are straight-line from Red Reef Park, so allow more time by road.