WinterWinter - City of West Palm Beach
WinterWinter - City of West Palm Beach
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Grassy Waters<br />
Preserve<br />
8264 Northlake Boulevard, WPB, FL 33412<br />
Phone (561) 804-4985 • Fax (561) 622-7628<br />
GWP <strong>of</strong>fers unique educational and guided recreational<br />
opportunities on the edge <strong>of</strong> the vast, 20-square-mile wetlands<br />
resource. The preserve was historically the headwaters <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Everglades system. It is the <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>West</strong> <strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Beach</strong>’s Water<br />
Catchment Area.<br />
Managed by the <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>West</strong> <strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Beach</strong> Public Utilities<br />
Department, GWP provides fresh drinking water to more than<br />
130,000 people in <strong>West</strong> <strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Beach</strong>, the Town <strong>of</strong> <strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Beach</strong><br />
and the Town <strong>of</strong> South <strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Beach</strong>. The preserve includes<br />
nature center pavilions, meandering boardwalk trails, hiking,<br />
biking, canoeing, programs and more!<br />
Apoxee Park, “Beyond Tomorrow” in the Miccosukee language,<br />
located to the southeast <strong>of</strong> GWP, is a natural water reclamation<br />
area that will provide an average <strong>of</strong> six to 10 million gallons <strong>of</strong><br />
water per day.<br />
Preserve Hours <strong>of</strong> Operation:<br />
Monday - Saturday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm<br />
Sunday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm<br />
(Nature Center Building closed Monday; Preserve Open)<br />
Apoxee Park: 7:30 am - Dusk<br />
Owa-Hee Trail: Same as nature center<br />
South Campus: Charles W. Bingham Wilderness Pavilion<br />
8264 Northlake Blvd., <strong>West</strong> <strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Beach</strong>, Florida 33412,<br />
Phone (561) 804-4985, Fax (561) 622-7628<br />
Located on the south side <strong>of</strong> Northlake Boulevard, one mile<br />
west <strong>of</strong> Beeline Highway and approximately four miles west<br />
<strong>of</strong> I-95.<br />
North Campus: Everglades Pavilion<br />
8537 Northlake Blvd., <strong>West</strong> <strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Beach</strong>, Florida 33412<br />
Phone (561) 804-4980, Fax (561) 624-9893<br />
Located four and 1/8-mile west <strong>of</strong> I-95 on the north side <strong>of</strong><br />
Northlake Boulevard.<br />
Apoxee Urban Wilderness Park<br />
3125 Jog Road, <strong>West</strong> <strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Beach</strong>, Florida 33411<br />
Take Okeechobee Blvd. to Jog Road, go north on Jog Rd. less<br />
than one mile. Look for park entrance signs on the left (west)<br />
side <strong>of</strong> Jog Road.<br />
GWP Needs Volunteers!<br />
We love our volunteers and could not <strong>of</strong>fer our programs<br />
without them! If you are interested in becoming a<br />
committed volunteer who wants to make a difference,<br />
please contact Cindy Bush, Volunteer Coordinator, directly at<br />
grassywaters@comcast.net<br />
Please visit<br />
www.wpb.org/park/grassy.php<br />
for Grassy Waters Preserve programming information.<br />
Grassy Waters is a Geocaching site.<br />
Go to www.geocaching.com for more information.<br />
“It Starts In Parks”<br />
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Grassy Waters Preserve
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