The Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department
4000 Crandon Blvd., Key Biscayne, FL 33149
Tel: 305/365-3018
The Miami-Dade County Parks & Recreation Department is a three-time National Gold Medal Award winner (AAPRA and NRPA), a 2009 Florida Governor’s Sterling Award winner, and the only municipal park system its size, serving a residential population of nearly 2.4 million people*, to be awarded National Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Park & Recreation Agencies.
The third largest county park system in the United States, consisting of 263 parks and more than 12,848 acres of land, Miami-Dade Parks is one of the most unique park and recreation systems in the world. Made up of more than just playgrounds and athletic fields, it also comprises after-school, sports-development and summer-camp programs; programs for seniors and people with disabilities; educational nature centers and nature preserves; environmental restoration efforts; arts and culture programs and events; the renowned Miami MetroZoo and Deering Estate; the Crandon Tennis Center, home of the Sony Ericsson Open—the USTA’s fifth largest tennis tournament; golf courses; beaches; marinas; campgrounds; pools; and more.
*Data source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division - Last updated February 3, 2010.
