Greynolds Park: A Miami-Dade Heritage Park

Green spaces are an important part of preserving the historic legacy of an area. And in Miami-Dade County, Florida the survival of native hammocks, rock lands, and the wildlife that thrives within is a vital part of the area's heritage. Today, the Miami-Dade parks system is the third-largest in the country, with 270 parks and additional conservation lands under County management, a total of more than 34,000 acres. Seven of those parks have been designated Heritage Parks.

Following the Great Depression in the 1930s, President Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) employed single, unemployed young men to work on environmental projects throughout the U.S.  In 1936, the CCC worked to construct coral rock and limestone buildings at Greynolds Park, a Miami-Dade County Heritage Park, on the Oleta River in the northeastern part of the county. Primarily 110 acres donated by A.O. Greynolds, the property was once a Seminole Indian trading post and later a rock quarry; some of the oolitic limestone was used to build the stone structures still in use. Open to the public in 1936, the county’s Historic Preservation Board designated Greynolds Park a historic site in 1983. 

Buchsbaum, Karen. Can You Name Miami-Dade's Seven Heritage Parks?. August 1st 2018. 32 - 33.

Miami-Dade County. Greynolds Park, Accessed March 4th 2022. https://www.miamidade.gov/parks/greynolds.asp.