Although the manmade atoll pool at Matheson Hammock Park has been around for ... and Lindgren Road near Larry and Penny Thompson Park in West Miami-Dade. Pace yourself along the paved path ...

For a more adventurous afternoon in the sun, discover the beaches of Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park or Matheson Hammock where you can hike nature trails and even scale a historic lighthouse.

The park was named for Dagny Johnson, a local environmental activist. It's also home to one of the country's largest tracts of West Indian tropical hardwood hammock. The park features 84 protected ...

One shining example is Matheson Hammock Park's atoll pool, an eco-friendly swimming hole that puts chlorinated concrete boxes to shame. The atoll pool is actually a saltwater pond flushed by the ...