Parks, water and recreation · place
Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve
state aquatic preserve · South Dade (corridor wide)
- Founded or opened
- 1974
- Community
- South Dade, corridor wide · corridor wide
- Pinned at
- community centroid (no address recorded)
- Status as of 11 September 2026
- active
- Historical state
- pre Andrew
- Connections
- 1 edges, 1 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.000 (rank 279 of 371) · moves and capital only 0.000 (rank 244)
- Confidence
- Medium · sources: [A61] (register)
Florida designates the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve in 1974 over all of Biscayne Bay from the Oleta River to the southern end of Card Sound. After Biscayne became a national park the preserve is split, with the southern section including Card Sound. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection manages it.
Detail: about 69,000 acres north and 4,163 acres south
Connections
Plans, funding, partners
- partnerBiscayne National ParkState preserve split around the national park1974 to present