Chapman Field Park

county bayfront park on a former airfield · Palmetto Bay

Founded or opened

1949

Community

Palmetto Bay · municipality

Status as of 11 September 2026

open

Historical state

pre Andrew

Connections

2 edges, 2 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.002 (rank 111 of 371) · moves and capital only 0.000 (rank 27)

Confidence

Medium · sources: [X33] (register)

Chapman Field serves as an army airfield in 1917, the Department of Agriculture starts its plant introduction garden there in 1923 and the War Department declares the land surplus in 1947. Miami-Dade County acquires the 483 acre parcel and creates the park in 1949 at 13601 Old Cutler Road, builds three lighted baseball fields with Decade of Progress bonds in 1972 and closes the ball fields in 2014 over arsenic contamination. About 51 acres are developed and 432 acres are mangrove; a canoe and kayak ramp remains open.

Connections

Moves, founders, developers

• developed byMiami-Dade Parks, Recreation and Open Spacescounty acquires 483 acres in 1949 and operates the park1949 to present

Lineage

• came out ofUSDA Subtropical Horticulture Research Station (Chapman Field)county park created on surplus airfield land beside the 1923 USDA garden1949

Located

• located inPalmetto Bay13601 Old Cutler Road1949 to present