Biscayne National Park: Homestead, Florida

Biscayne National Park preserves Biscayne Bay, one of the top scuba diving spots in the United States. Within the national park, which is over 90% water, there is an extensive mangrove forest along the shoreline, the northernmost Florida Keys, coral reefs, undeveloped islands, wildlife, as well as shipwrecks in the shallow water. It is the beginning of the third-largest coral reef in the world. It is the largest marine sanctuary in the U.S. National Parks system. Evidence of 10,000 years of human history is here also. All of this makes Biscayne a major boating, fishing, and diving destination.
We were able to spend only a couple of hours here, but the Florida waters in February were still inviting for a couple of snowbirds!