John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park: Key Largo, Florida

Renowned for being the first undersea park in the United States, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park encompasses an impressive 70 nautical square miles. The park was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 14, 1972. The main attraction of the park is it's beautiful, multi-colored coral reefs and the marine life including fish, stingrays, tarpon, manatees, seahorses, and their habitat including shipwrecks! The park named for the late John D. Pennekamp, a Miami newspaper editor, whose environmental efforts helped bring about the Everglades National Park and the preservation of what would later become John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. Chill with us on a stellar snorkeling adventure at Pennekamp and see the sea close up and personal!