HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA -- Superintendent Dan Kimball is pleased to announce that the National Park Service will reopen Chekika to the public for day use on December 1, 2008 and remain open until May 1, 2009. Chekika is open seasonally due to a tendency to flood during the wet season. This popular part of the Park is in the northeastern part of the park at the west end of SW168th Avenue and will be open from dawn to dusk. Chekika offers picnicking opportunities and a short hiking trail through the hammock. It is also a good staging location for bicycle rides along the paved roads and canal banks in the East Everglades section of the park. Portable rest-rooms and drinking water are available.

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Aha... that explains why it looked like they were making improvements to a closed park. Due to the fact that there are mothballed facilities there, though, I think I'll leave this up and document some of those bits when I get a chance to stop by.