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Chekika
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Park, abandoned artificial beach and swimming lake, and abandoned campground facility.
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Type: Outdoors
Status: Seasonally active
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: check it out if you're nearby
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flooding Poison ivy, wasps, mosquitoes, snakes, flooding, wandering alligators. Park ranger/caretaker staying on site in campground area.
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Abandoned campground, empty artificial lake and beach, remains of several small buildings and sewage treatment plant. Mystery trails leading to the west in the same direction as a closed road with powerlines along it. Do they connect?
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locked gates Locked gate in front; park outside and walk in.
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long pants / sleeves Insect repellent
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This location, also known as Grossman Hammock, started out as a land holding owned by Mark Grossman. An attempt at drilling the site for oil yielded an artesian well from a high-sulfur source of underground water, flooding the site and immediately creating an artificial lake. In the 1940s, the site was opened as a private park with swimming facilities. The high sulfur content in the water gave it a distinct odor, but had good healing properties to the skin... In 1970, Mark Grossman sold his land to the State of Florida, which operated it as a state park until it was eventually given to the National Park Service. At this point, it was operated as Chekika as part of Everglades National Park. It continued to have a campground and swimming facilities until Hurricane Irene caused severe flooding in 1999. Since then, it's occasionally reopened in limited capacity, each time getting damaged and closed after a hurricane. The original spring was capped at some point in the 1980s, and replaced by a small well and pump station. When the power was off to the park, as it is now, the lakes eventually go dry. The park will be open to the public again from December 1, 2009, to April 30. Many parts of the park go under water during the summer months. Why it's going to be reopened is kind of a mystery; the park has no facilities, not even restrooms, and it's FAR disconnected from the main Everglades National Park access.
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This park will be open seasonally. It hasn't been as popular among tourists due to its location, which is rather far isolated from the other facilities of Everglades National Park.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 6/5/2022 2:12 PM.
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on Jun 5 22 at 14:12, Emperor Wang validated this location on Jun 5 22 at 14:12, Emperor Wang changed the following: Street Address, Media Coverage on Jun 4 22 at 14:41, BulletFL changed the following: Web Links on Apr 23 11 at 14:06, Opheliaism validated this location on Apr 23 11 at 12:03, BulletFL changed the following: Hazards on Jun 13 10 at 18:28, Opheliaism validated this location on Jun 13 10 at 15:19, BulletFL added some pictures to a gallery on Jun 13 10 at 14:41, BulletFL created a new gallery on Nov 27 09 at 16:08, Steed validated this location on Nov 27 09 at 8:14, EvilSpork changed the following: History, Status, Hazards, Interesting Features, Security Measures, Future Plans, Description
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