South Inlet Park - Boca Raton Beach

Full Amenity List

• Picnic tables
• Lifeguarded

Descriptions from Across the Web

• Today's Boca Raton is the product of a rich and fascinating history, a study in utter defeat and extraordinary success; of Japanese farmers, captains of industry, Hollywood stars - remarkable individuals with courage and vision. And the story is far from over. The Boca story begins with its first residents, the Calusa Indians, for whom the Everglades and Boca Raton represented a bounty of natural resources. The name Boca Raton, although first associated with a Biscayne Bay inlet, was attached to the present site by 1838. In 1895, in stark contrast to the prized real estate that was to come later, the first house was built by civil engineer Thomas Moore Rickards. With the completion of Henry Morrison Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway in 1896, families arrived from Georgia and South Carolina, and the fledgling settlement was born. Life for these early pioneers was hard work. The small community, which included several ethnic groups recruited by railroad magnate ... more on goingtothebeach.com
• Today's Boca Raton is the product of a rich and fascinating history, a study in utter defeat and extraordinary success; of Japanese farmers, captains of industry, Hollywood stars - remarkable individuals with courage and vision. And the story is far from over. The Boca story begins with its first residents, the Calusa Indians, for whom the Everglades and Boca Raton represented a bounty of natural resources. The name Boca Raton, although first associated with a Biscayne Bay inlet, was attached to the present site by 1838. In 1895, in stark contrast to the prized real estate that was to come later, the first house was built by civil engineer Thomas Moore Rickards. With the completion of Henry Morrison Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway in 1896, families arrived from Georgia and South Carolina, and the fledgling settlement was born. Life for these early pioneers was hard work. The small community, which included several ethnic groups recruited by railroad magnate ... more on goingtothebeach.com

Directions

State Road A1A, South of Boca Inlet

Other Web Resources

• www.bocaratonchamber.com