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Beach at Mizell-Johnson State Park

Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park

With its shores dwarfed at times by the giant cruise ships steaming in and out of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park is well-known as a great nearshore dive spot

Hollywood      ( 26.056099,-80.113969 )      

Renamed from John U. Lloyd Beach State Park in 2016, the park name now more appropriately honors the two local residents who made this state park happen.

Dr. Von D. Mizell and Eula Johnson lobbied the state to turn this formerly segregated beach into a public recreation area.

Mizell-Johnson State Park is one of the more popular beaches in the area.

Mizell-Johnson State Park Sparse sea grapes over the Barrier Island Trail


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Overview

Location: Dania Beach
Trailhead: 26.056099,-80.113969
Address: 6503 N Ocean Dr, Dania Beach
Fees: $6 per vehicle
Restroom: At the parking areas
Land manager: Florida State Parks
Phone: 954-923-2833

Open 8 AM to sunset. Leashed pets permitted but not on beach.

During turtle nesting and hatching season, volunteers offer nighttime walks on the beach, call the park for details.

Mizell-Johnson State Park


Directions

 
From Interstate 95 exit 21 drive east on Sheridan St to North A1A. Turn left and continue 1.5 miles to the park entrance.

About the Park

Mizell-Johnson State Park offers an extensive oceanfront to savor, 2.5 miles long, as well as the opportunity to paddle along its interior waterway, Whiskey Creek.

Mizell-Johnson State Park Paddlers on Whiskey Creek


Eurojacks, artificial concrete reefs shaped like toy jacks, provide an underwater trail to the Dania Ledges.

Colorful reef fish swirl in the ocean depths. Boaters frequently spot manatees in Whiskey Creek.

Mizell-Johnson State Park Whiskey Creek separates the beach from the rest of the park


A half-mile nature trail winds through a coastal hammock with views of the shore and along the marsh.

Mizell-Johnson Barrier Island Trail sign

Barrier Island Nature Trail

At Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park, the Barrier Island Nature Trail gets you away from the busy beach and into a patch of wilds along a slender barrier island

Loggerhead turtles lay their eggs in the sand along the beach. Visitors can walk with park biologists on after-dark “turtle walks” to watch this fascinating phenomenon.

Mizell-Johnson State Park The expanse of beach at the north end of the park


Boaters have direct access to the Intracoastal Waterway, also called the Stranahan River along this coast, from the west side of the island.

This is where the big cruise ship and commercial port of Port Everglades is located, so the west side of the park tends to be noisy.

Port Everglades Fort Lauderdale
View of the park from Port Everglades

There is a bait shop and launch area with food service and watercraft rentals at Whiskey Creek Hideout.
The north end of the park, with a jetty adjoining the exit to the port, is where anglers tend to gather.

Mizell-Johnson State Park North end of the park and jetty as seen from a cruise ship in Port Everglades


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Nearby Adventures

More worth exploring while you’re in this area.

West Lake Hollywood

West Lake Park

Explore both the wild and mild sides of an urban mangrove jungle at West Lake Park by hiking, biking, or paddling this outstanding Florida Water

West Lake Port Everglades

Anne Kolb Nature Center

Whether it’s from the top of a five-level observation tower or at ground level with the land crabs, Anne Kolb Nature Center focuses on the urban mangrove forest that it protects and interprets

Secret Woods tropical forest

Secret Woods Nature Center

Designated the first “urban wilderness area” in Florida in 1978, Secret Woods protects a 56-acre floodplain of cypress strand and mangroves with uplands of tropical hammock

Snake Warriors Island hammock

Snake Warriors Island Natural Area

Walk a gentle accessible half-mile loop while learning about the oldest documented settlement in the eastern Everglades at Snake Warrior’s Island in Miramar

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