Boca Raton, located between Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach on the sunny Atlantic coast of Florida, has plenty of action sports and activities to keep you busy all year long. With a great year-round climate and its proximity to sandy ocean beaches and waterways, Boca Raton offers a wide array of leisure activities for everyone to enjoy. Boca is a comfortable yet exciting setting for residents of all ages and offers lots of sunshine to enjoy golf, tennis, boating, freshwater and deep-sea fishing, the beach, racetracks, natural attractions, and outdoor festivals. You can play golf and tennis in the morning, then go to the pool or beach in the afternoon and out dining and dancing in the evening any time of the year. Sporting enthusiasts will be happy to learn that many professional sporting venues are nearby. Four major league sports venues are less than an hour away: Miami Dolphins football, Florida Panthers hockey, Miami Heat basketball and Florida Marlins baseball. A little closer to home, visit the Royal Palm Polo Sports Complex and watch some of the world's top polo players compete here at polo's winter capital (Jan-Apr).
Golf and Tennis Clubs may be what Boca Raton is best known for and there are several public venues for you to play on, such as Boca Dunes, Boca Raton Executive, Boca Raton Municipal, Red Reef, and Southwinds. There are even some children's golf programs to get your kids involved in the game. There are also dozens of public tennis courts around town, especially in the parks. There are several parks to visit, such as Spanish River Park, Sugar Sand Park, and Red Reef Park, which is home to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. They are fun and educational for the whole family. Most parks with beach access have covered picnic areas and bathrooms on site for your convenience. Red Reef Park is a favorite of many - this 67-acre oceanfront park, which includes the 20-acre Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, also has its own waterfront golf course! Red Reef offers swimming, sunbathing, surf casting and strolling over the dunes along a boardwalk. The most notable feature is the man-made reef about 10 feet off shore, where even novice snorkelers can catch spot tropical fish, turtles, and eels providing the reef isn't buried in sand.
Sugar Sand Park is a 132-acre park that may be the best family park in the area. Sugar Sand Park is home to Sugar Sand Park Community Center, which features the Children's Science Explorium and the Willow Theatre. The Park is also home to the Field House, which features an indoor gymnasium. The Sugar Sand Park Carousel has 30 horses and two wheelchair accessible chariots. The horses are reproductions of various hand-carved wood originals produced for use on steam-powered machines of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The carousel is housed its own decorative tent surrounded by benches and shade trees, while lights and music enhance the festive scene. The Science Playground is a tri-level, hands-on experience that features many interactive components demonstrating a variety of scientific principles for all ages. It also features a water trough and water jets for those who really want to get wet, while others can stay dry in the rest of the playground. Sugar Sand Park's two nature trails lead you through parts of the endangered Florida scrub and wind through a piece of Florida's scrubby pine flatwoods.
The Gators and the Canes used to big here, but now Boca football fans have their own college team to root for. If you like college football, you'll find it in Boca Raton. The Florida Atlantic University on-campus, 30,000-seat, open-air football stadium has 32 loge boxes and 24 suites, and the skybox and press box allows for a view of the Atlantic Ocean, the only stadium in the nation that can claim that. Come watch the Owls in action.
Pirates Cove Playground has a huge pirate ship for great adventures. Hot weather is cool when you turn on the waterspouts that shoot water on the kids while the ship's mast and palm trees shower then with more water! There are sling swings and a tire swing too. Little pirates, ages 2 to 5, have a slide, climbing station and swings. The Electronic Playground is an interactive computer controlled design that combines the excitement of digital gaming and an outdoor playground.
Boca Raton is home to beautiful beaches and parks, golf courses, tennis clubs, plenty of family fun, plus great restaurants, hot nightlife, live music and so much more to see and do. Boca Raton and its neighboring towns create a mini-paradise and an ideal place to live. The climate, dining and shopping, cultural attractions, wonderful active retirement communities, educational and business opportunities all add up to the fact that Boca Raton is a wonderful lifestyle just waiting for you to join in.
Golf and Tennis Clubs may be what Boca Raton is best known for and there are several public venues for you to play on, such as Boca Dunes, Boca Raton Executive, Boca Raton Municipal, Red Reef, and Southwinds. There are even some children's golf programs to get your kids involved in the game. There are also dozens of public tennis courts around town, especially in the parks. There are several parks to visit, such as Spanish River Park, Sugar Sand Park, and Red Reef Park, which is home to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. They are fun and educational for the whole family. Most parks with beach access have covered picnic areas and bathrooms on site for your convenience. Red Reef Park is a favorite of many - this 67-acre oceanfront park, which includes the 20-acre Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, also has its own waterfront golf course! Red Reef offers swimming, sunbathing, surf casting and strolling over the dunes along a boardwalk. The most notable feature is the man-made reef about 10 feet off shore, where even novice snorkelers can catch spot tropical fish, turtles, and eels providing the reef isn't buried in sand.
Sugar Sand Park is a 132-acre park that may be the best family park in the area. Sugar Sand Park is home to Sugar Sand Park Community Center, which features the Children's Science Explorium and the Willow Theatre. The Park is also home to the Field House, which features an indoor gymnasium. The Sugar Sand Park Carousel has 30 horses and two wheelchair accessible chariots. The horses are reproductions of various hand-carved wood originals produced for use on steam-powered machines of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The carousel is housed its own decorative tent surrounded by benches and shade trees, while lights and music enhance the festive scene. The Science Playground is a tri-level, hands-on experience that features many interactive components demonstrating a variety of scientific principles for all ages. It also features a water trough and water jets for those who really want to get wet, while others can stay dry in the rest of the playground. Sugar Sand Park's two nature trails lead you through parts of the endangered Florida scrub and wind through a piece of Florida's scrubby pine flatwoods.
The Gators and the Canes used to big here, but now Boca football fans have their own college team to root for. If you like college football, you'll find it in Boca Raton. The Florida Atlantic University on-campus, 30,000-seat, open-air football stadium has 32 loge boxes and 24 suites, and the skybox and press box allows for a view of the Atlantic Ocean, the only stadium in the nation that can claim that. Come watch the Owls in action.
Pirates Cove Playground has a huge pirate ship for great adventures. Hot weather is cool when you turn on the waterspouts that shoot water on the kids while the ship's mast and palm trees shower then with more water! There are sling swings and a tire swing too. Little pirates, ages 2 to 5, have a slide, climbing station and swings. The Electronic Playground is an interactive computer controlled design that combines the excitement of digital gaming and an outdoor playground.
Boca Raton is home to beautiful beaches and parks, golf courses, tennis clubs, plenty of family fun, plus great restaurants, hot nightlife, live music and so much more to see and do. Boca Raton and its neighboring towns create a mini-paradise and an ideal place to live. The climate, dining and shopping, cultural attractions, wonderful active retirement communities, educational and business opportunities all add up to the fact that Boca Raton is a wonderful lifestyle just waiting for you to join in.
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