Manatee Park
10901 State Road 80 (Palm Beach Blvd.)
Fort Myers, FL 33905
239.690.5030
Park Open Year 'Round 7:30 a.m. To Sunset Daily
Visitor Center/Gift Shop/Seasonal Programs:
November - March 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Daily
Gift shop is closed for the summer.
View the endangered West Indian manatee in a non-captive, natural environment. Viewing areas, picnic shelters, native plant and butterfly gardens, kayak rentals and launch to the Orange River
Please Note: From late spring through mid-Fall (when the Gulf waters warm, until they cool), manatee are not usually seen in the park. They move into the Gulf waters and return only when those waters become too cool.
