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Directions & Parking
Conveniently located in Miami-Dade County, the Deering Estate is just east of Old Cutler Road and SW 168 Street in Palmetto Bay, accessible via the Florida Turnpike, US-1, and Old Cutler Road. Arrival by watercraft is prohibited.
Driving Directions:
15 miles From Downtown Miami – Take I-95 South to South Dixie Highway (US1) ; continue south (approximately 13 miles) to SW 168th Street. Turn left at SW 168 street and travel east. Cross Old Cutler Road, and the Visitor’s Center parking lot is about ½ block on the right.
From the Southbound Turnpike (coming from Miami International Airport, Broward County) – Take turnpike south, exit at SW 152nd Street East (Coral Reef Drive). Continue east to Old Cutler Road (about 4.5 miles). Turn right on Old Cutler Road and travel south (about 1 mile) to SW 168th Street. Turn left at SW 168 street, and the Visitor Center parking lot is about ½ block on the right.
From the Northbound Turnpike (coming from Florida Keys, Florida City, Homestead) – Take Turnpike north, exit right on SW 216th Street, take 216 street east to Old Cutler Road, at Old Cutler Road make a left. Take Old Cutler Road northbound (approximately 4.4 miles) to SW 168th Street. At SW 168 Street, make a right, and the Visitor Center parking lot is about ½ block on the right.
Public Transit & Rideshare Directions:
MetroRail (From Miami International Airport, Tri-Rail, Brickell, Downtown Miami, etc). – Download free app (MD Transit GO). Take Metrorail South (fees apply) from your location to Dadeland South (southern-most Metrorail stop). At Dadeland South Station, take MetroBus Route 31 to the bus stop at SW 168 Street. At SW 168 Street bus stop, request FreeBee (free app & free on-demand service; operates Monday-Saturday 7am-7pm) from your location. In the Destination box, enter 16701 SW 72 avenue, Palmetto Bay, Fl 33157. FreeBee will drop you near or close to the Main Gate. In lieu of Freebee, you may also utilize Uber or Lyft (fees apply; approximately 2.7 miles / 4.3 km).
Metro Bus from Florida City – Download free app (MD Transit GO). Take Metro Bus 38 Max to the bus stop at SW 168 Street. At SW 168 Street bus stop, request FreeBee (free app & free on-demand service; operates Monday-Saturday 7am-7pm) from your location. In the Destination box, enter 16701 SW 72 avenue, Palmetto Bay, Fl 33157. FreeBee will drop you near or close to the Main Gate. In lieu of Freebee, you may utilize Uber or Lyft (fees apply; approximately 2.7 miles / 4.3 km).
Metro Bus from Marathon, Florida Keys – Download free app (MD Transit GO). Take Metro Bus 301 Dade-Monroe Express. At Florida City, transfer to Metro Bus 38 Max. From Metro Bus 38 Max, exit at SW 168 Street bus stop. At SW 168 Street bus stop, request FreeBee (free app & free on-demand service; operates Monday-Saturday 7am-7pm) from your location. In the Destination box, enter 16701 SW 72 avenue, Palmetto Bay, Fl 33157. FreeBee will drop you near or close to the Main Gate. In lieu of Freebee, you may utilize Uber or Lyft (fees apply; approximately 2.7 miles / 4.3 km).
Freebee Express Palmetto Bay– Download free app. Operates Monday-Saturday 7am-7pm. (FREE)
Go Connect Cutler Bay– Download free app. Operates Monday-Friday 5:30am-8pm. (FREE). Transfer from Cutler Bay Go Connect to Palmetto Bay Freebee (FREE). In lieu of Freebee, you may utilize Uber or Lyft (fees apply).
Palmetto Bay I-Bus- Download free app. (FREE). Schedule.
Uber – Download free app (fees apply for rideshare).
Lyft – Download free app (fees apply for rideshare).
Old Cutler Bike Path is a fully paved bike path, a full 11 miles from Coco Plum Circle, bikers can enjoy the scenery of parks including Matheson Hammock and the Deering Estate.
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- Open to professional artists ages 18 and older
- Open to visual, performing, literary arts, and cross-disciplinary.
- Open to local and non-local (traveling, out-of-state, and international) artists
- All artist must find their local accommodations, transport, and funding for supplies and expenses.
- Complete the application process
- Submit by the application deadline of August 31, 2023
Why do we offer an Artist in Residence Program?
Consistent with Charles Deering’s vision, our Artist-in-Residence Program offers professional artists the opportunity to pursue their artistic discipline and elevate their practice by creating a body of work, connecting with other artists, and engaging the public while interacting with the historical, architectural, and intellectual, archeological, and natural elements of the Estate’s inspiring environment.
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Community, Conservation & Culture
The Deering Estate Foundation, Inc. is a community-based charitable 501(c) 3 Florida Corporation dedicated to preserving and enhancing the Deering Estate, one of South Florida’s largest and most significant historical, archeological, architectural and environmental treasures.
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Planning a Miami Field Trip
The Deering Estate Education department offers a variety of On-Site Field Study Trips where students can learn, through engaging hands-on minds-on activities at the Deering Estate, about South Florida’s rich cultural and natural resources.
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Animal Encounter
Experience the exotic, invasive, and native animals living in your backyard through our exciting animal encounter. Guest will get up close and personal with our interesting wildlife! Guest will be able to hold and take pictures, making memories they are sure to remember for years to come!
Archaeological Adventure
Adventure Come and get your hands dirty with our “demonstration archeological adventure.” This birthday party program introduces young minds to the wonder of archaeology through the adventure of hands-on activities. Using tools as archaeologists would, young archaeologists search for artifacts in our demonstration archeology site – which contains cultural artifacts typically left by Native Americans and Settlers that would have inhabited the Estate grounds long ago.
Bug Hunt
Explore the magnificent world of insects while on a creature crawl in our natural areas. Explorers will use magnifying glasses, field guides and containers to collect many small wonders and learn about their habitats, adaptations and behaviors.
Catching Critters
Explore the magnificent underwater world of Biscayne Bay! Guest will step foot into shallow water with dip nets and safely catch marine critters. The critters caught will be put on display and shown to our brave guest! This is a catch & release program; all critters caught will be returned to the bay at the completion of the party.
Kayaking
Discover the amazing waters of Biscayne Bay from the comfort of a double kayak! You’ll paddle through the mangrove forest and sea grass flats. Watch for dolphins, manatees, sharks, rays, and fish on this incredible adventure. This is a water based activity and requires parent participation for children under the age of 9 years old and a 1:6 parent to child ratio for guest over 9 years old.
Nature Photography
Take a step back and experience the natural areas of Deering Estate from a whole new perspective! For guests of all ages and experience levels, nature photography is a great way to capture moments in a restricted area. Bring your own camera.
Night Hike & Camp Fire
Explore the park after hours with your guide and a flashlight, as we walk the historic hammock trail searching for nocturnal animals. See how the Estate comes to life at night. Finish up your night with a toasty campfire.
Off Trail Hiking
Discover native Miami with a guided off trail hike through our natural protected areas. On this hike you have the chance to climb into active solution holes and experience the wild in an exciting new way! This off trail hike will increase your chances of seeing the native animals in their natural habitat.
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Miami Conservation
Discover how Deering Estate, in partnership with various agencies and organizations, is committed to conserving and preserving the rich biodiversity and unique ecosystems of Florida.
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Explore field trips, homeschool support, in-school programs, and Junior Naturalist Training, fostering environmental stewardship and connections to South Florida’s unique resources.
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Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve
The waters behind and adjacent to the Deering Estate are home to two state aquatic preserves, part of a system of 41 aquatic preserves around the state managed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas. The Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve provides habitat for a wide variety of juvenile and adult marine species including several of Florida’s imperiled species, such as the west Indian manatee, the smalltooth sawfish, the American crocodile, and Johnson’s seagrass. Other vital resources of the Preserve include corals, sponges and algae, mangrove-lined shores, and a variety of invertebrate species throughout the length of the bay. Seagrass beds within the BBAP, especially along the shores of the Deering Estate, are prime feeding areas for wading birds and a valuable nursery area for juvenile fish and invertebrates, including many of commercial interest.
The Cutler Slough Rehydration Project improves salinity levels in these nearshore environments, supporting the Preserve’s nursery habitat for fish and invertebrate. Unfortunately in the last ten years the Bay has been showing signs of distress including seagrass die offs, reduced species diversity and documented plumes of construction debris and sediments released into the water. This came to a head in August of 2020 when the public noticed mass fish kills throughout public areas of the bay. As a result Miami-Dade County alongside other partners including South Florida Water Management District, and Florida International University have created the Biscayne Bay Task Force to take measures to monitor and properly manage pollution and activities in the bay. We hope that with increased regulation and enforcement our backyard paradise will be restored.
Environmental Endangered Land in Miami
The Deering Estate has some of the highest quality and most diverse natural resources remaining in Miami-Dade County. The Estate is one of the few remaining Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) in Miami-Dade County. As such it serves as an outdoor classroom and laboratory for students and scientists. The Estate contains globally-imperiled pine-rockland, state-imperiled tropical hardwood hammock, a remnant transverse glade, various ecotones, freshwater upwellings, salt marsh, mangrove forest, sea grass beds, and barrier island habitat.
Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands
Historically there was a seasonal freshwater transverse glade wetland known as the Cutler Slough that flowed through the Deering Estate and into Biscayne Bay. With the development and channelization of South Florida this wetland ceased to receive the sheet flow of water it used to have and instead it became a concentrated stream now known as Cutler Creek. The alteration of the natural flow has caused issues such as the disappearance of key wetland species from the property and the conversion from wetland habitat to hardwood hammock. Beginning in the 2000s The Deering Flow-way was proposed and passed as part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan/Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Project. It is a site specific reconciliation ecology effort to help restore seasonal water flow into the historic slough. This scale model of Everglades restoration redistributes water from the South Florida Water Management flood protection canals via a spur canal and a pumping station. You can visit the pump station known as the Powers Property on Old Cutler and SW 74th Ave. through a walking gate.
North Addition - Environmental Endangered Land
Free public access is offered daily from two entry points to this Environmentally Endangered Land – along SW 152 Street and via a footpath along in 67 Ct in the Royal Palm community. The 45-acre Deering Estate North Addition is favorite viewing spot which features an actively used fishing point overlooking Biscayne Bay and the historic bridge pilings from Fuzzard’s Dock, both of which are frequented by the American crocodile, cormorants, sandpipers, and other shorebirds.
