{"id":36536,"date":"2015-08-06T16:46:18","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T20:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=36536"},"modified":"2015-08-06T16:46:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T20:46:18","slug":"six-mile-cypress-slough-preserve-boardwalk-to-close-temporarily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2015\/08\/six-mile-cypress-slough-preserve-boardwalk-to-close-temporarily\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve <br>Boardwalk To Close Temporarily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-36537\" title=\"129349_Florida_Fort_Myers_Six_Mile_Cypress_Slough_Preserve_000137107606\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/129349_Florida_Fort_Myers_Six_Mile_Cypress_Slough_Preserve_000137107606-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/129349_Florida_Fort_Myers_Six_Mile_Cypress_Slough_Preserve_000137107606-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/129349_Florida_Fort_Myers_Six_Mile_Cypress_Slough_Preserve_000137107606.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The boardwalk trail at Lee County Parks &amp; Recreation\u2019s Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve will close for pressure washing beginning Monday, Aug. 17, and will remain closed for a several weeks. The boardwalk re-opening date will be posted at<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leeparks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.LeeParks.org<\/a>. No guided walks will be offered during the boardwalk closure; however, the Rock and Stroll Garden and Interpretive Center will remain open to visitors. The parking fee will be waived while the boardwalk is closed.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve\u2019s Rock and Stroll Garden features native plants that attract various birds and butterflies. Bring your binoculars to bird watch or enjoy lunch at the picnic tables.<\/p>\n<p>The Interpretive Center is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. It houses a gift shop and educational nature displays about the slough\u2019s inhabitants. You can view photo contest winners or relax in a rocking chair overlooking the cypress slough. There is no charge to enter the Interpretive Center. Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve is among Lee County Parks &amp; Recreation&#8217;s most-visited sites.<\/p>\n<p>The preserve is at 7751 Penzance Blvd., Fort Myers. Call 239-533-7550 or visit\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leeparks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.LeeParks.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The boardwalk trail at Lee County Parks &amp; Recreation\u2019s Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve will close for pressure washing beginning Monday, Aug. 17, and will remain closed for a several&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36536"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}