[2] The Charles Deering Estate rests on 444 acres and comprises two buildings known as the Richmond Cottage and the Stone House.

Charles Deering Estate is located in the Cutler neighborhood of Palmetto Bay, Florida.

The grounds include what is thought to be the largest virgin coastal tropical hardwood hammock in the continental United States.

The estate is owned by the State of Florida and is managed by the Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department.

It is also part of the Organization of Biological Field Stations[7] through its collaboration with Florida International University School of Environment, Arts and Society.

By being part of the organization they receive assistance in order to improve their effectiveness in supporting critical  research, education and outreach programs.

For more than 30 years, researchers have studied the unique ecological, geological and archaeological features of the property.

The Deering Estate is situated in the only portion of the Everglades Restoration Project within an urban setting and which is easily accessed by the public.

The house and grounds were featured several times in the 1980s TV series Miami Vice,[9] and the estate was the starting location for The Amazing Race All-Stars in 2007.

He also enclosed his estate with a limestone and concrete wall and built the boat turning basin in Biscayne Bay.

It has 18 inch poured concrete walls, oolitic limestone, coffered ceilings and copper clad and brass doors.

In 1873 Deering graduated from the United States Naval Academy and served as an officer in the Navy until 1881.

The site was eventually acquired by Miami-Dade County, and is now part of the Charles Deering Estate Park.

Water rose more than 16 feet (4.9 m) from sea level[19] and caused major flooding on the property.

To push artistic visibility throughout the community, the Deering Estate has collaborated with local partners that share the vision to promote art.

The Deering Estate hosts a plethora of events that center art and community bonding.

Additionally for students, the estate holds Homeschool Enrichment programs that are meant to help "provide a well rounded curriculum that will help support traditional schooling".

The Deering Estate Foundation, Inc., organized in 1989 and strives, "to raise public awareness, outreach, understanding and the enjoyment of the Deering Estate at Cutler and to raise funds to support education, research, exhibits and collections, natural conservation and historical restoration and preservation.

Is a community based charitable 501(c) Florida Corporation and the philanthropic partners of the Deering Estate.