[1][2][3] The park is home to habitat for various plants and animals including birds such as the Florida scrub jay and butterflies.

[4] Thirty years after that, realtor and environmentalist Jon Thaxton started work to protect neighboring Florida scrub jay habitat.

A variety of other plants exist within the park, like blueberry, persimmon, wild grape, cabbage palm, coontie, wax myrtle, prickly pear cacti, blackroot, beautyberry, mangrove trees and giant leather ferns (Acrostichum danaeifolium).

The park is one of the few places in the state where there are enough scrubby flatwoods for the Florida scrub jay to maintain a healthy population.

The park beaches, bicycling, boating, canoeing, fishing, hiking, kayaking, picnicking, snorkeling, swimming and wildlife viewing.