Southwest Florida is a recreational haven, most famous for its title as the “Golf Capital of the World.” Over 50 private and public golf courses dot the area, or are currently under construction. Each February, Naples is home to the popular Senior PGA event, which attracts the world's top golfers. Past winners have included such notables as Gary Player, Lee Trevino, and Hale Irwin. Tennis is avidly played throughout the area at both public and private facilities. Southwest Florida has also become the grand finale of the Master's Tennis Tour with the Nuveen Masters Tennis Championship, featuring players such as Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, and local resident Johan Kriek. FEATURED SITES Florida Outdoors Magazine - Author, marine biologist and PBS host Dr. Kris Thoemke provides articles, information and links for boating, fishing, parks, camping and other outdoor Florida recreation. Golf Oak Hills Golf Club - is a beautiful public golf course - yet it is maintained as well as a private club featuring rolling terrain and tree-lined fairways. No water comes into play, but there are plenty of sand traps to challenge your golfing skills. Naples National Golf Club - By the time the member gets out of his car, his heart has picked up pace, the adrenaline is starting to flow, and his aesthetic expectations have already been exceeded. Fishing With many miles of shoreline, numerous bays and canals, as well as the Ten Thousand Islands, Southwest Florida is a boater's heaven. Sail and power craft of all types and sizes, from small fishing boats to 100-foot yachts, cruise the waters. Commercial vessels offer fishing trips, sunset cruises, nature tours, canoe adventures, or paddlewheel excursions. Say What Fishing Charters - Deep Sea Fishing with Capt. Sean Black. Say What Charters concentrates on the Southeastern Gulf of Mexico from as close to shore as a few miles, to as far out as 40 miles. Such a vast range opens our fishery to such great game fish as the Tarpon, Sea Trout, Snook, Permit, and Cobia in the near shore areas with excitement of Snapper, Gag Grouper, Red Grouper, Scamp Grouper, Shark, Large Amberjack and the mighty of the reef, The Goliath Grouper weighing up to 600 pounds. Fishing Addiction Charters - with Capt. Tim Garner. Full, 1/2 day or 3/4 day charters available aboard a custom rigged 25' Parker. Affordable rates - sightseeing and shelling also available. Dawn Patrol Charter Fishing - fishes the backcountry (bays, creeks, rivers and passes) adjoining Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands and the nearshore artificial reefs. Charter Fishing Aboard Satisfaction Guaranteed - enjoy fishing the scenic backwaters of the 10,000 Islands and Everglades National park. Captain Brien will guide you through your fishing adventure every step of the way! No experience necessary! Marco Island Sea Excursions - is a Florida convention services company that offers support services to meeting planners in the Ft. Myers, Naples and Marco Island Florida areas. A and B Charters - Deep Sea Fishing ~ Sunset Cruises ~ Cocktail Parties ~ Shelling ~ and more. Lone Wolf Charters - Will customize your fishing trips to ensure the best fishing Naples can provide. The finest sport fishing in Naples, Florida. Six Chuter Charters - Sport Fishing the waters from Naples, Marco Island, the Ten Thousand Islands and into the Gulf of Mexico with Florida native Captain Shaun Chute. Comprehensive guide to fishing in Southwest Florida. This Florida Golf Guide offers information on resorts, golf course, golfcourse communities, schools, pro shops and more. More than 90 golf courses are available in southwest Florida so the golf enthusiast has lots of choices. More than 30 of the golf courses are available for year round public use. Many of the private clubs are also open to the public during the summer months - typically June through November.

Parks and Beaches Click on any link for further information/photos. Bayview Park Danford Street ~ 263-2734 Cambier Park/Norris Community Center 8th Street South and 8th Avenue South ~ 239-434-4690 Clam Pass Park Seagate Drive ~ 239-597-3232 Collier-Seminole State Park 20200 US 41 South at Royal Palm Hammock ~ 239-394-3397 Corkscrew Swamp Audubon Sanctuary 375 Sanctuary Rd. ~ 239-657-3771 Delnor Wiggins State Recreation Area North End of Vanderbilt Beach ~ 239-597-6196 Fleischmann Park 1200 Fleischmann Blvd. ~ 239-434-4692 Lely Barefoot Beach North Naples Lowdermilk Park Gulf Shore Boulevard South ~ 239-263-6078 Naples Beaches Twenty-First Avenue South along Gulf Shore Blvd. to Seventh Avenue North Naples Landing & Bay Front Park Broad Avenue South Naples Pier 12th Avenue South at the Gulf of Mexico ~ 239-434-4696 Park Shore Beach - Horizon Way Access Harbour Dr. to Gulf Shore Blvd. North Park Shore Beach - Vedado Way Access Harbour Dr. to Gulf Shore Blvd. North Vanderbilt Beach North Naples Via Miramar Beach Access Harbour Dr. to Gulf Shore Blvd. North Boat Ramp State Road 951 & 952, Marco Island Caxambas Park Collier Blvd. South, Marco Island Tigertail Beach Hernandez Street, off Tigertail Boulevard, Marco Island Everglades National Park Boat Tours Copeland Avenue South West, Everglades City ~ 239-695-2591 Big Cypress National Preserve US 41, Copeland Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve US 41/Hwy 29, Copeland ~ 239-645-4593 Our newest Southwest Florida Web Sites. Florida Snakes Florida has 45 species of snakes, six are venomous and only three of them are ones you are likely to encounter in south Florida. The fearsome three some are the water moccasin or cottonmouth, eastern diamondback rattlesnake and dusky pigmy rattlesnake. All are members of the pit viper family. The name comes from a pair of opening (pits) located on the head of the snake between each eye and the nostril at the tip of the head. Seeing the pits is a sure fire way to determine if the snake is poisonous but they are not always easy to see unless you are close, probably closer than you want to be, to one of these snakes. Cottonmouth (Water Moccasin) Is it a cottonmouth or a watersnake? These two snakes - the former poisonous, the latter not, are often confused. Both are common around swamps, lakes, rivers or any other places where there is standing water. Moccasins can grow to over five feet in length with the body of the snake ranging from olive green to nearly black. Depending on how darkly colored it is, you may or may not notice the crossbands on its body. Watersnakes are similarly colored and patterned and, at first glance, are very difficult to distinguish from a cottonmouth.... read more »

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