NoMi Natural Bridge
Arch Creek was an early settlement in Miami-Dade County, Florida, in present-day metropolitan Miami. Tequesta Indians thrived here before the first Europeans arrived in the early 16th century. The name is derived from the 40 feet (12 m) long natural limestone bridge that spanned the creek until it collapsed 1973. The present bridge is a reconstruction based on earlier photographs. It is part of the Arch Creek Memorial Park at 1855 Northeast 135th Street, on Biscayne Boulevard. It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on July 15, 1986.
You can explore the nearby Arch Creek Park & Nature Center. At just nine acres, the small urban park offers a convenient way to commune with nature and the great outdoors without leaving the city. A half-mile trail winds through hardwood hammocks beneath a canopy of gumbo limbo trees, live oaks and strangler figs. Along the creek, you’re likely to spot kingfisher, egrets and other wading birds. If you’re a history buff, start or end your exploration inside the nature center with its exhibitions on the Tequestas and Miami’s early pioneers.
You can also explore the nearby Enchanted Forest, a City of North Miami public park which is free and has parking.
It is said that Abner Doubleday (the man credited with inventing baseball) once crossed the Natural Bridge while blazing a trail between Ft Lauderdale and the Miami River during the Seminole Wars.
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Learn more about the area HERE (courtesy Wikipedia)