Hickey Creek is in Lee County, Florida about 15 miles east of Fort Myers near Alva, Florida. A paddling trail on the creek can be reached from the Caloosahatchee River.[1] A 2016 guidebook describes the creek as narrow and sheltered flowing through a subtropical hammock.[2]
Hickey Creek Wildlife and Environmental Area borders part of the creek and is east of Alva, Florida.[3] There is also a Hickey Creek Mitigation Park. It include areas of pine flatwoods and palmetto-oak scrub.[4] It is at 17980 Palm Beach Boulvard and covers 862 acres. As of 2023 there were parking fees.[5] It can be accessed from the paddling trail.[6]
The Mitigation Park has five miles of looped hiking trails with overlooks of the creek. Residents include Florida Scrub Jays and gopher tortoises. There is also a fishing pier.[7]
In the 1970s water quality was monitored in the creek by the U.S. Geological Survey.[8]
Hickey Creek Branch, Hickey Creek Swamp, and Hickey Creek Canal have been noted in the area.[9]
There is a Hickey Creek Road in Alva.
In 1993 a Florida Communities Trust P-2000 Application for Hickey Creek Mitigation Park was published.[10]
History edit
The area had been used for cattle, citrus, and timber.[3] Portable logging spurs and boxcar housing were used to extract timber from the area.[11]
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References edit
- ^ https://floridadep.gov/sites/default/files/Hickey_guide_0.pdf
- ^ Jewell, Susan D. (November 2016). Exploring Wild South Florida: A Guide to Finding the Natural Areas and Wildlife of the Southern Peninsula and the Florida Keys. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781561649969.
- ^ a b "Hickey Creek". Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission.
- ^ "Facility". Lee County Southwest Florida.
- ^ "Hickey's Creek Mitigation Park in Alva | VISIT FLORIDA". www.visitflorida.com.
- ^ "Parks and Open Space Florida Forever Grant Program | Florida Department of Environmental Protection". floridadep.gov.
- ^ https://naturefind.com/places/hickey-creek-mitigation-park/
- ^ "Hickey Creek at SR80 Near Alva FL". waterdata.usgs.gov.
- ^ "Florida Geographic Names". 1981.
- ^ "Florida Communities Trust P-2000 Application: Hickey Creek Mitigation Park #92-015-P2A". 1993.
- ^ Turner, Gregg M. (14 October 2015). The Florida Land Boom of the 1920s. McFarland. ISBN 9781476620626.