Silver Lakes Rotary Nature Park — Attraction in Davie

This is a beautiful tranquil spot located in the back of a neighborhood in Davie. As soon as I drove in I saw a small turtle in the roadway who I returned to the lake. The 40 acres of this park has walking trails that run between and around the two lakes. In addition there is a picnic pavilion with a tables, benches, and a restroom. You can hike and fish here. There are iguanas everywhere all over the park. On my walk I saw a mother duck with her ducklings. It was very peaceful stroll and the fresh smell of pine from all the needles was in the air.

Sadly this park was recently in the news with the death of Shizuka Matsuki. She was walking her dogs along the lake when an alligator attacked one of them. In the process of trying to save her dog she was killed. I had actually meant to go to the park on that day but went to a different one instead. This tragic story serves to remind everyone not to feed alligators in the wild. Alligators are naturally afraid of people but lose that fear when they are fed. Once that happens they will be trapped and killed. As they say a fed alligator is a dead alligator. I have had alligators swimming next to me while I kayaked at Arthur R. Marshall and I have biked around them at Shark Valley and have never had a problem. The alligator that was in this lake was well known and trappers had been attempting to remove it for almost two years. It is never a good idea to walk your dogs around bodies of water in Florida. In any case there are no alligators here now. If you like to enjoy nature like I do it can be done safely as long a you respect that animals are present and you take common sense...

Ir is a very beautiful park but its Not safe, 3 times I had been there we have seen Gators and snakes (Huge ones)🤤🐍🦎. And look at today's news..Sad...very sad." " An arm was found inside an alligator that was caught in a Davie lake, sources told to police and detectives. The arm could be that of a missing woman who disappeared while walking her dogs today at the Silver Lakes Rotary Nature Park. Davie police said a man saw a woman walking two dogs in the park. A short time later, he said, he saw the dogs by themselves. Police arrived and found one of the dogs with a large, fresh wound, but the woman was missing. A third dog was also found at the park.Residents who live in the area told police that a gators and snakes are known to roam the lakes in the park. One woman said she let her 13-year-old poodle out in the backyard around Christmastime. The...

I always like coming here, but I agree with those that mention the sketchy vibe. Better to bring a buddy. Something just feels really off to me. But it's peaceful and beautiful so I still go back. There are usually less than four people around, sometimes one or two people fishing.

There's a great spot to see the Hard Rock Hotel in the distance on the far side of the second lake. Really scenic photo opportunity.

Worth mentioning that it was very swampy after the rains end of September. Currently, you can't pass all the way around the second lake. You're also sure to get your feet wet just passing through to the...