Blowing Rocks Preserve
Blowing Rocks Preserve is located in Hobe Sound, Florida on Jupiter Island, about 30 miles north of West Palm Beach.
574 South Beach Road
Hobe Sound, FL 33455-2804
Park Office (561)Â 744-6668
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Blowing Rocks Preserve is a unique and beautiful barrier island sanctuary located on Jupiter Island, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian River Lagoon. Blowing Rocks Preserve is 73 acres made up of sensitive ecotones: beach dune, coastal strand, mangrove wetlands, tropical hammock and oak hammock. Its rocky Anastasia limestone shoreline is the largest on the Atlantic coast. During extreme tides and the right conditions the waves crash into and through eroded erosion holes in the Anastasia Limestone and splash up to 50 feet into the air, for which the preserve is named.
Anastasia Limestone Outcroppings
If your here mid to late summer you may encounter Blowing Rocks Preserves most popular visitors. Sea Turtles: Loggerhead, Leatherback and Green Turtles dig hundreds of nests every year along this stretch of beach. I myself have witnessed a Sea Turtle covering her nest and sliding back to the Atlantic Ocean, what an amazing experience! I have also encountered Sea Turtle egg shells littered up and down the coast but never witnessed the babies scurrying down to the surf.
The Atlantic Ocean crashing against the rocks at Blowing Rocks Preserve
Blowing Rocks Preserve offers many amenities including…
- The Hawley Education Center
- Wildlife observing including Sea Turtles
- Canopied nature walk through the dunes with glimpses of the amazing coastline
- Rocks did I mention the Rocks?
Cub Scouts Pack 812 Cleaning up Blowing Rocks Preserve
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