Simpson Park Hammock

Northeast entrance to Simpson Park at the corner of South Miami Avenue and Broadway (SW 15th Road)

Simpson Park, officially Simpson Park Hammock, is a 7.8 acre urban park located between Brickell and The Roads neighborhoods of Miami, Florida. The park was originally known as Jungle Park as five and a half acres were set aside in 1913 by a group of individuals to preserve what is now one of the last remaining tracts of Brickell Hammock, a tropical hardwood hammock which once ran from the Miami River to Coconut Grove. In 1927 the park's name was changed in honor of Miami botanist and conservationist Charles Torrey Simpson. In 1940 an additional three acres of adjacent hammock was incorporated into the park. A building known as the Charles Torrey Simpson Garden Center was constructed on this addition in 1941. This is also the main entrance to the park, at 55 SW 17 Road. Simpson Park is home to 15 endangered and seven and nine threatened plant species, such as Licaria triandra.