Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Nature park in Delray Beach, United States.

Wakodahatchee Wetlands is a 50-acre park in Delray Beach, Florida, with a three-quarter-mile boardwalk crossing open water ponds, emergent marsh, shallow shelves, and shrub-covered islands. The boardwalk has interpretive signs and gazebos with benches.

The wetlands were created on 50 acres of unused utility land and opened to the public as a recreation area. The site was built to receive about two million gallons of 90% treated water daily from Palm Beach County's Southern Region Water Reclamation Facility, which the plants and algae then purify before release into the surface water supply.

The name Wakodahatchee comes from the Seminole language and reflects how this place connects to Florida's indigenous roots. Walking through the boardwalk, you experience a landscape shaped by and named after those who lived here first.

The three-quarter-mile boardwalk crosses open ponds, marsh, shallow shelves and shrub islands, with benches in gazebos and interpretive signs along the way. The site forms part of the South section of the Great Florida Birding Trail. Bring binoculars; the wooden path is exposed in places, so plan for sun during warmer hours.

The boardwalk passes islands planted with shrubs and snags, dead standing trees left in place for nesting and roosting. The site forms part of the South section of the Great Florida Birding Trail, and more than 150 bird species have been recorded inside the park, among them wood storks, pied-billed grebes, snowy egrets and black-bellied whistling ducks.