{"id":11799,"date":"2025-10-20T04:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T04:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/11799\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T04:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T04:28:14","slug":"cape-coral-newest-park-now-open-for-leisure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/11799\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Coral newest park now open for leisure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoralbreeze.com\/news\/local-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                &#13;<br \/>\n                    \/Cape News                                                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            <\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>1 \/ 5<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Crystal-Lake-4-1100x619.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A drone shot of Crystal Lake. PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL<\/p>\n<p>2 \/ 5<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/crystal-lake-keith-long-1100x733.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>District 6 Cape City Councilmember Keith Long speaks at the opening of the new park in his district. PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL<\/p>\n<p>3 \/ 5<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/crystal-lake-ribbon-cut-web-1100x734.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cape Coral city officials opened Crystal Lakes Park with a traditIonal ribbon-cutting last Friday. PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL<\/p>\n<p>4 \/ 5<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Crystal-Lake-3-1100x619.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A sandy beach is a highlight of the city of Cape Coral\u2019s newest amenity, Crystal Lake Park. PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL<\/p>\n<p>5 \/ 5<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/crystal-lake-path-web-1100x733.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The path circling the lake at the park at 4307 NW 36th St. is already getting lots of use. PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of the city of Cape Coral <\/p>\n<p>            <a class=\"prev next_prev_slide\" onclick=\"plusSlides(-1)\"><\/a><br \/>\n            <a class=\"next next_prev_slide\" onclick=\"plusSlides(1)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>            [expand]<\/p>\n<p>        close<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The city of Cape Coral held a ribbon cutting event for its newest amenity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoral.gov\/special_project_plans\/parks_and_recreation_go_bond\/crystal_lake.php\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal Lake Park<\/a>, last Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Part of the city\u2019s Parks GO Bond, Crystal Lake Park features a beach on which to relax, a hilltop lookout with \u201cbreathtaking\u201d views, and boat, kayak, and canoe launches to explore the lake. You\u2019ll also find a shaded picnic area ideal for relaxing meals, convenient fitness stations, and a kids fitness playground to keep little ones active and entertained.<\/p>\n<p>Located in the north Cape, the park is another way to serve an area that is booming with new residents, city officials said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the city\u2019s website, the park has a budget of $10,293,147, and states the budget was \u201con track.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Crystal Lake Park is at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/4307+NW+36th+St,+Cape+Coral,+FL+33993\/@26.7229184,-82.0609731,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x88db4f98c127b513:0x436e4c297ad306c4!8m2!3d26.7229184!4d-82.0609731!16s%2Fg%2F11c226k2km?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcyMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">4307 NW 36th St.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; \/Cape News &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; 1 \/ 5 A drone shot of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-11799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}