{"id":363403,"date":"2026-08-05T13:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/363403\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T13:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:42:14","slug":"six-mile-cypress-slough-preserve-boardwalk-to-temporarily-close-for-repairs-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/363403\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve boardwalk to temporarily close for repairs | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 The boardwalk at Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve will close temporarily for routine maintenance beginning Aug. 17.<\/p>\n<p>The boardwalk at 7751 Penzance Blvd. is expected to remain closed for approximately two weeks. No guided walks will be offered during the closure.<\/p>\n<p>The Interpretive Center, nature store and Rock and Stroll Garden will remain open to visitors. The boardwalk is expected to reopen Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>The Interpretive Center and nature store are open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. The Rock and Stroll Garden is open dawn to dusk daily and features picnic tables and native plants that attract birds and butterflies.<\/p>\n<p>The maintenance timeline is weather permitting and subject to change. Visitors are asked to follow posted signage and avoid closed areas for their safety.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitfortmyers.com\/digital-passes\/parks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 The boardwalk at Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve will close temporarily for routine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,3837,325,115],"class_list":["post-363403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-collaborator_gen_stories","tag-lee","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363403","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=363403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}