The Broward County Parks system has 15 regional parks, 15 staffed neighborhood parks, and 18 unstaffed community parks to visit, along with 12 natural areas sites for specially arranged trips. An array of quality recreational are available: camping, swimming, sports, biking, horseback riding, target practice, hiking, and fishing.

To name a few of attractions below are the following:

C.B. Smith Park: This diverse 320-acre park has an extensive range of facilities. A five-acre island is home to the 5,000-capacity ConcertGreen, an open-air amphitheater available for rental. A large lakeside campground has 60 RV sites with full hookups, 11 tent sites, showers/restrooms, and a laundry. Primitive group camping is also available by reservation. Safety Town is a miniature two-block village designed to teach children pedestrian and bike safety. And a freshwater beach complex, open seasonally, includes bathhouse, playground, two 700-foot waterslides, and a 400-foot tube ride. There's also a tennis/racquetball center with a pro shop, Family Golf Center with a driving range, miniature golf course, batting cages, and a pro shop, a basketball court, a biking/jogging path, and areas for volleyball and horseshoes. Bikes, boats, and other sports equipment are available for rent, and fishing is permitted (except in the marina area).

Quiet Waters Park: Water is the focus of this 430-acre park, which includes a freshwater swimming beach, a lake for cable water-skiing, a variety of boats for rental, and Splash Adventure, a high-tech, interactive children's water playground. Fishing is permitted on the shores of the park's several lakes (licenses required for ages 16 and up). The park also has a campground that includes seven sites for camping with your own tent, and 16 Rent-A-Tent sites, which provide pre-setup tents with equipment. Primitive group camping is also available.

Tradewinds Park: At 599 acres, this is one of Broward County's largest and most diverse parks. On the south side of Sample Road, the park includes batting cages, disc golf, a lake for fishing, boat/bike/sports equipment rentals, and soccer/football and softball fields available for rental. Primitive group camping is also available. Butterfly World, a walk-through tropical garden with thousands of live butterflies and a hummingbird aviary, is also on the south side. On the park's north side, the Tradewinds Stable provides equestrian programs, and the Tradewinds Educational Farm include barnyard animals and a farmhouse museum and is available for guided tours for preschool through middle school students.

Deerfield Island Park: A Designated Urban Wilderness Area island park accessible by boat, is bordered by the Intracoastal Waterway and the Hillsboro and Royal Palm canals. The heavily wooded 56-acre site is leased from the state, and its coastal strand community includes an eight-and-a-half-acre mangrove swamp. The park provides a critical habitat for the gopher tortoise and is a nesting place for squirrels, raccoons, and armadillos. Both migratory and indigenous sea birds use it as a roosting and feeding place. The island's main trails are the half-mile Coquina Trail, which runs through a coastal hardwood hammock and includes an observation platform overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway, and the three-quarter-mile Mangrove Trail, which includes a 1,600-foot boardwalk through a mangrove wetland. Primitive nature camping is available by reservation. A free shuttle transports visitors to the island (call for times and reservations), and there is a marina with six slips available for small boats on a first-come, first-served basis.

Brian Piccolo Park: Named in honor of the late football star who grew up in Broward County, this 180-acre athletics-oriented park opened in 1989. Among its many facilities are two basketball courts, a cricket field, a biking/jogging path, four softball fields, four multipurpose fields, three soccer/football fields, a practice field, a skate park for skateboarding and in-line skating, and a tennis/racquetball center that includes 12 clay tennis courts, six racquetball courts, showers, and a pro shop. The park also boasts the Velodrome, which comprises a 333.3-meter cycling track and a 200-meter banked track for in-line skating. A variety of programs and classes are available, and the facility hosts national and international competitions. Other park amenities include picnic areas with tables and grills, rental shelter, playgrounds, and snack bars. Fishing is permitted during daylight hours (licenses required for ages 16 and up).