Coral Springs, FL

Coral Springs is a large master-planned city in northwest Broward County, chartered in 1963 and developed by Coral Ridge Properties. It is mainly a place to live, with tidy neighborhoods, more than 50 city parks and strong youth sports, but visitors come for shows at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts, games and skating at the Sportsplex, and wildlife at the Sawgrass Nature Center and Wildlife Hospital.

Where is Coral Springs?

Coral Springs lies about 20 miles northwest of downtown Fort Lauderdale in Greater Fort Lauderdale, with Parkland to the north, Coconut Creek to the east, Margate and North Lauderdale to the southeast, Tamarac to the south and the Everglades to the west. The Sawgrass Expressway (State Road 869) wraps its northern and western edges, and University Drive, Sample Road and Atlantic Boulevard are the main surface roads. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is about 30 to 40 minutes away, and the nearest beaches at Pompano Beach and Deerfield Beach take roughly 25 minutes.

Things to do in Coral Springs

Mullins Park, the city’s largest at 70 acres, is also home to the Museum of Coral Springs History. The Sportsplex has an aquatic center, tennis courts, a jogging path and ice rinks used for Florida Panthers practices. The Sawgrass Nature Center and Wildlife Hospital cares for injured native animals and has trails and education programs, and Sandy Ridge Sanctuary is the largest of the city’s conservation areas. For culture, the Coral Springs Center for the Arts hosts touring shows and concerts in a theater of about 1,500 seats, and the Coral Springs Museum of Art runs exhibits and classes. Local events include the long-running Our Town Festival and the Festival of the Arts.