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John C. and Mariana Jones/Hungryland WEA

Visitor Information

Fees

No Daily-Use Permit currently required. To hunt or fish you must possess the appropriate license and permit.

Facilities

There is a small picnic pavilion inside the Main Gate and one inside Gate 2.  A horse trailer parking area is located inside the main gate on the south side of the canal.  There are three primitive campsites on Road 6, on the south side, and one along Road 2, on the south side. 

Map of Jones/Hungryland WEA

Public Access

Vehicles are permitted only on named and numbered roads and in designated parking areas.  The main entrance connects the main east/west canal to Pratt-Whitney Road, also called CR-711, and offers miles of unimproved dirt levee roads for vehicles. When entering by Gate 2, vehicles are permitted only for about ¾ mile. The rest of the area is accessible by foot or bike.

Vehicle use regulations:

• Persons shall enter and exit the area at a designated entrance. See the map of the WEA for the locations of designated entrances.
• Motorized vehicles may be operated only on named or numbered roads and in designated parking areas, unless posted as closed to motorized vehicles.
• Vehicles are prohibited on the Old Jupiter-Indiantown Grade.
• No motor vehicle shall be operated on any part of any wildlife and environmental area designated and posted as "CLOSED" to vehicular traffic.
• Parked vehicles may not obstruct a road, gate, or firelane.
• The use of airboats, all-terrain vehicles, buggies, tracked vehicles and unlicensed and unregistered motorcycles is prohibited.

Location

Hungryland is located along the southern boundary of Martin County and the northern boundary of Palm Beach County, west of the Jupiter Farms. From I-95 take the Jupiter (SR 706) exit and go west 6 1/2 miles to the intersection of SR 706 (Indiantown Road) and Pratt-Whitney Road. The Main Gate is located off Pratt-Whitney Road, 1 1/2 miles north of SR 706.

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Nearby

Additional wildlife viewing sites in the vicinity.

J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area, Jonathan Dickinson State Park, John G. and Susan H. Dupuis, Jr. Wildlife and Environmental Area.

Nearest Cities/Towns

West Palm Beach (25 miles southeast), Indiantown (10 miles northwest), and Jupiter (15 miles east).