The Hendry LaBelle Nature Park contains one of the town of LaBelle's only nature trails. The nine acre park is located on the eastern end of the Caloosahatchee River. The park features a half mile perimeter tail and an extra half mile of cross and parallel trails. One of the trails leads to the historical Captain Hendry house, a frame vernacular house was built for Captain Francis Hendry, a Confederate officer during the Civil War. Henry founded the town of LaBelle's and the county is named after him. This house is the only surviving building associated with Captain Frances Hendry in the county. The Rotary Club of LaBelle, and volunteers take care of the park. They donated a picnic pavilion and they remove the invasive plants. There is a QR Code reader on markers along the trail that identifies the plants. You can take out your smart phone, scan the QR code, and get a picture and a description of that particular plant. Some of the plants you will see include oaks, cabbage palms, and beautyberry. If you are lucky you may run into an endangered gopher tortoise or even a fox. I enjoyed my exploration of this park except for the biting black bugs. They drove me out before I made it to the Hendry House. Bring bug spray. Also note that there is no water or toilets on site.

Beautiful place to walk and get away from the noisy traffic or just noise in general. Very peaceful, relaxing, and calming 👌🏽 Would recommend to people of all ages and walks of life to visit with people and without. Nice seating areas as well as plant descriptions along the trails. Gopher turtles too 🐢

Such a neat gem in the ancestral lands of the Taíno, Calusa, and Seminole. I come here quarterly for work site visits and had never heard of it. Since I prefer exercising outdoors this place seemed promising for a quiet lunchtime trail walk. It didn't disappoint! They've done a lot of labeling of the park's plant life so that it serves as an Immersive learning experience for park goers. Facts include medicinal uses, including gifted knowledge from ancesters of place. There are benches throughout and a covered shelter. One trail runs parallel to the Caloosahatchee River. Great for a social distanced walk , a jog, and walking furry companion. Bring bug spray and closed toed shoes. It is definitely a bit overgrown and being taken over by invasives. AND that really didn't damper it's beauty.

I love this little park! You can almost get lost here with all the meandering trails not directionally marked lol. Entering the park you can go down the more nature trail to the right or you can stay on the main path with the gorgeous oak trees covered on moss and ferns. It leads to a nice bench where the Caloosahatchee river is there to behold. Also a pavilion with picnic tables should you choose to come with family for an outing. I saw a very unusual lizard that was like triple the size of regular ones. There's lots of shells in the Caloosahatchee you can climb down and collect if you want. A wide variety of plants with many of them marked with an identifying placard. It winds around to the old Hendry house.

From the entrance on Native Florida vegetation is thriving. Palms, Palmetto, Florida Grape Vines, Ferns, Beauty Berries, even Poison Ivy. There is even a dedicated information post on the ivy. Benches are located in nice spots while a main area can hold more people. What a great location to take a visitor in town or children for a short, fun walk.

A delightful walk through the "woods". Many interconnected trails that would be better served if we were offered a good map and the trails were actually marked with signs. You won't get lost but you might miss some interesting sights or find yourself repeating trails. Take & use insect spray. Spanish moss is notorious for harboring chiggers and on a breezy day they can fall from it right on you without you knowing it until later that night.

It's a beautiful walk, walking inside the woods made you feel part of Nature, you'll learn different plants and see some small creature in the woods, the best part was getting to the river next to the park, you can bring food with you and sit down at one of the benches or at the end of the park and sit down and enjoy your day(remember to throw away your trash at the trash bin, we want to keep this park beautiful and safe for the creature that lives there). I recommend coming here if you're coming from out of state(or town)or if you're a nature lover. You can bring your furry little friend and take a nice walk together.

A nice place to go for a afternoon stroll! Trails are clean and fairly easy to walk through no big trees or brush in the way. Leads the river with some really nice views. You can also hang out at the shelter that offers seating by the river. There are park benches through the trail so if tired you can take a break. You will run into wild life like turtles and rabbits so keep any eye out for holes they make. It did seem like there maybe homeless people camping in the park so just be aware incase you see someone or something walking through the brush you wont confuse for Bigfoot.

Decided on a road trip to Labelle today and went to the Labelle nature park to check out and walk. Such a beautiful area, huge oak trees and so peaceful on the water. Beautiful area to walk, shaded and so many benches to sit and enjoy. Many paths in there to walk but paths aren't marked, but can't get lost. Ended up at the Hendry House which is Beautiful. Neat area to check out and walk if in Labelle area. Love going out to the country and enjoy a much more laid back atmosphere.

Enjoyed this excursion as we were traveling through the area and looking for a break to see some nature. The map at the entrance illustrated the routes (hint:take a picture with your phone). Although the trails are not well marked, it is a small area and would be a challenge to get lost. We came upon a gopher tortoise in the walking path, which was a treat.

One of our favorite places to go for a little slice of what Florida was once was. A safe haven for Gopher Tortoises and the Zebra Long Wing Butterfly. They both graced us with photo ops today. There are many wildflowers that grow here and visits through the year reveal when you will see them. On the downside, it appears that there is boat debris in the water and trash to be picked or someone may be living there.