Snapper Creek
| Snapper Creek | |
|---|---|
Snapper Creek east of the Florida Turnpike | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Everglades |
| • elevation | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Matheson Hammock Park |
• elevation | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Length | 4 mi (6.4 km) |
| Basin size | 120 sq mi (310 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 800 cu ft/s (23 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Everglades |
The Snapper Creek is a creek in the U.S. state of Florida that drains out of the Everglades into Biscayne Bay at Biscayne National Park. It is a 4-mile (6.4 km) long creek 15 miles (24 km) south of Downtown Miami, running through the suburbs of Kendall and Coral Gables in metropolitan Miami. The creek extends from Biscayne Bay inland to the Snapper Creek Canal, which extends 10 miles (16 km) further to the Everglades.