Quiet Waters Park is a 430 acres (1.7 km²) Broward County Park in Deerfield Beach, Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

. Quiet Waters Park is known locally for its annual Renaissance Festival and Ski Rixen cable water skiing system. Ski Rixen is one of 79 cable water ski attractions in the world, and the only wakeboard and water ski resort in South Florida. Quiet Waters also features a man-made beach, a skate park, campgrounds, fishing

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

, mountain bike trails and a children's water park that is open seasonally. In October 2008, due to budget cuts, park hours were reduced. More reductions are planned.http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbparks0804sbaug04,0,3757667.storyhttp://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-broward-cuts-b041909sbapr19,0,2068632.story