Draft:Hickey Creek

Hickey Creek is in Lee County, Florida about 15 miles east of Fort Myers near Alva, Florida. A paddling trail on the creek can be reached from the Caloosahatchee River. A 2016 guidebook describes the creek as narrow and sheltered flowing through a subtropical hammock.

Hickey Creek Wildlife and Environmental Area borders part of the creek and is east of Alva, Florida. There is also a Hickey Creek Mitigation Park. It include areas of pine flatwoods and palmetto-oak scrub. It is at 17980 Palm Beach Boulvard and covers 862 acres. As of 2023 there were parking fees. It can be accessed from the paddling trail.

The Mitigation Park has five miles of looped hiking trails with overlooks of the creek. Residents include Florida Scrub Jays and gopher tortoises. There is also a fishing pier.

In the 1970s water quality was monitored in the creek by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Hickey Creek Branch, Hickey Creek Swamp, and Hickey Creek Canal have been noted in the area.

There is a Hickey Creek Road in Alva.

In 1993 a Florida Communities Trust P-2000 Application for Hickey Creek Mitigation Park was published.

History
The area had been used for cattle, citrus, and timber. Portable logging spurs and boxcar housing were used to extract timber from the area.