By virtue of its age and location, the Lone Cypress Tree (also known as the Sentinel Cypress), qualifies as a piece of history—it served as a navigational marker for sailors on the Lake Okeechobee for more than a century, as they used it to find the entrance to the newly-dug Caloosahatchee Canal. Years later, the construction of a lock made the tree less useful for navigation, but it’s a beautiful landmark around which the city grew.
The tree is an obvious landmark at Ave J and the Caloosahatchee River along the Riverwalk in downtown Moore Haven.
