Cape Florida Lighthouse, Florida, United States
4.5 (629 reviews) Spent Ranking #1 in Key Biscayne Lighthouses
Historic lighthouse open to visitors
This is a great lighthouse to visit while in the Miami area. It is easily accessible on the state park portion of Key Biscayne and the cost is $8 to enter the park. The history of the lighthouse is interestingly told twice daily when the lighthouse is opened allowing people to make the trek to the top. I highly recommend!
Address
1200 Crandon Blvd Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, Key Biscayne, FL 33149-2795
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Website
http://www.key-biscayne.com/about/light.html
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4.5 based on (629 reviews)
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5Sousabby 5:00 PM Dec 26, 2021
Amazing view from the top
I've never been on top of a light house, and when i learned we can go on top of it, we moved our plan a bit to accommodate it. It was sooo worth it. The light house tours are from 10-11, and 1-2PM and it is free! There is a tour but we decided to see it ourselves. I liked the fact that there is a guard who lets only certain number of people inside at a point of time. This ensures the top of the light house is not crowded. There are 109 steps, which is an easy climb. The view from windows is awesome. The view from top is amazing, Miami skyline on one side and turquoise Atlantic on the other. There is a light house keeper's quarters nearby as well.
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5Taylor B 5:00 PM Feb 19, 2023
The oldest structure in Miami-Dade County
The Cape Florida Lighthouse is one of the oldest lighthouses in Florida and the oldest structure in Miami-Dade County. Located at 1200 Crandon Boulevard in Ken Biscayne, in Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, at the south end of Key Biscayne, it is a standing time capsule with nearly 200 years of history. Constructed in 1825, it guided mariners off the Florida Reef, which starts near Key Biscayne and extends southward a few miles offshore of the Florida Keys. In 1878, it was replaced by the Fowey Rocks Lighthouse, put back into use in 1978 by the U.S. Coast Guard to mark the Florida Channel, the deepest natural channel into Biscayne Bay, decommissioned in 1990, then relit in 1996. The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. To enter, visitors must join one of the tours from 10 to 1 on Thursday through Monday and walk up 109 steps to the top. From there, you get spectacular views of Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Also visit the museum, a 1995-1996 project of the Dade County Historical Society, which installed a replica of the keeper's quarters to give visitors a sense of the maritime history of Florida. In 2004, a sign was installed in the park to commemorate the site as part of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Trail for the escape of hundreds of slaves and Black Seminole Indians to the Bahamas in the 19th century.
