Crandon Park

With its golf and tennis facilities, unique eco-adventures and breathtaking beach, Crandon Park offers something for everyone.

The Crandon Park Visitor and Nature Center is located on the breathtaking barrier island of Key Biscayne, with the Atlantic Ocean on the east side and Biscayne Bay to the west. It was once home to Indian tribes, soldiers and pirates; and was once used as a huge coconut plantation.

Visitors to the park can explore the various ecosystems of the Key including the dunes, mangroves, and coastal hammock and seagrass beds; and observe herons, ospreys and many brilliantly colored butterflies. The Island is also home to rare and beautiful plants like the beach peanut, Biscayne prickly ash and the coontie.

The beautiful sandy beach, coastal dunes and tropical hardwood hammocks are an important nesting and feeding ground for migrating songbirds, hawks and sea turtles. Seagrass beds provide a home for mangrove snapper, parrotfish, crabs, shrimp, sea stars and puffer fish.

The Bear Cut Preserve located in Crandon Park is a designated natural Environment Study Area, and serves as a window to the wilderness that was once South Florida.

Crandon Park offers eco-adventure tours, a nature center, self-guided nature trails, and a mangrove boardwalk to a fossilized reef overlook. There are also kayaks available for rent at North Concession, guided tram tours of Bear Cut Preserve, bird, butterfly and historical nature walks through a preserve, and cabana rentals.

Crandon Park’s beautiful two-mile beach is consistently named among the top ten beaches in the nation. It is one of the most popular recreation destinations in all of Miami-Dade County, enjoyed by millions of residents and tourists each year.

The Crandon Park beach is celebrated for its pristine sand, calm water, winding promenade, concession stands, multiple picnic areas with tables and grills.