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Haulover Beach: Best Nude Beach in Miami

Leo S — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:12:29 +0000

Haulover Park Beach is renowned best beach for Nude Sunbathing in Miami, South Florida. Not only that, the Haulover Park beach is one of the most beautiful family-friendly beaches in South Florida. The Haulover Park beach is located between the intercostals waterway and Atlantic Ocean offering more than 1 and half mile of sand to the people. Every year millions of visitors all around the world visit the beach.

The Haulover park beach has white sand shore crowded with people enjoying activities such as ocean water surfing, tanning, picnic, biking and many other similar activities. It has been said that the beach is perfect for swimming and surfing. Lifeguards are always on patrol on the beach to make the place safe and keep track of weather and surf condition at the beach. Only the North end of the Haulover Beach is designated as nude beach. If you are looking for sunbathing without tan lines, then you must go to nude section of the beach!!…

Apart from North end, entire beach is family friendly. Across the street from the beach, you can take advantage of full-service marina, tennis court, restaurant, family 9 holes golf course, sundries shop and kite shops. As a whole, Haulover Beach is one of the Best Beaches in Miami.

Operation Hours of Haulover Beach:

Every Day Sunrise to Sunset.

Location of Haulover Beach Miami:
10800 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach
Phone: 305-947-3525

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South Beach, Miami

Leo S — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:07:16 +0000

South Beach is the world famous one of the best beaches in Miami. South Beach starts somewhere from Indian Creek and goes up to southernmost 23 blocks of the island parallel to ocean drive. Usually south beach is crowded with people doing surfing, swimming, jogging and many other activities. Beach offers volleyball court as well. So if you like to hit some balls, come on get warmed up to hit some beach volley ball games.

South beach is not a “nude” beach, so make sure to wear short. Topless sunbathing is allowed. There are lifeguards patrolling the beach throughout the day so overall place is safe and secured. South Beach is located right on the Ocean Drive, a center of fine dining, famous nightclubs and shopping. You will enjoy watching people on Ocean drive. Famous nightclubs on Ocean Drive include Clevelander, Mango’s and many high-end clubs.

Operation Hours of South Beach:

Daily Sunrise to Sunset

Location of South Beach, Florida
South Beach section starts somewhere from Indian Creek and goes upto southernmost 23 blocks of the island parallel to ocean drive.

Parking: Challenge as Ocean Drive is the busiest and crowded place in Miami.

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Lummus Park Beach, Miami Beach, Florida

Leo S — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:56:17 +0000

Lummus Park Beach is very well known for people watching. You can say best beach for people watching. Lummus Park Beach covers area starting from 5th street to 15th street. Lummus park beach allows you to take topless sunbathing but total nudity is prohibited. Usually it has been noted that Miami’s 12th Street is surrounded or crowded by gay couples and singles. Beach offers large surfing area at the South end. You can take advantage of nice restaurants on Ocean drive to quench your thirst and hunger. Ocean drive is well known for fine dining and shopping.

Operation Hours of Lummus Park Beach:

Daily from Sunrise to Sunset

Location of Lummus Park Beach Entrance:
10th St & Ocean Dr
Miami Beach, FL 33139
(305) 673-7577‎

Parking:
Always a challenge on Ocean Drive so you might want to try your luck for the best parking spot.

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Bill Baggs Sate Park Beach, Miami, Florida

Leo S — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:50:54 +0000

Bill Baggs Sate Park beach is named among the top 10 beaches of the United Sates of America. In fact, Bill Baggs State Park beach is known as the best beach for scenery lovers. Every year millions of Miami Local and Miami Vacationers come to visit the beach. Park is located on the southern end of the Key Biscayne, as a result people love fishing by the water from a seawall. As a matter of fact, southern tip of the Key Biscayne is well renowned for shoreline fishing in entire south region. The Bill Baggs State park is always occupied by people having fun with activities such as water surfing, biking on the beach trails, kayaking and many more.

Main attraction of the Bill Baggs State park is the Cape Florida Lighthouse. People love taking sunbath under the shadow of the Cape Florida Lighthouse. This Cape Florida Lighthouse is the historical building in South Florida. This oldest standing structure of the Miami-Dade County was built during 1825. If you are interested in guided tour of the Lighthouse are available twice a day from Monday to Thursday.

Hungry folks can take advantage of Lighthouse Cafe as well as The boater’s Grill Cafe. If you are visiting Bill Baggs State Park for picnic then I would recommend you to rent pavilion where you can grill and cook your own yummy food. Usually pavilions rent starts from $100/day. Check with the park office for detail information on renting pavilion.

Operation Hours of Bill Baggs Sate Park Beach:

Open from 8:00 am until sunset – 365 days a year
Lighthouse Tours: 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., Twice a Day, From Monday through Thursday

Bill Baggs State Park Location:
1200 Crandon Boulevard, Key Biscayne
Phone: 305-361-5811

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Virginia Key Beach Park – Best Beach for Solitude & Exploring History

Leo S — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:46:38 +0000

Virginia Key Beach Park is one of the best beaches for solitude lovers. The Virginia Key Beach Park features two sections – North and South. Both sections have their own entrances. South section of the beach is known as the Historic Virginia Key Beach Park. The Historic Virginia Key Beach Park used to be only for colored people. The south section of the park was closed sometime during 1982 and remained closed until 2008 grand re-opening. The Historic Virginia Key Beach Park is busy with families during weekends.

Historic Virginia Key Beach Park – South Section:
Location: 4020 Virginia Beach Drive, Key Biscayne – Beach is located south of Rickenbacker Causeway on east side of Biscayne bay.
Phone: 305-361-2833
Limited Free Parking

Operation Hours of Virginia Key Beach Park South

Sunrise to Sunset

Note: Miami-Dade county’s only beach where dogs on leashes are allowed.

Virginia Key Beach – North Section
Solitude lovers might want to consider the North Entrance of the beach. North section is very quiet and serene known as Virginia Key Beach.
Location: Beach is located north of Rickenbacker Causeway.
Phone: 305-361-2686 / 305-575-5256
Parking Fee

Operation Hours of Virginia Key Beach Park North

Sunrise to Sunset

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Crandon Park Beach, Miami Florida

Leo S — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:40:07 +0000

Crandon Park Beach in Miami is known as the best family friendly beach located in Miami-Dade County. The Crandon Park beach features 2 miles of white sand beach. The beach is named among the top 10 beaches of the United States of America. Every year millions of Miami locals and Miami Vacationers visit Crandon Park for recreation activities. Crandon Park Beach offers white sand beach along with calm water, picnic areas for families, grills, walking trails, kayaks, Cabanas and huge vehicle parking area. The beach is lagoon style offering 6 to 12 feet deep water for surfers. Crandon Park beach is continuously monitored by beach lifeguard petrol team. If you get hungry then you can take advantage of some local food places or drive up to Key Biscayne food places to quench your thirst and hunger.

Families can enjoy the Crandon’s Family Amusement Center as well as Crandon gardens for rare and beautiful tropical plants such as beach peanut, the coontie and Biscayne prickly ash. The Crandon Park Beach offers rental Cabanas on south side of the beach to get away from the sun and crowd. Currently cabanas rents are as below (Prices might change anytime):

Daily on a first-come, first-served basis on the first or second floor – $37.45
Monthly on the second floor -$175 plus tax and deposit
Monthly/weekends – $280 plus tax and deposit
Semi-annually – $1,680 plus tax and deposit
Annually – $2,100 plus tax and deposit

Operation Hours of Crandon Park Beach:

Sunrise – Sunset
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., seven days a week

Crandon Park Beach Location:
4000 Crandon Boulevard, Key Biscayne
305-361-5421
Crandon Park Web Site

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