The Finest Seashores in Key West

You’re all set along with your seashore towel and sunscreen, able to hit up a few of the greatest seashores in Key West.

However, which Key West seashore are you going to select to sit back and calm down?

For such a small island, there are a number of to select from.

Are you in search of a family-friendly seashore for the youngsters to run free on, would you like a brilliant beachy vibe with close by bars and eating places, or are you in search of someplace extra distant and quiet? Fortunate for you, there are many choices to contemplate.

So, let’s bounce proper in with a listing of one of the best Key West seashores to go to this summer season.

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Right here’s a listing of one of the best seashores in Key West

Smathers Seashore

This two mile stretch of white tropical sand is the largest public seashore in Key West. Providing huge views of the Atlantic Ocean, it is a seashore you may spend the entire day having fun with and if the sand between your toes feels prefer it did in your final journey to the Bahamas; you’re proper! 

As with all of the sand on our seashores in Key West, it was imported, this one from the Bahamas. Smathers presents volleyball, snorkeling, and different water sports activities proper from the seashore.  

There are picnic areas to get pleasure from a snack from the native seashore distributors. Public restrooms can be discovered close by. A number of reasonably priced lodges may be discovered all alongside this seashore, making it a favourite of the Spring Break crowd. As with parking wherever in Key West, be ready to pay a meter.

Higgs Seashore

This seashore is positioned ½ mile additional south of Smathers on Atlantic Blvd. close to White St. This little seashore with its shallow water and seashore facet playground has a lot to supply households with young children. Together with swimming and water sports activities, you’ll find a pier, restaurant, volleyball, tennis, and handball courts close by. Canines are welcome on the canine park throughout the road. There may be even a civil conflict period fort and backyard to get pleasure from along with your youngsters. A restricted quantity of free parking is accessible for this seashore.

Canine Seashore

Positioned on the southern finish of Vernon & Waddel Streets that is the one seashore within the Keys had been canines, in addition to different pets, can go to freely swim and play. 

It’s a favourite of households with pets however don’t plan on having the youngsters construct sand castles or laying out in your towel to catch some rays whereas Fido is frolicking with Fifi; it’s a canine’s seashore!  It’s not cleaned by town; simply by accountable pet house owners. 

This parcel of land is squeezed between Louie’s Yard and The Attain Resort.  To verify I don’t steer you improper I known as our associates at Louie’s Backyard and confirmed your pooch remains to be welcome on the bar throughout lunch hour so you possibly can seize a scrumptious chew to eat whereas your canine catches the waves.

As a facet word: if you wish to go to Louie’s for dinner and produce the canine, to be on the protected facet, it is best to give the supervisor a name first to see what the gang is like.

Relaxation Seashore

Positioned subsequent to Higgs Seashore, Relaxation Seashore is wheelchair accessible and the place you will see the White Road Pier.  This can be a good spot to fish, calm down, and benefit from the pure vegetation.

Fort Zachary Taylor

This 54 acre state park is the place the Atlantic meets the Gulf of Mexico and residential to in all probability the throughout greatest seashore Key West has to supply. 

When you desire to sit down within the shade; no drawback. When you prefer to roast underneath the solar; no drawback. If you wish to swim or snorkel; no drawback. When you’d slightly sit on a seashore chair however forgot to carry one; no drawback. When you prefer to bike or stroll alongside the wooded park; no drawback! 

I feel you get the concept. 

Along with all that there’s additionally the Civil Warfare fort, which you will get a guided tour of, and fishing is allowed on the western finish.  It’s a great place to see the well-known sundown views Key West is understood for.  Public restrooms, a food and drinks kiosk, chair leases, picnic tables and BBQ grill pits are there too. The seashore is usually a bit rocky so I counsel bringing your flipflops. There may be an admission charge. To get to the seashore you enter by the Truman Annex at Southard Road.

South Seashore

Regardless of its identify the seashore shouldn’t be associated to its Miami namesake. This small and open space is a favourite of locals. The seashore is good and sandy and the water is pretty shallow permitting you to stroll out fairly a method. There may be additionally a concrete pier.  

There aren’t any restrooms or services however there’s a snack bar and you may simply stroll to close by eating places. The seashore is positioned on the south finish of Duval Road on the Atlantic Ocean.

Damaged Glass Seashore

At first look this in all probability was not the only option in names for a public seashore space in a vacationer city, nevertheless; there was technique to the insanity and it has to do with a little bit of Key West historical past, albeit the much less thrilling facet. 

This strip of the Atlantic shoreline is greatest accessed at low tide and attending to it does require steeping down off a retaining wall. The terrain is considerably rocky and thus this not my first suggestion for seashores. 

The identify Damaged Glass Seashore stems from when the native rubbish dump was located on the positioning a few years in the past and it has been clearly nicely cleaned up since. Nicely a few of the damaged glass remained and after years of being pounded by the surf and being rolled forwards and backwards over the rocks, corral and sand, these glass items are actually properly rounded and are a lot wanted by jewellery makers!

Simonton Seashore

We love our city and all its attraction to bits and I need you to get pleasure from each a part of what I share with you, nevertheless; suffice it to say Simonton Seashore shouldn’t be actually a spot it’s essential to go to. We added it right here to cancel any doubt about not having included it, simply in case you marvel why once you see it on a map.

Fort Jefferson on the Dry Tortugas

Articles like this wouldn’t be full if I didn’t point out probably the most inaccessible nationwide park in America, 70 miles off the shores of Key West, out on Backyard Key. 

This group of seven small islands, first found by Ponce de Leon, is dwelling to the largest coastal fort; the majestic Fort Jefferson. The one methods to get there are by excessive pace ferry or seaplane, each of which depart from Key West and since seating is restricted on every journey out you’re greatest suggested to book in advance. 

The journey is value it although. The palm lined seashores are pristine and snorkeling over the dwelling reef is an expertise you’ll always remember!

Other than a few of the greatest seashores within the US, Key West can also be identified for watersports, full of life nightlife, historic websites, and, in fact, their Key Lime Pie.