Overview
North Miami Beach is a city in Florida.
3 sights · 2 things to do
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Best things about North Miami Beach
Oleta River State Recreation Park
Daily 8AM-sunset. The largest urban park in Florida has trails for biking, a beach for swimming, picnic areas and a playground for kids. Get a canoe or kayak to row to a mangrove island within the park. Several animals s…
Ancient Spanish Monastery
Built in Segovia, Spain in 1141. This monastery was to be a part of William Randolph Hearst’s property in California. Partly because he ran out of money and partly because the United States would not allow the monastery …
Museum of Contemporary Art
Hard Rock Stadium
This football stadium hosts the Miami Dolphins (NFL), Miami Hurricanes (college), and Orange Bowl (college), and is the main venue for the Miami Open, one of the biggest tennis tournaments outside of the Grand Slam event…
FedEx Orange Bowl Football Game
Hard Rock Stadium. Held in early Jan around New Year’s Day. A major bowl game, which hosts a semifinal of the College Football Playoff every three years. In other years, the game features top teams from around the countr…
Plan your trip
Best time to visit & weather
Most comfortable: Nov–Apr. Summer highs reach about 90°F; winter lows dip to about 61°F. Very hot (Jul, Aug) — plan outdoor time for mornings. Wettest: Jun and Sep. (climate data from nearby Fort Lauderdale)
Blue bars: average daily high and low (°F). Purple columns: average monthly rain and melted snow (inches).
Getting there
- From you: to see whether to drive or fly, and how long it takes.
- OPF Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, Miami — 7 mi away. Directions
- FLL Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport, Fort Lauderdale — 10 mi away (major hub). Directions
From Miami Airport, you can take the J or 150 bus to Collins Avenue for a northbound S or 120 bus. From Fort Lauderdale Airport, you can take the #1 Broward County bus to Aventura Mall for the Miami-Dade E,S, or 120 buses.
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Sample 1-day itinerary
Day 1
- Morning Oleta River State Recreation Park, Ancient Spanish Monastery, Museum of Contemporary Art
- Afternoon Hard Rock Stadium, FedEx Orange Bowl Football Game
Stops are grouped by area so each day needs little backtracking. Check opening hours before you go.
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Get in
From Miami Airport, you can take the J or 150 bus to Collins Avenue for a northbound S or 120 bus. From Fort Lauderdale Airport, you can take the #1 Broward County bus to Aventura Mall for the Miami-Dade E,S, or 120 buses.
Get around
Miami-Dade Transit operates local bus service around North Miami Beach.
See
See Oleta River State Recreation Park
Daily 8AM-sunset. The largest urban park in Florida has trails for biking, a beach for swimming, picnic areas and a playground for kids. Get a canoe or kayak to row to a mangrove island within the park. Several animals such as eagles and fiddler crabs also make their home here. Fourteen cabins with air conditioning are also on the premises, but bathrooms, showers and grills are located outside the cabins and guests should bring their own linens. $5 for a vehicle carrying up to eight passengers, $1 bicyclists, pedestrians and extra passengers ($50.85 a night in a cabin).
See Ancient Spanish Monastery (St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church)
Built in Segovia, Spain in 1141. This monastery was to be a part of William Randolph Hearst’s property in California. Partly because he ran out of money and partly because the United States would not allow the monastery to be built in California, the monastery remained in New York Harbor until 1954, when a couple of businessmen bought the property and assembled it in Miami. Parts of the monastery have not been assembled because the government removed the pieces from numbered boxes and then placed the wrong pieces in the wrong boxes. Today the monastery is a church as well as a popular marriage location. As seen on the History Channel show Weird U.S..
See Museum of Contemporary Art
Do
Do Hard Rock Stadium
This football stadium hosts the Miami Dolphins (NFL), Miami Hurricanes (college), and Orange Bowl (college), and is the main venue for the Miami Open, one of the biggest tennis tournaments outside of the Grand Slam events. The stadium has been renamed 8 times since its opening in 1987 (most recently in August 2016 from New Miami Stadium to Hard Rock Stadium). For stadium tours, contact rheard@dolphinstadium.com or call +1 305-623-6286. Tour prices are $3 for children under 14, $5 for those 14 and older and $4 for senior citizens. Check website for individual phone numbers for tickets to Miami Dolphins and Miami Hurricanes games, the Orange Bowl, and the Miami Open.
Do FedEx Orange Bowl Football Game
Hard Rock Stadium. Held in early Jan around New Year’s Day. A major bowl game, which hosts a semifinal of the College Football Playoff every three years. In other years, the game features top teams from around the country, with one being from the Atlantic Coast Conference (depending on the year, Notre Dame, which isn't in a football conference but is in the ACC for other sports, may fill the ACC slot).
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