Smathers Beach
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Smathers Beach is a beach in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. FLORIDA KEYS HWY passes 0.8 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles.
The story
Smathers Beach is the largest public beach in Key West, Florida, United States. It is approximately a half mile long. The beach is located on the south side of the island, along the Atlantic Ocean and State Road A1A, and begins at mile marker zero, the beginning of A1A. The beach is lined with coconut trees and is often crowded with tourists and locals alike. On September 2, 2013, long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad arrived on Smathers Beach after swimming 110 miles (166 kilometers) from Havana, Cuba. It was the first time a person had ever swum from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. Smathers Beach is named after George Smathers (1913–2007), a U.S. Senator for Florida and friend of President John F. Kennedy.
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Wikidata Q7544289, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the FLORIDA KEYS HWY, National
79 named places within 25 miles
- Smathers Beach: 0.0 mi
- Little Hamaca Park: 0.7 mi
- Indigenous Park: 0.9 mi
- CB Harvey Rest Beach Park: 0.9 mi
- Pines Park: 1.0 mi
- Key West Aids Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Fort Tayla: 1.0 mi
- Vietnam War Monument: 1.2 mi
- Southernmost Point: 1.6 mi
- Southernmost Point Buoy: 1.7 mi
- The Ernest Hemmingway Home and Museum: 1.9 mi
- Key West Lighthouse & Keeper's Quarters Museum: 1.9 mi
- Donkey Milk House Museum: 2.0 mi
- Hellings House Museum: 2.1 mi
- Oldest House Museum: 2.1 mi
- Higgs Beach: 1.0 mi
- Higgs Beach: 1.1 mi
- Dog Beach: 1.4 mi
- South Beach: 1.6 mi
- Truman Beach: 2.5 mi
- Nancy Forrester's Secret Garden: 1.9 mi
- Dolphin Watch: 2.0 mi
- Key West Extreme Adventures: 2.4 mi
- Pier B: 2.4 mi
- SkyDive Keywest: 13.9 mi
- Key West Garden Club: 1.0 mi
- Bernstein Park: 2.2 mi
- Memorial Sculpture Garden: 2.3 mi
- Marilyn Monroe: 2.1 mi
- Embracing Peace: 2.3 mi
- Mary: 2.3 mi
- The Key West Nature Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Key West Butterfly and Nature Consevatory: 1.7 mi
- Felton Road: 1.9 mi
- Picnick Area: 2.5 mi
- Perky: 14.2 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:09 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:40 | 19:46 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:55 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 17:10 | 17:44 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Nov–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 71 | 72 | 74 | 78 | 81 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 84 | 81 | 77 | 73 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — KEY W Intl AP, 1 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Key West, south side, White Street Pier, FL, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/336594688
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