Villa Vizcaya
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Villa Vizcaya is a museum in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Medley Landfill stands 81 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora, a museum 0.5 miles away. BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY passes 17 miles off.
The story
The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, previously known as Villa Vizcaya, is the former villa and estate of businessman James Deering, of the Deering McCormick-International Harvester fortune, on Biscayne Bay in the present-day Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida. The early 20th-century Vizcaya estate also includes extensive Italian Renaissance gardens, native woodland landscape, and a historic village outbuildings compound. The landscape and architecture were influenced by Veneto and Tuscan Italian Renaissance models and designed in the Mediterranean Revival architecture style, with Baroque elements. F. Burrall Hoffman was the architect, Iwahiko Tsumanuma (also known as Thomas Rockrise) was the associate architect, Paul Chalfin was the design director, and Diego Suarez was the landscape architect. Miami-Dade County now owns the Vizcaya property, as the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, which is open to the public. The location is served by the Vizcaya Station of the Miami Metrorail.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1914.
Wikidata Q2095464, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 21.5 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 16.9 mi off the BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY
Overlooks nearby
- Jungle Queen Riverboat · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fench with Graffiti: 0.6 mi
- Myaamia: 1.5 mi
- Casa de trucos: 1.6 mi
- The Allegory: 1.6 mi
- allegory: 1.6 mi
- Steele Mini Park: 0.6 mi
- Silver Bluff Mini Park: 1.1 mi
- 1814 Brickell Park: 1.2 mi
- Douglas Mini Park: 1.2 mi
- Simpson Park: 1.3 mi
- Calle Ocho Walk of Fame: 1.6 mi
- Calle Ocho Walk of Fame. West.: 1.6 mi
- Miami Riverwalk: 1.9 mi
- Miami seaplane tour: 2.0 mi
- Street Art: 2.1 mi
- Historic South Miami Avenue Sign: 0.7 mi
- Historic South Miami Avenue Sign: 1.4 mi
- General Antonio Macro memorial: 1.4 mi
- Jose Marti Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Madonna Statue: 1.5 mi
- American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora: 0.5 mi
- Museum of the Americas: 1.5 mi
- Bay of Pigs Museum: 1.7 mi
- Latin American Art Museum: 1.9 mi
- HistoryMiami Museum: 2.3 mi
- Hobie Island Beach: 0.9 mi
- Hobie Island Beach Park: 2.1 mi
- Tahiti Beach: 3.9 mi
- Crandon Beach: 4.4 mi
- Crandon Park Beach: 4.9 mi
- Bill Sadowski Critical Wildlife Area: 3.3 mi
- R Hardy Matheson County Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Biscayne Bay-Card Sound Spiny Lobster Sanctuary: 10.5 mi
- Ned Glenn Nature Reserve: 13.1 mi
- The Kampong: 3.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.5 mi
- Palmetum: 4.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.6 mi
- Honor Garden: 9.4 mi
- Fort Dallas: 2.2 mi
- Aladdin City: 19.5 mi
- Picnic Table: 15.6 mi
- Picnic Table: 15.6 mi
- Medley Landfill: 11.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Villa Vizcaya. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medley Landfill | NW 312° | 81 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 19:42 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:48 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 17:01 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Nov–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 69 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 79 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 80 | 75 | 71 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 8.7 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Miami WSO City, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/301895039
Day trips start here
- Miami · 2 mi
- Miami Beach/South Beach · 5 mi
- Biscayne National Park · 10 mi
- Greater Miami · 18 mi
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