Biscayne Bay-Cape Florida Aquatic Preserve
Biscayne Bay-Cape Florida Aquatic Preserve is a park, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Medley Landfill stands 81 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Biscayne Bay-Card Sound Spiny Lobster Sanctuary, a nature reserve 2.9 miles away. FLORIDA KEYS HWY passes 27 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 26.8 mi off the FLORIDA KEYS HWY, National
- 30.0 mi off the BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY
Named places within 25 miles
- Saga Bay Park: 3.3 mi
- Saga Lake Park: 3.6 mi
- Black Point Park: 4.2 mi
- Bill Sadowski Park: 4.2 mi
- Franjo Park: 4.2 mi
- Telescope: 7.9 mi
- Harpy Eagle: 8.4 mi
- Orinoco Crocodile: 8.4 mi
- Toucans: 8.4 mi
- Green anaconda: 8.4 mi
- Golden Elephant: 8.6 mi
- Pot of Gold: 8.8 mi
- Welcome: 9.2 mi
- Sagitaro: 10.0 mi
- Heavy Metal: 10.1 mi
- Larry and Penny Dedication Plaque: 8.3 mi
- Door support column: 8.9 mi
- Memorial of Cypress: 9.0 mi
- Concrete arches: 9.0 mi
- Iron Arrow Mound: 10.9 mi
- Miami-Dade Military Museum: 8.8 mi
- Gold Coast Railroad Museum: 8.9 mi
- Lighthouse Keepers Cottage: 10.1 mi
- Coral Castle Museum: 11.7 mi
- Wings Over Miami Air Museum: 11.8 mi
- Tahiti Beach: 9.5 mi
- Crandon Park Beach: 11.5 mi
- Crandon Beach: 12.5 mi
- Hobie Island Beach: 13.5 mi
- Hobie Island Beach Park: 13.9 mi
- The Kampong: 10.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 10.7 mi
- Palmetum: 11.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 12.2 mi
- Clubhouse Garden: 14.7 mi
- Biscayne Bay-Card Sound Spiny Lobster Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
- Ned Glenn Nature Reserve: 4.4 mi
- Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve: 5.1 mi
- R Hardy Matheson County Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Audubon Park: 13.6 mi
- Medley Landfill: 21.0 mi
- Basin Hills: 22.7 mi
- Grossman Ridge: 22.7 mi
- Picnic Table: 8.7 mi
- Picnic Table: 8.7 mi
- Aladdin City: 11.4 mi
- Fort Dallas: 15.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Biscayne Bay-Cape Florida Aquatic Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medley Landfill | NNW 346° | 81 m | 21.0 mi |
| Basin Hills | S 189° | 3 m | 22.7 mi |
| Grossman Ridge | W 281° | 1 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:32 | 19:42 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:49 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 17:02 | 17:36 |
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 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 78 | 81 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 82 | 77 | 73 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cape Florida, 10 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Biscayne National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Oct and Nov; busiest: May.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
- West Indian Manatee15 obs
- American Crocodile10 obs
- Coontie6 obs
- Pain-in-the-back4 obs
- Poisonwood3 obs
- Pine Pink3 obs
- Saltmarsh Snake2 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358709550
Day trips start here
- Miami · 12 mi
- Biscayne National Park · 13 mi
- Miami Beach/South Beach · 17 mi
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