Campsites: The only way to spend the night in Biscayne National Park is tent camping on Elliott Key or Boca Chita Key. There are no roads to the islands, so visitors must arrive by private boat.

It became a national park in 1980. Biscayne National Park is located near Homestead, Florida. It’s about 38 miles away from Miami to the north and Key Largo to the south. The nearest major ...

camping in Biscayne National Park offers a unique and somewhat rustic experience. Camping is only permitted on Boca Chita Key and Elliott Key. Both islands are accessible solely by boat ...

Biscayne National Park is composed of 95% water, leaving only 5% landmass, which mostly consists of barrier reefs. Needless ...

To reach Biscayne National Park, follow Homestead’s SW328th Street east, where it ends at the visitor center, about 9 miles from downtown. Visits to the Dry Tortugas typically begin in Key West ...

Grab your snorkel, we’re headed to Biscayne National Park. It’s about an hour away from Miami, but it’s a world away from the everyday rush — the perfect place to get away from it all and ...

BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK (CBSMiami/AP) — "Plenty of fish in the sea" may not be the case around some South Florida waters, especially around a popular national park. One recent morning at Biscayne ...

North of Key Largo but south of Miami, along Florida’s eastern coastline, you’ll find Biscayne Bay. There, within view of Miami, is the serene Biscayne National Park. Spanning nearly 173,000 ...

The wonders of Biscayne National Park range from the historic Stiltsville buildings a mile off Key Biscayne to the unique Maritime Heritage Trail that marks shipwrecks in the bay to a series of ...

Just five miles (eight kilometers) from the heart of downtown Miami, Biscayne ... key. “In South Florida it’s a challenge to get people to comprehend what it means to be in a national park.

on the condition that he would be allowed to live out his life in the family home on Porgy Key. When Congress transformed the monument into Biscayne National Park in 1980, Jones was still there.