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49 places are worth the drive within 2 hours of Miami, counted by road time from ZIP 33130: 14 under 1 hour and 35 1 to 2 hours.
The mix leans toward mountains & views, wildlife and history, mostly to the north and west. Two hours each way is the sweet spot for a day trip: you can leave after breakfast and be home for dinner.
The headline places are Shark Valley and John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, and the closest real day trip is Oleta River State Park (25 min).
Photo: Everglades National Park Photo, Public domain
National park · 46 min west
Bike or take a tram along a 15-mile paved loop with gators everywhere, and climb the observation tower at the halfway point.
Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
Small town · 53 min north
Walkable Atlantic Avenue with cafes and galleries that runs right to the beach.
Photo: Daniel Di Palma, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bike trail · 25 min northeast
Florida's largest urban park, with miles of mountain bike trails, paddling and a calm beach.
Photo: Christina Rutz, CC BY 2.0
Historic site · 36 min southwest
Mysterious coral rock sculptures and buildings carved by one man in the 1920s to 1940s.
Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0
State park · 40 min north
Green escape across from Fort Lauderdale Beach with paddling, trails and a lagoon.
Photo: Daderot, CC0
Family fun · 47 min southwest
Gator shows, hundreds of alligators and airboat rides near Homestead. Good with kids.
Photo: Matt Kieffer from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0
State park · 1 hr 11 min south
America's first undersea park, with glass-bottom boats and snorkel trips to the reef off Key Largo.
Photo: US Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain
Wildlife · 1 hr 31 min west
Two short trails into panther country near Immokalee. You will likely not see a panther, but the habitat is rich.
Photo: Fred Ward, Public domain
Small town · 1 hr 37 min northwest
Sugar town on the south shore of Lake Okeechobee, a base for bass fishing and airboat rides.
Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0
Hike · 1 hr 3 min south
Quiet trails through rare tropical hardwood hammock in north Key Largo.
Photo: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain
Museum · 1 hr 4 min west
Gallery of giant black and white photographs of the Everglades, with guided swamp walks in season.
Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0
Beach · 1 hr 23 min north
Long natural beach on Singer Island reached by a boardwalk over the lagoon. Good snorkeling at the reef.
Our picks, by drive time, include Shark Valley (46 min), Delray Beach (53 min), Oleta River State Park (25 min), Coral Castle (36 min) and Hugh Taylor Birch State Park (40 min). The full list on this page has 49 places, each with its drive time and direction from Miami.
49 places within 2 hours, 77 within 3 hours and 129 within 4 hours of Miami, by road from ZIP 33130.
9 of the 49 places need no pass or fee, such as Big Cypress National Preserve, Clewiston and Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge. Fees and passes change, so check each place before you go.
47 places are marked good for kids, including Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Big Cypress Gallery and Big Cypress National Preserve.
They are by real roads on a typical day, from the middle of ZIP 33130 to each place (OpenStreetMap data with the OSRM route planner). Traffic, weather and closures can change them. Places under 25 minutes from the city center count as in town, not a day trip, so they are left out.
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