Cape Florida Channel

Places of Interest

Cape Florida Old Lighthouse Tower

Lighthouse

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The Cape Florida Light is a lighthouse on Cape Florida at the south end of Key Biscayne in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Constructed in 1825, it guided mariners off the Florida Reef, which starts near Key Biscayne and extends southward a few miles offshore of the Florida Keys.

Places in the Area

Key Biscayne

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Key Biscayne refers to both a tropical island just southeast of Miami and a village on that island. The Village of Key Biscayne, incorporated on June 18, 1991, is in the center of the four-mile-long, two-mile-wide barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay.

Stiltsville

Locality

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Stiltsville is a group of wood stilt houses located one mile south of Cape Florida, on sand banks of the Safety Valve on the edge of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Stiltsville is situated 1½ miles south of Cape Florida Channel.

Fisher Island

Locality

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Fisher Island is a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, located on a barrier island of the same name. Since 2015, Fisher Island has had the highest per capita income of any place in the United States. Fisher Island is situated 6 miles north of Cape Florida Channel.

Cape Florida Channel

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Localities in the Area

Notable Places Nearby

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