Cape Florida Old Lighthouse Tower
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dr Zak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Florida, United States
- Also known as: “Cape Florida Light” and “Cape Florida Lighthouse”
- Address: Key Biscayne, FL 33149
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stiltsville and Key Biscayne.
Stiltsville
Locality
Photo: Justdweezil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Key Biscayne
Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Cape Florida Old Lighthouse Tower
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Miami-Dade County, Greater Miami, Florida, United States, North America
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Latitude
25.66659° or 25° 39′ 60″ northLongitude
-80.15597° or 80° 9′ 22″ westHeight
95 feet (29 metres)Open location code
76QXMR8V+JJOpenStreetMap ID
way 305533830OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Cape Florida Old Lighthouse Tower” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كيب فلوريدا لايت”
- French: “phare de Cape Florida”
- French: “Phare de Cape Florida”
- Hausa: “Hasken Cape Florida”
- Japanese: “フロリダ岬灯台”
- Spanish: “Cape Florida Light”
- Spanish: “Caro Cape Florida”
- Spanish: “Faro Cape Florida”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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