Watson Island
Watson Island is a neighborhood and man-made island in Biscayne Bay, in Miami, Florida. It is located Immediately east of the Central Business District and Arts & Entertainment District neighborhoods of downtown Miami and is connected to the mainland and South Beach, Miami Beach by the MacArthur Causeway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include children’s museum and Miami Seaplane Base.
children’s museum
Museum
The Miami Children’s Museum is a non-profit educational institution located on Watson Island in the city of Miami, Florida. The museum focuses on programs, classes and learning materials related to arts, culture, community and communication.
Miami Seaplane Base
Aerodrome
Photo: RuthAS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Miami Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base located 2 miles east of the central business district of Miami on Watson Island in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.
Kaseya Center
Stadium
Kaseya Center is a multi-purpose arena on Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida. The arena is home to the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. The arena was previously named American Airlines Arena from opening in 1999 until 2021, FTX Arena from 2021 until 2023, and Miami-Dade Arena during an interim period in 2023.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Miami and Downtown Miami.
Miami
Photo: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Miami is a major city in the southeastern United States and the second most populous city in Florida. The Greater Miami metropolitan area is the largest in the state with an estimated population just under 6.1 million, which makes it the 9th most populous metro area in the United States.
Downtown Miami
Photo: Dori, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Downtown Miami is a district in Miami, steel-and-glass buildings have sprung up around downtown, the heart of the city. By day there's plenty of activity downtown, as suited lawyers and bankers share the sidewalks with Latino merchants wearing open-neck, intricately embroidered shirts called guayaberas.
Overtown
Photo: Pietro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Overtown is a historically African-American neighborhood located just north of downtown Miami and is considered part of Miami's Central District. It is also Miami’s poorest neighborhood.
Watson Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Categories: neighborhood and landform
- Location: Miami-Dade County, Greater Miami, Florida, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Watson Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Watson Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Watson Island”
- Chinese: “天才小釣手”
- Chinese: “邁阿密”
- Chinese: “釣魚迷三平”
- Dutch: “Watson Island”
- French: “Île Watson”
- French: “Watson Island”
- Italian: “Watson Island”
- Japanese: “ワトソンの島”
- Japanese: “ワトソン島”
- Polish: “Watson Island”
- South Azerbaijani: “واتسون ایسلند”
- Spanish: “Isla Watson”
- Spanish: “Watson Island (Miami)”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ واٹسن”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Watson Island Park and Watson Park.
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