Laura Ward Park Beach(Lauderdale-By-The-Sea)

Laura Ward Park Beach offers many amenities including restrooms, showers, barbecues, picnic tables, and a playground. 

There are many fun activities at Laura Ward Park Beach including swimming, surfing, snorkeling, scuba diving, kayaking, sailing, biking, jet-skiing, paddle boarding, and beach walking. If you are looking for additional activities, you can drive 12 minutes north to the historic Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse – it is an awesome destination for hiking and photography. 

To access Laura Ward Park Beach, drive down to 4600 El Mar Drive where you will find the beach’s free parking area that is within walking distance to the beach.

If you are looking for attractions near Laura Ward Park Beach, you can drive 20 minutes to the Boca Raton Museum of Art which is home to permanent collections of contemporary art, glass art, photography, non-western art, and the Art of Artifacts of West Africa. The 9-hole Red Reef Park Executive Golf Course is situated between Lake Wyman and Red Reef Park Beach, is spread across 1,357 yards, and is an awesome tourist attraction. Boynton Harbor Marina offers souvenir shops, art galleries, whale watching tours, boating tours, fishing trips, and is a great spot for photography. Quiet Waters Park features campgrounds, a skate park, and the longest cable ski course in the world – the increasingly popular and fun sport of cable skiing is a hybrid of surfing, skiing, and wakeboarding where users hang on to a tow-rope from above. Another great attraction near Laura Ward Park Beach is Gumbo Limbo Nature Center which features an incredible butterfly garden, an indoor museum, and many large aquariums where you can see fish and sea turtles during their nesting period.

If you get hungry, there are many restaurants within a five-minute drive of Laura Ward Park Beach. M&M Thai Café is a vegetarian-friendly restaurant offering authentic Thai and Asian dishes that include Pad Thai noodles, satay, and curries along with wines and beers. If you like Italian food, Vespri Siciliani serves classic Italian dishes like chicken parmigiana, fettuccine alfredo and other pasta dishes, chicken, and beef dishes. Another good restaurant near Laura Ward Park Beach is Loch Bar, a seafood restaurant featuring oysters, surf ‘n’ turf, groupers, fish ‘n’ chips, and shrimps.

If you are looking for a hotel near Laura Ward Park Beach, you can drive 18 minutes to The Boca Raton, a 5-Star hotel featuring a lounge, poolside bar, 50,000 sq ft spa, sauna, fitness center, gym, snack bar, game room, 18-hole golf course, surf school, seven pools, 12 restaurants, 16 tennis courts, and boating, fishing, and diving tours. The Boca Raton Beach Club is a beachfront 4-Star hotel with a pool, bar, spa, sauna, restaurant, golf course, restaurant, and fitness center. The 3-Star pet-friendly hotel Delray Sands Resort offers many amenities including a pool, kids’ pool, chic outdoor bar, gym, a seafood restaurant with ocean views, a nightclub, and snorkeling tours. If you are looking for a budget-friendly hotel near Laura Ward Park Beach, the 2-Star Ocean Lodge Florida welcomes pets and has a nice pool and bar.