Lummus Park Beach(Lummus Beach)

Located in the neighborhood of South Beach, Lummus Park Beach - also known as Glitter Beach - is a large and popular beach with white sand. This beach is situated near a 30-acre recreational park named Lummus Park. In addition, it has a beautiful backdrop of amazing high-rise buildings. 

Lummus Park Beach and the area around it have many amenities including lifeguards, showers, restrooms, children’s playgrounds, and volleyball courts. In addition, rental facilities for beach chairs, umbrellas, and water sporting equipment are also available near the beach. Dogs are not allowed in Lummus Park Beach. 

Lummus Park Beach offers many fun activities including sunbathing, beachcombing, wildlife watching, volleyball, kayaking, canoeing, paddleboarding, boating, surf-skiing, water-skiing, jet-skiing, and parasailing. The water near Lummus Park Beach is generally calm, which makes it ideal for beginner swimmers. However, if you are planning to go into the water near Lummus Park Beach, we recommend being careful as the water here is known to have rip currents. Depending on the time of the year, you can see many kinds of animals in the water near this beach including dolphins, manatees, and sea turtles. The beach is often popular among visitors as the beach offers a peaceful sunbathing session due to its relaxed ambiance.

Lummus Park’s playgrounds make it ideal for families. In addition, the park also has public art displays and outdoor public workout stations. The park also has a paved road which offers a fun oceanfront jogging, cycling, and skating experience. The park has also been featured in many iconic television shows including Burn Notice and Miami Vice.  This park also hosts many fun events throughout the year including Hyundai Air & Sea Show and the Nautica South Beach Triathlon, along with weekend artisanal markets.

The iconic Miami Beach Architectural District (also known as the Art Deco District) is present near this beach. This district has many buildings with beautiful Art Deco architecture and it is also a part of the United States’ National Register of Historic Places. In addition, this district has featured in many iconic movies and TV series including Miami Vice and Scarface

Getting to Lummus Park Beach is easy - the park and the beach are present along Ocean Drive’s intersections with 5th Street and 15th Street. This beach is also easily accessible from Florida State Road A1A and metered parking spaces are also available near this beach. However, we recommend visiting this beach early as the parking spaces near this beach fill up pretty quickly.

There are many attractions near Lummus Park Beach. Flamingo Park is a popular recreational park that has a baseball stadium, children’s playground, walking trails, handball and racquetball courts, a softball field, a running track, a football field, and a soccer field. The park has marvelous tropical landscaping and it also has an aquatic center with two pools. The Museum of Illusions has more than forty mesmerizing three-dimensional illusions. These illusions are based upon popular culture, the fine arts, and current affairs and are created by eminent illusion artists. In addition, the museum also has a "Smash It!" room where visitors can smash objects and release their latent anger and stress. If you are looking for another attraction near Lummus Park Beach, the Wolfsonian-Florida International University (also known as The Wolfsonian-FIU) is a museum which seeks to showcase the influence of art and design on human lives. The museum has artistic and historic exhibitions from the period between the mid 19th and the mid 20th centuries. While the museum primarily focuses on Europe and the United States, it also has exhibitions on Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Currently the museum’s collections comprise more than 200,000 objects.   

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants near Lummus Park Beach. The Bazaar by José Andrés is an upscale restaurant which offers delicious fusion-Spanish cuisine with touches of culinary influences from various regions of the world including the Caribbean, the Americas, and Asia. In addition, this restaurant has also been praised by many publications including Miami New Times and Forbes. Joe’s Stone Crab is an immensely renowned restaurant that is renowned for its outstanding seafood - its most popular, tastiest, and (unfortunately) priciest dish is its stone crab. In addition, this restaurant also serves amazing fried chicken (which has been enjoyed by the Presidents of the United States), sandwiches, burgers, steaks, soups, and salads. This restaurant’s popularity has led it to be featured and mentioned in many movies including the Tim Allen movie Big Trouble, the Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz movie There’s Something About Mary, and the popular sit-com Golden Girls. Santorini by Georgios has a laid-back ambiance. In addition, this restaurant also serves amazing Mediterranean cuisine including spanakopita, keftedes, and mousaka, along with delicious varieties of pastas. If you are looking for another good and affordable restaurant near Lummus Park Beach, Dulce Vida Mexican Restaurant offers excellent Mexican dishes including tostadas, quesadillas, and tacos.

If you are looking for a hotel near Lummus Park Beach, there are many great nearby options. The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach is a 5-Star hotel which offers many amenities including two restaurants, a bar, a cocktail lounge, a spa, a pool with views of the ocean, and complimentary breakfast. As another upscale option, the 4-Star Loews Miami Beach Hotel offers many amenities including a restaurant, a bar, a pool, a poolside terrace, a fitness room, a spa, cabana service, and a children’s day camp, and services for pets. A more affordable hotel is the 3-Star President Hotel South Beach that was built in the 1930s. This hotel offers many amenities including a courtyard with furniture, a lounge which serves breakfast and also offers cocktails and mojitos. If you are looking for another good and affordable hotel near Lummus Park Beach, the 2-Star The Shepley Hotel Miami Beach offers many amenities including a lobby lounge, communal kitchen, a furnished terrace, rental facilities for beach chairs and towels, and complimentary continental breakfast.