Past Brickell and over the Rickenbacker Causeway is nearby Key Biscayne, a tropical island and home to the famous tourist attraction, the Miami Seaquarium, a 38-acre paradise with world-class marine life entertainment. The Rickenbacker Causeway is a 4-mile stretch from Miami to Virginia Key. Crandon Park is a public park located on the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and Biscayne Bay on the west. It has a two-mile beach, and in its early days, was once home to Indian tribes, soldiers and pirates, as well as a huge coconut plantation.
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park is located at the tip of Key Biscayne and home of a historic lighthouse built in 1825, reconstructed in 1846, and the oldest standing structure in Miami-Dade County. This one-mile beachfront park on the Atlantic Ocean is a popular place for sunbathing, picnics, barbecues, biking, kayaking, a tour of the lighthouse and lighthouse keeper’s cottage, a campsite for youth groups, boat camping in No Name Harbor, and enjoying the cuisine at either of two restaurants, Lighthouse Café and Boater’s Grill.