Where to go, and when · with the homework done
KEY WEST · THINGS TO DO · MILE MARKER 0 US-1 runs out of island at the corner of Whitehead and Fleming, where the Mile Marker 0 sign closes a road that reaches about 2,370 miles north to Fort Kent, Maine. Most of what visitors come to do lies within a few blocks of that … Read more
MIAMI · THINGS TO DO · FLORIDA Miami is two cities sharing one name on the plane ticket. The City of Miami counted 442,241 residents at the 2020 census and sits on the mainland. Miami Beach, 82,890 at the same count, is a separate city built on natural and man-made barrier islands, with Biscayne Bay … Read more
ST. AUGUSTINE · AIRPORT TRANSFERS · EASTERN TIME Landing for St. Augustine means landing somewhere else first. Jacksonville International is the nearest large airport, a medium hub that boarded 3,749,791 passengers in 2024 by the FAA’s count. Orlando boarded 27,859,783 the same year. That gap is why plenty of trips to a Spanish colonial town … Read more
KEY WEST · ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES · MILE MARKER 0 You reach Key West one of two ways. You land at EYW, on the island itself, or you drive the last 113 miles of the Overseas Highway with the mile markers counting down from about 126 at Florida City to 0 at the corner of … Read more
MIAMI · AIRPORT TRANSFERS · MIA · 12 MILES TO SOUTH BEACH Baggage claim at MIA empties you into a single decision: rail, bus, or a car with a meter, and whether Biscayne Bay sits between you and your bed. It usually does. Miami Beach is a separate city on barrier islands, and no train … Read more
ST. AUGUSTINE · FLORIDA · THE SAFETY FILE The hazards people pack for in a Spanish-founded beach town and the ones that send a trip sideways are rarely the same list. The Atlantic does most of the work here: it decides which flag flies on the sand, it sets the surf on a beach morning, … Read more
