Lummus Park, Miami Beach

Not to be confused with Lummus Park, Miami.

Lummus Park
240px Lummus Park Boardwalk Entrance
Type	Municipal
Location	Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Coordinates
Area	74 acres (30 ha)
Created	1985
Operated by	City of Miami Beach

Lummus Park is a 74-acre (30 ha) public, urban park in Miami Beach (Miami-Dade, Florida), on the Atlantic Ocean.

Description

The park is on the eastern side of Ocean Drive, from 5th to 15th Streets. When redesigned and improved in the mid-1980s, it became part of the project for the redevelopment of what is now the Miami Beach Architectural District of South Beach. Along Ocean Drive, the park shows grassy areas and palm trees, alongside volleyball courts and pull up bars. A wavy pedestrian walk, called the Promenade, separates the grass of the park and the beach up to 21st St, where it turns into boardwalk. The sidewalk is inspired to Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx's oceanfront walk along Copacabana Beach near Rio de Janeiro.

The park is a great backdrop for photo shoots, which happen frequently, and it initially became the location for many scenes from the television series "Miami Vice". The Miami Beach park, and the Deco streetscape along Ocean Drive continues to be featured in "Miami" location shots for television and movies, and can be seen in recent episodes of the USA Network's "Burn Notice".

Events

Lummus Parks every year hosts the Nautica South Beach Triathlon, an event featuring a 1.5K ocean swim, a 40K bike course, and a 10K run course.

See also

• Lummus Park, Miami

Gallery

• LummusParkMiamiBeach-Grass.JPG

  Ocean Drive.

• LummusParkMiamiBeach-Garden.JPG

  Garden.

• LummusParkMiamiBeach-People.JPG

  People on the grass.

• LummusParkMiamiBeach-Promenade.JPG

  Promenade.

• LummusParkMiamiBeach-Bars.JPG

  Pull up bars.

• LummusParkMiamiBeach-Volleyball.JPG

  Volleyball courts.

• LummusParkMiamiBeach-Seaside.JPG

  Seaside.

• LummusParkMiamiBeach-Shore.JPG

  Seashore.