Sombrero Beach and Crane Museum

Sombrero Public Beach

A Hidden Gem on the Keys

While the Sombrero public beach is not a wide beach it is long enough for a leisurely stroll in the sand. It is a turtle nesting beach from April through October. It also has a lot of sea grass that washes up on the beach.

White Sand Beach 

Welcome to Crane Point

The Crane Point Museum and Nature Center is not about cranes. It is a 63-acre tropical hardwood hammock.  Hammock is an Indian word for cool and shady. It is a rare and unique plant community only found in two places in the United States lower Miami-Dade County and the Florida Keys.  

Adderly House

George Adderly was a black Bahamian immigrant who moved here and a built a home in 1903. It is made of "tabby"  (burnt seashells).  This home is on the National Register of Historic Places.

There are almost two miles of nature trails and a trolley ride is included in your admission. Highlights include the Francis and Mary Crane House that was built in 1954 in the Frank Lloyd Wright style.  It has been condemned because the salt in water used to mix the concrete is disintegrating all the re bar in the home. 

Built by Miami Architect Wahl Snyder

A replica Florida cracker house, a residence of poor Florida white folks, gives insight into life years ago. The Point provided a beautiful view of Florida Bay. A wild bird center rescues injured pelicans, gulls, osprey and other native birds to rehabilitate and release them if possible.

Pelicans live 30 years

Then Lunch on the Pier at Keys Fisheries