The Speedway is an American sports shrine, right there with Fenway Park and Wrigley Field, Augusta National and Pebble Beach, Madison Square Garden and the Los Angeles Coliseum, and Philly’s Franklin Field and the Palestra. PLACES TO STOP ALONG THE WAY Daytona Beach ESSENTIALSĭistance from Philadelphia to Miami: approximately 1,200 miles (1,930 kilometers).Ĭharging stations: plot your course on Plugshare You can create your own travel itinerary for driving from Philly to Miami with the VISIT FLORIDA planning tool, but here are some more thought starters on what you can appreciate on your road trip through Florida, and what to expect when you reach South Florida. You may not see another human being.” More beaches in a minute. You won’t see parasailing, tiki huts, volleyball or cabana rentals. This is a Florida beach, but look up and down it. Of the 24-mile-long Canaveral National Seashore, Jon Wilson wrote: “First impressions may disorient you. Florida’s 800 miles of beaches are a year-round blessing. The South Jersey beaches, aka “downashor” (the spoken Philly shorthand), are a summer tradition. There are 11 rides on your Atlantic seaboard route worth a side trip, such as the Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail. Florida has 26 designated scenic highways that wind through dense forests, cruise beneath oak canopies, and straddle ocean coastlines. For pure convenience, stay in your car and ride the seven miles of Black Point Drive at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Start with Boneyard Beach in Jacksonville and see the bleached skeletons of oak and cypress trees that have washed ashore. Within easy reach of the Interstate, eco-friendly travelers can immerse themselves in subtropical flora and fauna: alligators and nesting sea turtles and countless species of birds in any one of several dozen national and state parks and aquatic preserves. Give yourself an extra day or two and consider some of these remarkable things to do: Miami and the Florida Keys will be waiting. At this moment, if I might be a friendly voice in your ear, what’s the rush? Welllllll … the GPS says Miami is still three hundred and … oh, never mind. Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia are in the rear view when you cross the state line on I-95 and pause to get your bearings at the Official Florida Welcome Center. Fully one-third of your trip is driving through Florida. The drive from Philadelphia to Miami is roughly 1,200 miles.
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