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Virginia Key Beach Park reviews
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Only stop here if you're coming for the beach 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Jun 3, 2016
Played the course:once
Pros:
Virginia Key Beach Park is located on a large and beautiful island right outside of downtown Miami. The course is tucked all the way at the end of the park. Find the carousel and head left and you will find the first tee. There's ample amount of parking.
Chances are that most people playing here do not play a lot, so there are some aspects of the course that would make it appealing newer players. It's pretty wide open with few chances of losing a disc (other than in the swamp). I can't see too many people playing here so most likely you will have the course to yourself.
Super quick play if you only have <30 min.
It doesn't hurt being able to jump into the ocean seconds after finishing your round, and honestly, is the best part of being here.
Chances are that most people playing here do not play a lot, so there are some aspects of the course that would make it appealing newer players. It's pretty wide open with few chances of losing a disc (other than in the swamp). I can't see too many people playing here so most likely you will have the course to yourself.
Super quick play if you only have <30 min.
It doesn't hurt being able to jump into the ocean seconds after finishing your round, and honestly, is the best part of being here.
Cons:
I really had to reach for pros here. This just isn't a great place for a course. The main reason for this is that about 3-4 holes play close to a swamp. As others have mentioned, there are numerous signs warning you not to go near the swamp due to it being an American saltwater crocodile habitat. There's enough warnings to make you know that they're serious.
The land doesn't offer much here minus a tree or two and it is completely flat.
The fee to get into this state park is a little ridiculous considering this part of the island doesn't offer much. It's $1.75 to cross over the bridge to get to the island and then another $5 just to enter this section. I usually don't mind paying a few bucks, but for this course it's simply not worth it.
It has a small train track in several of its fairways which, apparently, gets a lot of use on weekends.
The land doesn't offer much here minus a tree or two and it is completely flat.
The fee to get into this state park is a little ridiculous considering this part of the island doesn't offer much. It's $1.75 to cross over the bridge to get to the island and then another $5 just to enter this section. I usually don't mind paying a few bucks, but for this course it's simply not worth it.
It has a small train track in several of its fairways which, apparently, gets a lot of use on weekends.
Other Thoughts:
It felt like a ghost town here on a beautiful Friday evening. I only saw a couple people (near the beach) in this park section of the island. Other than that, it was only me and dozens of iguanas running around the course. Fortunately, I didn't have any run-ins with the much larger saltwater crocs. I would go somewhere else to play if you're in SoFlo, even if you're as close as downtown Miami. This is a great island to spend the day at, but the course isn't worth stopping for.
