--- title: "Fort Lauderdale – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Fort Lauderdale, United States: Fort Lauderdale is a coastal city located in the U.S. Nearby: Chase Stadium, International Swimming Hall of Fame, Melrose…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/fort-lauderdale" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/fort-lauderdale.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Skyline_of_Fort_Lauderdale%2C_Nov-15.jpg/3840px-Skyline_of_Fort_Lauderdale%2C_Nov-15.jpg" --- City in Florida, United States # Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale is a coastal city located in the U.S. ![Fort Lauderdale](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Skyline_of_Fort_Lauderdale%2C_Nov-15.jpg/3840px-Skyline_of_Fort_Lauderdale%2C_Nov-15.jpg) Fort Lauderdale · Wikimedia Commons The place Fort Lauderdale is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, 30 miles (48 km) north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the seat of government of and most populous city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth-most populous city in Florida. After Miami and Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale is the third-most populous city in the Miami metro area, which had a population of 6,166,488 in 2019. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale%2C_Florida), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Fort Lauderdale 10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Chase Stadium Inter Miami CF Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. Built on the site of the former Lockhart Stadium, the 21,550-seat stadium is the home pitch of MLS Next Pro side Inter Miami CF II. The stadium opened in 2020 as an interim venue for Inter Miami CF until the completion of Nu Stadium in 2026. 6 km · soccer stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter_Miami_CF_Stadium) 2. International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests and serving as the central point for the study of the history of swimming in the United States and world. ISHOF exhibits include ancient art and both reproductions and original art depicting famous moments in swimming history from ancient times to modern, swimwear, civil rights, memorabilia, and artifacts belonging to persons who have promoted or excelled in aquatics. 4.6 km · hall of fame for swimmers, divers and water polo players in Fort Lauderdale, Florida · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Swimming_Hall_of_Fame) 3. Melrose Park Melrose Park is a former census-designated place in Broward County, Florida, United States. The population was 7,114 at the 2000 census. 5.8 km · neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melrose_Park_(Fort_Lauderdale%29) 4. Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale The NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is an art museum in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Originating in 1958 as the Fort Lauderdale Art Center, the museum is now located in an 83,000-square-foot modernist building designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes. 2.4 km · art museum in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Art_Fort_Lauderdale) 5. Central Broward Regional Park Central Broward Park & Broward County Stadium, formerly Central Broward Regional Park and Central Broward Stadium, is a large county park in Lauderhill, Florida. It opened on November 9, 2007, at a construction cost of $70 million. 5.4 km · Sports stadium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Broward_Park) 6. Hugh Taylor Birch State Park Hugh Taylor Birch State Park is a Florida State Park located in Fort Lauderdale, on East Sunrise Boulevard, between the Intracoastal Waterway and SR A1A. 4 km · Florida state park · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Taylor_Birch_State_Park) 7. Osborne Reef Osborne Reef is an artificial reef off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida at 26.10748°N 80.06493°W / 26.10748; -80.06493. Originally constructed of concrete jacks, it was the subject of an ambitious expansion project utilizing old and discarded tires. 8.8 km · artificial reef off Fort Lauderdale, Florida · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_Reef) 8. Las Olas River House Las Olas River House is a 42-story residential skyscraper located in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It stood as the tallest building in Ft. 2.6 km · apartment building in Fort Lauderdale, Florida · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Olas_River_House) 9. Fort Lauderdale Stadium Fort Lauderdale Stadium was a baseball stadium located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, next to Lockhart Stadium which was built for soccer and outdoors events. The stadium was demolished in June 2019 as part of the construction of Inter Miami CF Stadium for Inter Miami CF. The New York Yankees announced in March 1961 they would move their spring training location from St. 6.3 km · stadium in Fort Lauderdale, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale_Stadium) 10. Stonewall National Museum Archives & Library Stonewall National Museum Archives & Library is the first national LGBTQ+ Museum in the United States. SNMAL is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501 organization in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that promotes understanding through preserving, interpreting and sharing the culture of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their role in society. 1.5 km · Museum and Library · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_National_Museum_and_Archives) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Fort Lauderdale **Airports:** Fort Lauderdale Hollywood (FLL), 8 km · Miami (MIA), 41 km · President Donald J. Trump (DJT), 60 km\ **Stations:** Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood, 7.7 km · 2017 Fort Lauderdale Airport shooting, 7.5 km · Fort Lauderdale station, 3.5 km · Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, 6.8 km · Cypress Creek, 6.3 km\ - Miami → Fort Lauderdale 39 km · quickest by road, 42 min · $3.5–5 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/miami-to-fort-lauderdale) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Miami&to=Fort+Lauderdale) - West Palm Beach → Fort Lauderdale 67 km · quickest by road, 1h 5m · $6–8 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/west-palm-beach-to-fort-lauderdale) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=West+Palm+Beach&to=Fort+Lauderdale) - Fort Myers → Fort Lauderdale 178 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · $18–24 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/fort-myers-to-fort-lauderdale) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Fort+Myers&to=Fort+Lauderdale) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Fort%20Lauderdale) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Fort Lauderdale Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Fort Lauderdale. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in There are also some limited charter flights to and from Europe. - Get in Charter companies such as Fort Lauderdale Air Charter, Monarch Air Group and Skymax offer access to a variety of planes for flights to and from this airport. - Get in Additionally, Baleària Caribbean runs a regular ferry from Freeport, in the Bahamas. - Get around Fort Lauderdale is America's yachting capital, and as such has numerous boat charter and rental companies. - Get around Water Taxi also offers a free "Water Trolley" shuttle service (funded by the city) with stops between the Stranahan House and Esplanade Park (the span of Fort Lauderdale's "Riverwalk" along the New River). From [Wikivoyage: Fort Lauderdale](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. 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