The Florida Guide
Greater Fort Lauderdale, FL
Broward County's coast and canals: Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pompano Beach and 24 miles of Atlantic beaches between Miami and Boca Raton.
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Greater Fort Lauderdale is the name visitors and locals use for Broward County, the stretch of South Florida between Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties. It pairs 24 miles of Atlantic beaches with more than 300 miles of navigable inland waterways, which is why the area calls itself the Venice of America. Most trips revolve around the beach, the water and easy day trips into the Everglades.
Where is Greater Fort Lauderdale?
Greater Fort Lauderdale covers all of Broward County, on Florida’s southeast coast directly north of Miami. The county has 31 cities and towns, ten of them on the ocean, and the Everglades take up roughly the western two-thirds of its land. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) sits in the middle of the coastal strip, so most beach towns are a 10 to 30 minute drive from the terminal. Interstate 95, Florida’s Turnpike and I-595 carry most traffic, while State Road A1A follows the beach. Port Everglades, one of the busiest cruise ports in the world, sits next to the airport, and Brightline and Tri-Rail trains connect the county with Miami and Palm Beach County.
Towns in Greater Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale is the county’s largest city and its anchor: Las Olas Boulevard, the Riverwalk along the New River, Hugh Taylor Birch State Park and a wide beach along A1A, with about 165 miles of canals and rivers inside city limits. Head south and Hollywood has the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk, a paved oceanfront promenade of more than two miles that is popular for biking and evening walks, plus a walkable downtown with murals and a monthly ArtWalk. North of Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach is a fishing town at heart, with the 900-foot Fisher Family Pier, reefs you can snorkel from shore and the Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse just up the coast.
Between them are smaller beach towns worth a stop: Dania Beach just south of the airport, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea with its low-rise beachfront and shore-access reefs, and Deerfield Beach at the county’s northern edge. Inland, Everglades Holiday Park is a common gateway for airboat rides into the Everglades.
When to visit Greater Fort Lauderdale
The best weather runs from about December through April, when days are warm, humidity is lower and rain is rare, so expect the busiest beaches, fuller marinas and higher demand for parking. March brings spring break crowds. Summer is hot and humid with short afternoon thunderstorms, and hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30. The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, one of the largest in the world, fills the city each fall, so plan ahead if your dates line up with it.
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