Parking
Use parking at Black Point Park & Marina, 24775 SW 87th Ave. The trail starts from the marina and park access.
Overview
About Black Point Jetty Trail
Why go
- A short walk reaches a bay-surrounded jetty and bird sanctuary
- Paved path, dirt and sand make the walk change underfoot
Heads up
- The sandy final stretch is less even underfoot
- The out-and-back returns on the same corridor
Map & elevation
The route
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
1 active Biscayne alert
- CautionBoater caution: navigational markers may be missing or movedUse caution while navigating park waters: navigational markers may be missing or moved due to unforeseen circumstances. Check current park alerts before boating.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Biscayne Tour Guide
Your drive to Black Point Jetty Trail, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Biscayne National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this trailhead
Black Point Marina0:00 / 0:29
“Black Point Marina is coming up, a county waterfront park where you can stop for a meal and spend some time beside the bay.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Biscayne Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
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- 19 audio storiesacross Biscayne’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor West Indian Manatee, American Crocodile, Burmese Python, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 9 trails, 31 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Trail guide
Hiking Black Point Jetty Trail
Take the jetty walkBlack Point Jetty Trail is an easy 1.7-mile out-and-back from Black Point Park & Marina.
Black Point Jetty Trail is an easy 1.7-mile out-and-back from Black Point Park & Marina. A paved path turns to dirt and then a sandy, rock-edged jetty, with Biscayne Bay opening around it. Allow about an hour if you plan to stop for birds. The 1.5-mile figure sometimes attached to Black Point describes the jetty’s reach into the bay; the mapped walk is about 0.8 mile out.
Look for shorebirdsAt the far end, the route reaches a bird sanctuary among the rocks.
At the far end, the route reaches a bird sanctuary among the rocks. Stay on the trail and scan the rocks for shorebirds, especially in winter. Mangrove cuckoos may be heard here, and prairie warblers are commonly heard around Black Point.
A path that changes underfootThe walk starts paved, changes to dirt, and finishes on sand.
The walk starts paved, changes to dirt, and finishes on sand. Benches, picnic tables and grills give you places to pause. From the outer stretch, a photo looking back along the path can show the rocks, mangroves and water together.
Start at the marinaUse Black Point Park & Marina at 24775 SW 87th Ave.
Use Black Point Park & Marina at 24775 SW 87th Ave. The park has parking, restrooms, a large picnic pavilion with grills and a dockside restaurant, all near the start. The out-and-back returns on the same corridor.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Biscayne
201 sightingsWest Indian ManateeMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
154 sightingsAmerican CrocodileMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
15 sightingsBurmese PythonMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
17 sightingsTamanend's Bottlenose DolphinMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
23 sightingsBald EagleMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
146 sightingsGreat BarracudaMost seen around 6 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Biscayne. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
