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North Miami is a city of about 60,000 people in northeastern Miami-Dade County, between Miami and the beach towns along Biscayne Bay. Incorporated in 1926 as the Town of Miami Shores and renamed North Miami in 1931, it grew into a diverse residential city with one of the largest Haitian American communities in the United States.
The city's best-known cultural stop is the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) on NE 125th Street, the heart of a small downtown with Haitian, Caribbean and Latin restaurants. Arch Creek Park preserves a Tequesta and pioneer site around a former natural limestone bridge, and the Enchanted Forest Elaine Gordon Park offers shady trails and pony rides. Music fans know North Miami as the home of Criteria Studios, where Eric Clapton, the Bee Gees and many others recorded.
The Biscayne Bay campus of Florida International University sits on the bay at the city's eastern edge, and Oleta River State Park, Florida's largest urban park, is next door for kayaking and mountain biking. Downtown Miami and the Miami Beach area are both a short drive away.
MOCA North Miami is a compact museum on NE 125th Street showing changing exhibitions of contemporary art, with a focus on emerging and Caribbean and Latin American artists. It also hosts talks, film nights and family programs. Check the website for current shows and free admission days.
A small county park built around the site of a natural limestone bridge over Arch Creek, used for centuries by the Tequesta and later by pioneers. The bridge collapsed in 1973, but the park keeps a nature center, a butterfly garden and shady trails along the creek. Good for a short, quiet stop with kids.
A wooded city park in North Miami with nature trails under tropical hardwood trees, a playground, picnic shelters and a small creek. It is known locally for its pony rides and train rides on weekends. Bring bug spray in the wet season, and check city hours before visiting with children.
Florida's largest urban park sits just east of North Miami on Biscayne Bay, with mangrove-lined waterways for kayaking and paddleboarding, a small beach and some of the best off-road mountain bike trails in South Florida. Rentals are available on site. Arrive early on weekends, when parking fills up.
Florida International University's Biscayne Bay campus occupies a stretch of mangrove shoreline at the eastern edge of North Miami. Visitors can walk the waterfront paths and boardwalk with views across the bay, and the campus hosts lectures and events. Park in visitor spaces and check campus rules first.
This recording studio on NE 149th Street, now known as The Hit Factory Criteria, is where Eric Clapton cut Layla, the Bee Gees recorded much of their disco era, and countless other artists made records. It is a working studio and not open for tours, so music fans can only see it from outside.
North Miami's main street around NE 125th Street is the place to try Haitian and Caribbean food, from griot and pikliz to fresh patties and strong coffee, alongside Latin bakeries and small cafes. The area near MOCA also hosts occasional street festivals and art walks. Parking is easiest in public lots.
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