Can you Drive Miami to Key West and BACK in 1 DAY? Top Tips for RoundTripping KeyWest

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Published 2023-05-05
Can you round-trip it? Of course you can. The total drive is around 8 hours. The better question is: Should you drive from Miami to KeyWest in a day? It's a challenge because the time budget is low to make it back it back at a reasonable hour.
Ride along and decide for yourself if you want to attempt cruising to Key West and back...in ONE day.
My top reasons are: Visiting the Old Florida vibe, Cruising the Overseas Highway (one of the most scenic drives in the USA), AND, of course, walking Duvall Street and visiting Key West. Key West has so much, even if you're there for just a few hours. You can visit the famous conch houses, walk Duvall Street and take your picture at the Southern Most Point in the United States. Totally worth it for me. But YOU decide for yourself. It is a very long day. September 1, 2023: Rest in peace #jimmybuffett

00:00 Scenes from Key West and Duvall Street
01:17 Overseas Highway and mileage from Miami to Key West
03:10 Driving through Homestead, Florida on Highway 1
05:05 Key Largo
05:20 Gilberts Resort Marina in KeyLargo
08:33 Overseas Highway the Keys, Florida
09:20 History of Diving Museum video clip from Highway 1
09:38 Islamorada Key Florida
10:01 Kon-Tiki Resort video, Islamorada
10:12 Manatees in the Florida Keys
12:13 Old Seven Mile Bridge
12:42 Marathon Florida International Airport
12:52 Number One Reason for driving from Miami to Key West
14:25 Entering Key West
15:08 North Roosevelt Boulevard, Key West, Florida
16:07 Conch Houses of Key West
17:16 Duvall Street video
17:54 Sloppy Joes, interior video, exterior video
19:22 Historic haunted Porter Mansion, 429 Caroline Street
19:41 St. Paul's Episcopal Church, interior and exterior video 4K
21:05 Southern Most Point in USA
23:22 Plant Based Jan, benefits of plant based diet

#overseashighway
#keywestflorida
#floridakeys

All Comments (21)
  • @MarthaCreations
    Your video was so perfect in every way. I am going in a few weeks to Miami and you my dear just gave me an idea to visit the Keys. Thank you ❤
  • @andrescramosm
    Thanks for sharing, I will be doing my round trip from North Bay village in Miami to Key West the next week :)
  • @Gator_cricket
    Yes! I did it was amazing trip miami to key west and straight back to Gainesville!
  • @uwegrauert7680
    Thanks for the inspiration! We think we will make it. Best wishes Siri and Uwe
  • @miamiwax5504
    on my 21st bday i drove down to keywest from miami, got a key lime pie and drove back home lol
  • @marcuspi999
    We had it all Just like Bogie and Bacall Starring in our old late, late show Sailing away to Key Largo Here's lookin' at you kid Missing all the things we did We can find it once again, I know Just like they did in Key Largo
  • Woweeee! It’s so beautiful! I go to Key West soon! So excited, thank you for sharing 😊
  • @davidlong3206
    Yes but WHY WOULD YOU. we make this trip 1-2 times a year it takes us 8-9 hrs to do it. There are too many places to see and visit. The trip down is part of the beautiful trip to Key West. When your in the Keys take off your watch and enjoy yourself and Life. Never rush. Stop and smell the roses….
  • It once took me 7 hours one-way from Miami to Key West. Just one car accident on the Keys Highway can upset your schedule as will road/bridge construction.
  • @donc2334
    Anywhere to stay along the way that's "reasonably" priced?
  • Very nice. You are very cute. Been to Key West many times. Good Lord willing I will be there for the 9th time in a week. Off of a cruise ship this time. So like you I will not have to pay for expensive Key West hotels. Lets make that the 4th reason to make it a day trip.
  • @jb7591
    any good steak houses there?