Best route from Orlando to Miami

We%26#39;re going from Orlando to Miami by car, and we would like to know which road is the best one? Or if someome know a scenic road to go there to enjoy the journey?

Many thanks for your advice !

Best route from Orlando to Miami

The quickest route is to take the Florida Turnpike to its end where it connect to I-95. However, you%26#39;ll have to pay the tolls on the turnpike this way.

You could also take the Beeline Expressway over to I-95 near Canaveral. It also has a toll, but not as much. However, once you reach I-95, it is slower because I-95 is only two lanes, while the Florida turnpike is three lanes for the most part, at least in the vacinity of Orlando.

I%26#39;ll rely on the locals to recommend a scenic route; it will be slower though.

Best route from Orlando to Miami

For a scenic drive take 192 or 528 east to US 1, than take it south along the coast, but be warn, with traffic, lights, driving threw large urban area (once you get towards Miami) it will take you forever to get to Miami.

The fastest way: Take the FL Turnpike south. Get off at the first Ft. Pierce exit, and go east a short way (1 mile or less) to 95. This will limit your tolls to about $8 US, and you can take 95 free the rest of the way.

Scenic routes: AIA is the beachfront ave on the east coast (US1 stays on the mainland mostly, though it often is located near the IntraCoastal waterway), but often is not right on the beach or even sometimes comes out to the mainland. You could try to go beachfront as much as you can from Cocoa to Miami, but that would be extremely impractical and time consuming.

My recommendation: take the turnpike to 95, as I said above, then get off in West Palm, go through downtown, and go over the bridge to Palm Beach. Take A1A and ocean drive (AIA is usually close to, but not right next to the beach there) or whatever rd is oceanfront as much as you can to Boca Raton, then go back inland to 95, and take that to Miami. This way you avoid the more congested areas of Ft. Lauderdale and Miami on the beach.

Another scenic route that I%26#39;ve mapped, but never gone (I was thinking about it for when I went to Palm Beach last October). Go I-4 W toward Tampa, and take US 27 South. This cuts through the middle of the state, and is a little (though it is growing) more of a laid back route. Not quite country, but not city either. You%26#39;ll go through Haines City, Lake Wales, Frostproof, and Seibring, then you will come out near Lake Obechobee, the largest lake in Florida. I think that 27 would then take you toward West Palm Beach; from there, you would take 95 to Miami.

The Turnpike is the quickest but VERY boring. The Beachline Expressway and I-95 are VERY boring.

Why anyone other than a madman would want to drive long distances along US-1, which I certainly would not class as scenic for the most part, is quite beyond my comprehension.

To see some of the real Florida virtually untouched by tourism, take US 441 southbound via Yeehaw Junction to Okeechobee. You then can take either way round Lake Okechobee, US98/441 eastwards or the slower SR78 westwards, either way pick up the US 27 into Miami. You can stop off to view the lake at various points. All these roads are little used and you will make reasonable progress with virtually no traffic lights anywhere.

You can shorten the journey timewise somewhat by taking the Turnpike to Yeehaw Junction.

I-95 from Cocoa to West Palm Beach is no more boring than any other American interstate highway is between cities. And when 528 crosses the St. John%26#39;s river, its quite beautiful, IMO.

Everyone says that the FL Turnpike south of FL is boring, but I%26#39;ve never found it that way. I actually like the trees and nature that you see between Yeehaw Junction and Ft. Pierce. Plus, when driving to South Florida, anticipation is always high, so it makes for a fun drive.

';Everyone says that the FL Turnpike south of FL is boring';

Excuse me, I meant to say ';south of Orlando';.

I have taken the Highway 27 route down (actually went to the Florida Keys). It gives you a slice of old Florida, before all the theme parks. You see orange groves, cattle ranches, and there%26#39;s some great spots to take in Lake Okeechobee on the way.

I recommend that you avoid I-95 as much as possible. There are a lot more traffic accidents on that road than on the Turnpike. Just two days ago there was another bad one that had the road closed for several hours. I have taken the Turnpike down, and it cost us about $10 (we weren%26#39;t going all the way to Miami though, only to Deerfield Beach) and it was worth every cent.

Helene,

depends very much what you want we have done all 3 major routes turnpike/I-95 and the A1A which takes you quite away down the coast we far enjoyed this route as we where not in any rush to check in at South beach it was a leisurely drive which took us through some nice places with soe good stop[ off points for food and rest, the turnpike was by far the quickest but just like any other motorway except that you are on hols and in Florida and of course there are tolls on this road but nothing to break the bank

let us know which way you took and what you thought

We did the longer drive so we could see Lake Okeechobee, while there I thought I would take a few photos, but inadvertantly standing on the nest of Fire Ants while I did it wasn%26#39;t a good idea.

I will never forget that drive though!

Many thanks to all your advices.

We were thinking to take the US27 to the Lake Okeechobee, it seems to be the more scenic one and the more pleasant..than go to Palm Beach for a little visit and take the turnpike to go to Miami from there.

How long it should take to go to Palm Beach by this route? And do you know a nice place to eat around the Lake Okeechobee?

Many thanks again for your help!!

We%26#39;re looking forward to visit Florida...