The town of Hialeah, Florida is a truly unique place to visit in the northwest Miami area of South Florida. Locals and tourists alike can find delicious food, impressive parks, great spots for picnics, hiking trails, fishing excursions and an array of water sports. Hialeah also offers a glimpse into the famous Florida Everglades. The town was originally known for its aviation industry and cattle farming, and the legacy of this can be seen today at sites like the Amelia Earhart Park. Today, Hialeah provides a perfect way to enjoy the outdoors.
Amelia Earhart Park
The Amelia Earhart Park in Hialeah, Florida offers a wide variety of activities and facilities for visitors, including a dog park, trails for mountain biking, a skate park, a farm village featuring pony rides and a petting zoo, an extensive watersports complex, and five lakes. The Bark Park, the five-acre dog park, is a completely fenced-in area and includes a separate section for small dogs. Amelia Earhart Park’s five lakes make the park one of the town’s largest water-based resources, along with being the home of the Miami Watersports Complex, which offers waterskiing, wakeboarding, paddle boarding, and much more.
401 E 65th St, Hialeah, FL 33013, Phone: 305-685-8389
Hialeah Racetrack
Hialeah Park Racing and Casino is considered by many enthusiasts of horse racing to be one of the country’s top racetracks, known as the “World’s Most Beautiful Horse Race Course.” The park is set on approximately two hundred acres of verdant gardens, lush landscape, and French Mediterranean architecture. In addition to the beautiful racetrack, Hialeah Park also consists of a stunning casino with over eight hundred slot machines, blackjack, electronic roulette, and numerous world-class poker tables. There also lounge, bar, and restaurant options, as well as flamingos on site, as the park is an Audubon Bird Sanctuary.
100 E 32nd St, Hialeah, FL 33013, Phone: 305-885-8000
Miami Watersports Complex
The Miami Watersports Complex in Hialeah is located within the impressive Amelia Earhart Park and features the latest in design for a water sport park. The complex provides one of the best ways to learn, as well as enjoy, waterskiing, kneeboarding, wakesurfing, wakeskating, and wakeboarding. Guests can participate in a variety of water sports on the freshwater, ninety-acre boat lake. Miami Watersports Complex has the latest in technology and design, including two full-size cable systems and a two tower system, and offers wakeboarding lessons with the Super Air Nautique G23, an award-winning boat, as well as waterskiing lessons.
401 E 65th St, Hialeah, FL 33013, Phone: 305-476-9253
Pisco y Nazca Ceviche Gastrobar
The Pisco y Nazca Ceviche Gastrobar in Doral, Florida, just outside of Hialeah, adds their own modern twist on traditional Peruvian fare, The Miami area restaurant gets its inspiration from the top ceviche eateries in Peru, serving an array of boldly flavored dishes, a variety of international and local beers, and unique cocktails. Open for lunch and dinner seven days a week, the views of the open kitchen and vibrant bar make the Pisco y Nazca Ceviche Gastrobar an ideal spot in the Hialeah area for savoring good ceviche, socializing with friends and family, and sipping a refreshing cocktail.
8551 NW 53rd St A101, Doral, FL 33166, Phone: 786-535-9154
Florida Gun Center
The Florida Gun Center in Hialeah is a state-of-the-art modern gun range that provides a comfortable and clean environment for people who want to test their marksmanship skills, or simply practice how to safely shoot a gun. The shooting range features adjustable targets able to move as much as fifty-five feet in distance. With safety as the facility’s “number one priority.” The Florida Gun Center also provides the latest in safety features, such as ballistically secure ceilings and walls. Novice shooters can also learn how to properly use a gun, including classes for basic firearm training, personal protection, and home firearm safety.
1770 W 38th Pl, Hialeah, FL 33012, Phone: 305-825-3655
Miami Helicopter Inc
Miami Helicopter Inc offers transportation services and a variety of helicopter sightseeing tours of the Miami, Florida area, providing tourists and locals alike with an opportunity to see the city and surrounding area from a new perspective, one of awe and wonder. Helicopter tours are designed to accommodate every type of budget and show what the bustling South Beach scene and Biscayne Bay boating activity looks like from the sky, as well as the southeast shoreline of Florida, the aquamarine waters, and many area landmarks. Miami Helicopter Inc is based at the conveniently located Opa-Locka Executive Airport.
14970 NW 42nd Ave, Opa-locka, FL 33054, Phone: 305-687-0527
El Rinconcito De Santa Barbara
El Rinconcito De Santa Barbara was first opened in the South Florida community of Hialeah by Pedro Delgado and Rosa Rivera on April 4th of 1997. Starting out as just a small cafeteria specializing in Cuban food, the local eatery offered a small takeout Canteen, “cortaditos,” and cuban coladas. A couple years later, the pair were in Puerto Rico and after discovering a love for the food there, decided to add Puerto Rican cuisine to the menu of El Rinconcito De Santa Barbara. The restaurant today offers an extensive food menu consisting of both Cuban and Puerto Rican dishes.
2050 W 56th St, Hialeah, FL 33016, Phone: 305-819-5590
Mack's Fish Camp - Tours, Hialeah, Florida
Mack’s Fish Camp just outside the town of Hialeah, Florida is a family-owned and operated business that has been in the family for five generations. Mach’s offers over eighty years of experience in teaching people about the Everglades, serving both the local community, along with domestic and international tourists. The Airboat Excursions, led by authentic gladesmen, are a one-of-a-kind activity and a unique escape into nature. Mack's Fish Camp also provides opportunities for bank fishing, boat rentals, picnic areas with grills, a boat ramp, RV spaces, a bridge for crossing the Miami canal, and an old-time country store.
Mack's Fish Camp, Miami Lakes, FL 33018, Phone: 954-536-7400
