Where can I run in Miami?

South Pointe Park sits at the bottom of Miami Beach where Government Cut meets the Atlantic. The 5K loop A leaves from here on a 4.86 km circuit with 364 metres of connecting street and 1,768 metres of unbroken car-free path. No major-road crossings in the screen. The 5K loop B covers nearly the same ground at 4.92 km, also from South Pointe, with identical connecting-street and car-free distances. Footway share runs 80-81% on both. Before sunrise the concrete boardwalk still holds the previous day's warmth, and you'll catch the salt-and-seaweed smell strongest right at the South Pointe jetty. These two loops are the ones to run if you want to stay off roads entirely, though the shared path fills with walkers by 9 AM.

The 5K loop C starts from John C. Gifford Arboretum in Coral Gables at 5.23 km. Footway share drops to 32%, and the longest car-free stretch is 672 metres, less than half what the South Pointe pair offers. Connecting streets account for 436 metres. Still no major-road crossings in the data. The Arboretum neighborhood trades ocean breeze for tree canopy and the thick green smell of ficus roots pushing through old sidewalk. You'll share more road with Coral Gables traffic on this loop than on either South Pointe route. Mind you, it likely appeals to runners near the University of Miami who would rather not cross a causeway before their morning kilometres.

For the longer distance, the 10K loop A begins at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park on Key Biscayne. It measures 9.98 km with zero connecting-street distance, meaning every metre stays on park and island paths. The longest car-free stretch reaches 2,340 metres. Two major-road crossings appear in the data, one at Crandon Boulevard and one at an unnamed major road. Footway share is 43%. The 10K loop B starts from Tamiami Park in the western suburbs at 9.72 km, with 554 metres of connecting street and a longest car-free stretch of 3,414 metres, the longest unbroken segment of any loop in the set. Two crossings at Southwest 107th Avenue. Footway share drops to 33%. The Tamiami corridor tends to feel hotter, with less wind and no water in sight for most of the route. Key Biscayne, by contrast, puts the bay on one side and mangrove scrub on the other, with the sound of wading birds in the shallows at dawn.

September mornings in Miami currently reach 28°C with 77% humidity, and the feels-like temperature sits around 33°C. For a runner arriving from a temperate climate, that 5°C gap between air and skin temperature adds up fast. Run before 6:30 if you can. Water fountains are not measured in the loop data, so carry your own on any route past 5K. The coastal loops at South Pointe benefit from ocean air moving across the path. Tamiami Park and the Arboretum sit inland where the air hangs thicker and stiller. GPX files for all five loops are downloadable from the figures on this page. Elevation is not measured across the Miami loops, so do not assume flat terrain.