North Beach Park, Hollywood Beach, Florida

Hollywood Beach's North Beach Park is probably the easiest beach access. It's right at the eastern terminus of Sheridan Street and has plenty of parking (for a fee). A snack bar and restrooms, lifeguards, picnic tables and direct access to the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk make this park a top choice for a day at the beach. There is even a wooden tower with an observation deck that you can climb to get a good view of the area.

Especially on the weekends, the smell of barbeque and the sound of Latin rhythms wafts through the picnic area shaded by tall sea grape trees and palms. The broadwalk is busy with runners, walkers, bicycles, and young families pushing baby carriages. If you want to stay away from the busy, crowded Central District, then North Beach Park might be for you. However, it is by no means a "remote" beach. All the comforts of Hollywood Beach are very close by.

Above: The view looking North from North Beach Park. Dania Pier can be seen in the distance.

Hollywood Beach, Florida's golden sand beach

Hollywood Beach looking north with the Dania Pier in the distance. My telephoto lens makes the pier look much closer than it actually is. The big condos in the distance, beyond the pier, are across the inlet on Ft. Lauderdale Beach.

North Beach Park, view from the observation tower.

Above: View from the observation tower at North Beach Park on Hollywood Beach, Florida.

Here's a view from the beach of the observation tower at North Beach Park.

Hollywood Beach, North Beach Park. View of beach and water.

The beach as viewed from the observation tower.

Picnic tables at North Beach Park, Hollywood, Florida.

Above: Shaded picnic tables at North Beach Park.

Cafe snack bar at North Beach Park, Hollywood Beach, FL.

Turtle Cafe snack bar at North Beach Park.

Hollywood Broadwalk access in front of the Turtle Cafe at North Beach Park.

The Hollywood Beach Broadwalk separates the Turtle Cafe from the beach.

North Beach Park signage, Hollywood Beach, FL

Hollywood Beach has very facilities and parking, but access is not free if you arrive by car.

Above: This is an extreme close-up of the sand grains on Hollywood Beach. It is not pure quartz crystals like we have on the Gulf coast, but is a mixture of quartz crystals and lots of smooth polished shell fragments. It is these shell fragments that give the sand its golden-brown color. It's beautiful sand; sea turtles love to dig their nests in it.