A gem of serene beauty. Bike the paths to the waters edge. Bring a picnic to enjoy by the wading inlet, protected by a bulwark of rustic coral boulders. Be prepared to challenge yourself with various water sports or just fish along the canal. Bring park fees if you are motoring in - mosquito repellent if you plan to spend time along the mangroves. Launch your water craft for a day on the water. Call ahead for reservations to the famed onsight jewel, Redfish Grill and to see if they are in season. The Hammock is many things but always beautiful.

This is a really cool place but the water itself is pretty mucky and not very appealing. The surrounding area is so peaceful though. I would recommend anyone visiting to take some time to walk the island a bit as there’s lots of nice spots to enjoy

Huge park, with marina, lots of parking, lots of good spots for fishing, grlling and picninc areas and shelters available, sea water pond with plenty of life guards so its great for kids besides theres always fish jumping that kids love.Restaurant at the end , looks upscale and fancy ill have to try it, I believe they offer weekend brunch, theres also a food truck by the other side of the marina.There you can also rent kayaks and some other items for water sports like kite surfing with instructors available.Bring sunscreen and bugs repellent as Ive seen no store at the park.Dont be surprised yo see manatees and dolphins around.

Awesome!Plenty of room and parking to enjoy nature, boating, and fishing!The wild iguana lizards may startle you if you are not use to them, but they are mostly harmless if you keep your distance.

Five, ten and all the stars to this park.As you can see we love it and because of many reasons:Always parking available.Clean and accessible​ restrooms. Breathtaking view.Lifeguard on site.Great place for all ages. But excellent for families since the water is shallow.See you next time for Sure!!

A nice change from the regular beach scene- a small atoll pool, a saltwater pond flushed by the tidal movement of adjacent Biscayne Bay, attracts families with young kids- and there are life guards on duty. Fine dining restaurant- Red Fish on site looks worth trying out sometime. Great views of the city and fun watching all the boat activity. Very scenic for picture taking! Parking is only $5 during weekdays and $7 on weekends

It was an awesome day. Sun was beautiful. My grandsons and my son went Kayaking.. Just a Great day!

Great Public park to take pictures. awesome scenery in both the beach and the Forrest by the entrance. I took my little cousins of 6 months to take some baby pictures by the beach. Here are som of the shots you can achieve at Mathewson Hammock Park.

Wow - what a beautiful screen. The atoll the scenes of miami the marina, the sun, palm trees and ocean, just crazy views everywhere you look.

A hidden gem I felt after visiting this park, beautiful park with coconut trees n palm trees , lovely downtown view, perfect for picnics, boating, families swimming...

Pretty nice park and a great view. I definitely enjoyed my visit. Pretty scenery and kept up very nicely. Great for families or kayaking.

Quiet, a place to spend some time with family and friends getting the fresh air of BiscayneNot a good beach

Wow! What a local Paradise. The place is always well kept. My highest kudos to the hard-working Miami Dade Parks staff. This is a safe clean and fun family or just alone time Hangout. The views of downtown Miami off in the distance are some of the best you can find.Mark E Bock

This use to be a hidden Gem. Went back a few months ago to see they want more money then before ($6+ dollars) to park. Very upset this park charges more money to park then any other State Park and the roads are still hidious and the beaches are now nasty. You feel ripped off period! This state goverment needs to do something about it, they always have no money to fix parks from Huricane damage. This parks is teribble now. Only good for putting your boat in water.

A chance to be at the beach but with a family friendly atmosphere. The on site restaurant is wonderful.

Increíble park for a sunrise or sunset visit, as well as any watersports activity.

Beautiful well kept marina with world class restaurant.

I needed to get off the house. Its was a great place to visit.

Great park in Coral Gables. Awesome for kids, and biking! Love it!

If your looking to get away from it all this is your place. They have a small train for the kids and a lovely koi pond with turtles. We have been here for concerts in the summer and for mothers day brunch and in between to just unwind.

Beautiful nature park. Nice little beach.

This place was just breathtakingly beautiful. Entry was $5 on weekdays and $7 on weekends. It was so gorgeous we visited this place multiple times while on vacation.

Love this place. I grew up going here. Love it so much that I got married here and took maternity pics here too. The shelter venue is a best kept secret. Where else can you get a wedding venue for $192 for the whole day! Now we bring our son here to play.

This is a really nice park for family or individual outing . Park is clean and family friendly . Small trail to walk on and lots of greenery and trees . There is bbq area and plenty of space to lounge around . Bathrooms were clean too . Plenty of parking as well.

This hike is extremely rewarding for how little work you put in.There are lots and lots of people ranging from tourists to your everyday walkers.

Nice park and beach area. Picnic tables available near beach and bathroom is clean and close to beach.

Lovely place for the kiddos. The parking is $7 and plentiful (in January). There are bathrooms near the kiddie pool and rinse off stations. During the week there is pay by phone parking and no life guards. The kiddie pool is closed then, but screw the rules.

Great secluded area. Seems more geared towards family. I prefer to go early morning when it opens and leave around lunch time. There is even a restaurant right next to the beach when your ready to go eat. The beach is next to the parking lot as well as the showers. Everything is just really convenient.

One of the thing I like is this salt water lake feet from the ocean great for boating, swiming, sailing, windsurfing and more.

It is a calm and peaceful beach. Good for kids. There are lot of shades and benches to take rest.

I love this Marina, lots of parking! Staff is very helpful and law enforcement keeping a safe enviorment for everyone! Areas to wash boat and clean fish! Besides the boat ramp also have a nice beach and great area to ride bike with the family! But we are in Miami and you will occasionally see the boat launch bloopers

Cool spot to visit. Located right next to fairchild garden which closes rather early so its a good place to visit after.

Love using this park for the boat ramp. Parking lot is huge, plenty of ramps, clean facilities.I always come to Matheson Hammocks.

I love this place! Its always the perfect place to relax and enjoy the view.Entrance/Parking is 5usd.

Great place to go and relax during this Covid time.Park by the ocean, take some snacks and enjoy the ocean without having to drive far.

Its a super good place for the kids

I love the park it is beautiful and fascinating. I’ve been bringing my kids to the park and beach for years. But yesterday a beach lifeguard told people in a rude way to leave the park before it was supposed to close at 8 PM. This rude lifeguard started kicking people out in a very rude and impolite way at 7:00 PM. I arrived with my family at the beach around 6:30 because park signs stated that closing was at 8 PM. When we asked why the park was closing early this impolite lifeguard told me in a rude way that he was closing early so nobody would be at the beach area at 8PM. He spoke in a rude manner to me and numerous other families with little children.

Kite surfing lessons, paddle board, Bike, hike, swim, jog, walk, or check out Redfish restaurant, and beach bar on the beach. Quality looking place.

A very nice serene place to enjoy a lagoon type beach with Miami and Key Biscayne city views. It has picnic tables, palm trees, and parking. Its a $5 per car charge during the week and $7 on weekends. Its well worth it for the scenic curvy roads with arches of beautifully oversized trees and foliage.A great place for kite surfing as well. Enjoyed it very much! Take the family, your love interest, or go solo. Any which way will be an enjoyable day!

Nice place secluded enough for social distancing.

Love, love, love this place. Its very cozy although I dont really like going in the water because its got a dirty bottom. Other than that, its a really nice place to spend the day and watch the sunset.

Great place for spending a good time. Good for bath, safely.

Great family beach with a cove, lagoon and lifeguard on duty. Bike trails go throughout the park including areas by the enclosed lagoon. The lagoon is great for familes. Good sand for south Florida. There is a company that rents water sports equipment. The boat ramp is open but the restaurant is closed from hurricane damage. Parts of the cove road were still closed. There is an entry fee.

Very nice quiet park great for kayaking. Love it!

Nice little beach park..family friendly. Park entry fee $7. The atoll pool is kid friendly.

Hidden gem with beautiful views.. going there quite frequently just to sit and enjoy the water safely .. not too crowded

I have fond memories of this beach when I was a kid. Looking forward to creating new memories with my son. Never crowded, inexpensive entrance fee and parking.

Awesome family beach. Gentle water palm trees for shade. Bathroom and shower.

It is a very nice place to relax and have fun.

I love this place. Ive been coming here since I was a kid. Last hurricane took a toll. Global warming is slowly destroying the place. I still love it, still go by every weekend.

Its a beautiful place!SunSandWaterWhat else do you want?

Didnt have the opportunity to dine here but respected and appreciated the reservation only dining option, to adhere to CDC pandemic guidelines.

Beautifuland quite place for kids. But the parking lot and walkways by the toll beach and parking lot was terrible could barely walk with all the rocks and concrete all over the place. The parking lot is unorganized

Beautiful location, great views of downtown Miami. The beach is great for children, very calm...shallow and lagoon like. Several lifeguard towers, so again good for children. It is popular for photography as there were several couples having professional photos taken. There’s a restaurant at the beach. Ample parking...costs $7.

Peaceful since not many people on weekdays, but not clean and some construction debris scattered around.

Great area for paddleboard. Water is almost always perfect.

Excellent place to have a great photoshoot session! The best time to go is at 6:30 am and then after 5:45 pm. The place has a variety of scenarios to use ranging from beach, lagoon, a larga mat of grass, trees and a gazebo in a shape of a small castle. I have done two shoots there, and they turned out to be my best photo shoots! I recommend this place to have a good time!

Good fun. Beach without having to drive to South Beach.

One of my favorite parks in Miami

Its a great spot in Coral Gables. Keep in mind that it was impacted by Hurricane Irma in September of 2017. With that in mind, enjoy the nature trail and circle beach. Beautiful view from the edge next to the ocean.

A very nice place to relax at the beach and have a picnic. The tides come in and fill this cove every day.

Great place to get away from the hustle and bustle of Miami Beach. Has a great view of the downtown skyline and the beach is generally very clean with lifeguards often on duty. Only thing I would wish for are cleaner bathrooms and maybe a vending machine or two and some water stations. Apart from that, great little spot to get some sun. Keep in mind, $5 entrance fee.

Not too water friendly but one can manageWhat I found puzzling was not having a snack bar close by. Its WAY easier to find one by my hacienda in Colombia, South America.

Such a beautiful nature park, we loved biking, there were plenty of people exercising, running, walking, so it is good for us covid freaks to have mask on. The bay and boats are beautiful .

Great park with many different features! Theres boating, kayaking, paddle boarding, swimming and probably much more! I had been there for a BBQ years ago, and hadnt been for ever! But today, something told me to get out of my place since it was such an amazingly beautiful day! So along we went...I happened to have taken the wrong road and passed the boat docks to end up at a small secluded water are where people sat along the water and mangroves in beach chairs, in their pick up trucks and sunbathed or just hung out by the water. It wasnt really what we were looking for so we kept going.We found the beach area right by the restaurant. We found parking right up front and walked right in, parked next to a life guard stand and enjoyed a panoramic vision of the view. The beach area is smaller than your typical open beach but big enough to give everyone there plenty of space to lay out and swim.We stayed for about 2 hours, swam in the dark green water and had a great time under the beautiful blue sky! What a great way to be at a beach and not have to worry about the hustle and bustle of Miami Beach on a Holiday weekend which equals craziness!! Our time was well spent there and it was exactly the perfect thing to do today! : ). Cant wait to enjoy again.Parking is paid by the parking app. There was plenty of parking in the lot. There are 3 life guard stands along the beach which now I would refer to more as a lagoon because it is more like a lake like body of water than an open beach with waves! Nevertheless the less, which ever name you wanna call it by, it is a cool little hang out and very close to me! : )One thing I forgot to mention is that there are no frisbees or other things that you throw, allowed at the beach! Of course we only noticed that after throwing the frisbee around for about 10 minutes, LOL!!!

In one of the most beautiful areas in Miami, Matheson Hammock Park is a window to the sea with a place for several interests . Walk in the mangrove, rock your boat, take sailing classes, Or bask on the beach by the atolón with your young children. My last visit on my bicycle at sun down allowed for a beautiful sunset, the sounds of birds as they prepared for night and q magical ride along the mangrove surrounded road where I could hear the creatures of the night come alive.

Very clean lots of beach patrol great for family with small kids

Clean and nice to watch the sunrise. And you might see a few really nice boats heading out.

Not sure what happened to this place but it looks like a run down parking lot that isnt even worth 7 dollars admission it is full of orange fence and overgrown brush. Stick to key biscayne at least its not pretending to be something else. I do hope they fix this place its in such a high end neighborhood but when you get back here it looks like an abandoned strip mall. With a bunch of broken palm trees.

Dog friendly, just be sure to bring a leash, a bag for poop and plenty of water. I love to park in the lot on the north side of old cutler and hike into the open area of the park through the wooded trails that wind through the hammock. You feel like you travel back in time or to Jurassic park in there!

Nice beach with a lagoon. Pretty view of downtown Miami. Lots of parking. Restroom facilities on site.

Tucked away from the bustle of the city. The atoll is great for kids. And catching a sunset here is serene.

Horrible experience here. Came to take my maternity pictures and as the sun was setting we were literally kicked out and threatened to have police called on us even though my photographer called ahead of time and made sure that they closed at sunset which is around 8. Ruined my day and definitely ruined my picture plans. All we needed was 10 mins.

All good until it floods lol

Nice place to relax and bikeing

Its excellent. It is very safe. It is an adventure to go through the trails and see crabs, or go outside and delight in what you see. Usually there are people doing interesting fun things. Loved it!

Great place to relax and take in the Rays and the spectacular view.

Good Park To Visit With Family! The kids found hermit crabs, shells..they had a blast. We went on a Sunday, it was not as crowded as other parks. It had an enclosed beach and a marina for boats.

A lot of shade area provide by the coconut trees, very nice place.

Breath taking a must go park and beach area with a spectacular new restaurant Redfish by Chef Adriannes.Rebuild after the hurricane.RESERVATIONS are a must if your planing on eating there.So plan ahead.

Great place for spending time with your friends and family. Beach area is not that great but kids love splashing and playing in the water. Theres bike trails, boating, picnic areas, bathrooms and changing area. Sunsets are beautiful.

Nice park and nice beach, even if it’s small. The only problem right now - in August 2020 - is the seaweed (Sargasso) that produces a terrible smell and it’s all over the place

Beautiful clear skies. Had a lot of people staying around. And the water wasnt very blue. But still a decent beach to hang out at

Is a good place to visit but no shops around except a boat petrol station 1 mile away

One of the best places in South Florida to watch the sunrise.

Wondeful hidden gem, perfect place to unwind.

Second time going and place was floated ,no parking because water was very high. not a place to relax at all. at least not for my family.

Hidden gem off of Old Cutler Road. A secluded beach on the edge of Coral Gables tucked away at the end of Matheson Hammock Park.

Great place for young children, as the lagoon isnt very deep. Swimming is allowed when lifeguards are on duty. NO inflatable toys or floaters are allowed (this includes puddle jumpers).Parking is plentiful, and you pay to park by using your phone. Technically, theres no way of knowing whether or not you have paid, but its only like $5-8.

Truly amazing and original place, youll love it!

Placid! Great for little kids since there are no waves. I wish the water was a little more clear.

Love to see my beautiful children blended right into this Paradise

Beautiful location very relaxing

Great place to kayak and see some sites. The beach is still being worked on since last hurricane but still very relaxing.

It needs lots of work - the place looks abandoned.

It looks like a great place to spend a day off, unfortunately beach still closed due to pandemic

Very very nice place to spend time of relax with the family.

Beautiful. My favorite quiet spot.

Amazing place to watch the kite surfers and enjoy the bay breeze!

Nice little park to take the family too. Has a restaurant near by for food too.