4/1/17 Overview - Peanut Island, JFK Bunker and Maritime Museum in Palm Beach, FL (Closed in 2021 🙄)

Recently learning that there was an underground bomb shelter nearby on a small island, that is open to the public, we decided to check it out on our next visit to South Florida. What we discovered is a palm-studded island with a clean, sandy beach surrounded by warm, clear, tropical Gulf Stream waters – and a really great place to spend a day picnicking, swimming, snorkeling or even camping! The man-made island was created in 1918 from materials dredged from the Lake Worth Inlet. Originally only 10 acres in size, materials subsequently added eventually increased the island's total area to its current 80 acres. The name resulted from past plans to use the island as a terminal for shipping peanut oil. There is a 1.25 mile paved walking path around the perimeter 30 acres that contain wildlife habitat with enhanced public park, a 6-acre parcel operated by the Palm Beach Maritime Museum, and an interior area that continues as dredge management for the Port. Unfortunately when making our plans to visit, we were not aware that a beautiful public park was just beyond the border bushes of historical museum area and that it was only a mile around entire island, in which case we did not allow enough time to see the full beauty of this awesome tropical paradise!