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Peanut Island


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 39 attractions in West Palm Beach
Traveller Description:
Although there remains some question as to whether President Kennedy ever intended to use the 1960s bomb shelter built for him beneath this island... more » Although there remains some question as to whether President Kennedy ever intended to use the 1960s bomb shelter built for him beneath this island, tourists come in droves to explore the bunker and enjoy the beautiful scenery. « less
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Attraction type: Island
Activities: Group tours/day tour
Address: 2400 North Flagler Drive West Palm Beach, FL 33480
Tel: 561 966 6600; 800 366 5004

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5 of 5 stars
Gans, Pennsylvania
25 Jun 2009

My family and I went to Peanut Island on our trip to FL. We were so impressed! The snorkeling was phenomenal. We went on a weekday and it wasn't overcrowded. There are lifeguards, clean restrooms and covered picnic areas. We have been on snorkeling trips off the coast of Key West and Key Largo and pretty much saw just as... more

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5 of 5 stars
Wisconsin
19 Apr 2009

We went to west palm beach to go to peanut island. we went to sailfish marina where there you take a water taxi over to peanut island. This is a small island just a 5 minutte ride on water taxi (or quicker on your own boat). the taxi goes several times a day bacck and forth. We paid 10.00 a... more

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5 of 5 stars
ocean city, nj
20 Mar 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

My girlfriend and I camped on Peanut Island for two straight nights and it was absolutely incredible. Kathy and Jim who run the island were so friendly and kind. The place was clean as could be and the snorkling lagoons were amazing as was the rest of the island. Five minutes after we set up our tent the Space Shuttle... more

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5 of 5 stars
Amenia, New York
26 Mar 2008
2/2 found this review helpful

This is a man made island between Riviera beach and Singer island, created from the removal of sand where they made the channel between Singer Island and PBI. At one time, it housed a nuclear shelter for JFK. It was redeveloped several years ago and is a great, clean, fun area for families. There are several small beaches, a snorkeling... more

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4 of 5 stars
Lake Worth,Fl
28 Jan 2008
2/2 found this review helpful

Being from the area, until recently I had only been to Peanut Island once as a kid. My own kids enjoyed the beach and my mom suggested taking them there. Now we spend most weekends there where they have learned the proper way to snorkel in the lagoon, which while the water is murky at best is shallow enough to... more

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4 of 5 stars
Syracuse, NY
8 Jan 2008
3/3 found this review helpful

My husband and I took our boat to the west side docks. We saw a couple of manatees in the murky lagoon waters. A brick path encircles the island with sporadic rest rooms, camp sites, beaches, a swimming lagoon and signage explaining the plant and animal life. We joined three young Canadians on a ten dollar, 35 minute tour of... more

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2 of 5 stars
Riviera Beach, Florida
20 Aug 2007
5/5 found this review helpful

Snorkeling in the Peanut Island artificial lagoon is a mixed proposition. On the one hand, it's not flushed properly by the tides, so you have more of a lake-snorkel feel to your excursion. Kind of yucky, so the lagoon is usually empty of snorkelers and swimmers. BUT... as with many avoided locations, there are some definite reasons to try it... more

14 Jun 2006
25/25 found this review helpful

My family which consists of my husband, myself , my son 13 and daughter 9 are staying in west palm beach this week and heard about peanut island. we took a drive over and ate breakfast at the marina...(great) then took the water taxi over to peanut island. we had purchased cheap snokles and masks at a local drug store... more

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5 of 5 stars
West Palm Beach, Florida
28 Dec 2003
24/25 found this review helpful

Being raised in west Palm Beach from the age of 1 Peanut Island was a great place to hang out after school, weekends and during the summer. We would camp, fish, dive and torment the coasties who were stationed on the island with our youthful antics. This would include engaging them in dirtbomb fights and then have them chase us... more

19 Feb 2003
5/11 found this review helpful

Back in 1977, before the bomb shelter was opened to the public, my high school friends and i snuck under neath the fence to the hatch to the bomb shelter. At this time, the bomb shelter was not being used for anything at all. This held a particulare thrill for us as teenagers, because the fence we snuck under bore... more

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2400 North Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33480
Tel: 561 966 6600; 800 366 5004