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Take a slow drive down past the waterfront mansions of Jupiter Island to the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse.
Enjoy a meal or drink across the water from the lighthouse watching boats going by on the waterway.
Whitehall is a 75-room Gilded Age mansion open to the public in Palm Beach Florida. Completed in 1902, it is a major example of neoclassical Beaux Arts architecture designed by Carrère and Hastings for Henry Flagler, a leading captain of industry in the late 19th century, and a leading developer of Florida as a tourist destination. The building is listed a National Historic Landmark. It now houses the Flagler Museum, named after its builder.
Here are some easy day trips from the Fort Pierce cottages.
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1). Jupiter Light House by Jupiter Inlet (42 miles)
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2). Flagler Museum in Palm Beach (68 miles)
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3). Elliott Museum in Stuart (south part of Hutchinson Island) (19 miles)
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4). Shopping at the Gardens Mall (just off I-95 at PGA Boulevard) in Palm Beach Gardens (53 miles)
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5). Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in Downtown West Palm Beach (62 miles)
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6). Kennedy Space Center- Cape Canaveral
(101 miles)
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7). Vero Beach Outlet Mall (​24 miles)
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8). Treasure Coast Square Mall in Jensen Beach (21 miles)
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9). Downtown Stuart (22 miles)
The Elliott Museum, located on the south part of Hutchinson Island in Stuart focuses on art, history, and technology. Named after the prolific inventor Sterling Elliott, the museum features a changing exhibition gallery and an art studio; maritime, baseball, and local history galleries; and bicycles, classic wooden boats, motorcycles, over 90 cars and trucks, and even an airplane.
Over 50 vehicles are displayed in a unique robotic racking system which retrieves vehicles on demand for display on a turntable. The Elliott Museum has one of the largest collections of historic Ford Model A and Model AA commercial vehicles in the world.
The Gardens Mall is a two-story, enclosed shopping mall in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Its anchors are Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue, and it features more than 160 specialty shops and restaurants
The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (often referred to as the Kravis Center) is an not-for-profit, professional performing arts center in downtown West Palm Beach, Florida.
The John F. Kennedy Space Center is one of ten National Aeronautics and Space Administration field centers. Since December 1968, Kennedy Space Center has been NASA's primary launch center of human spaceflight.
Located at 1824 94th Drive in Vero Beach, FL, Vero Beach Outlets features an impressive and growing collection of more than 60 designer and brand names.
Examples: Ann Taylor, Coach, Ralph Lauren, Banana Republic, Nike, etc.
Treasure Coast Square is a shopping mall in Jensen Beach, Florida. It comprises 115 stores, including anchor stores Dillard's, JCPenney, and Macy's, as well as a food court and Regal 16-screen movie theater.
Historic downtown Stuart, Florida. Food, art, music, shopping and much more!
More than 50 locally owned shops, restaurants, galleries and boutiques. Also home to the Lyric Theatre.
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