Baker's Haulover Inlet

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Baker's Haulover Inlet as viewed when approaching from the Atlantic Ocean side.

A sign for the Park and Marina at Baker's Haulover.

Baker's Haulover Inlet is a man-made channel in Miami-Dade County, Florida connecting the northern end of Biscayne Bay with the Atlantic Ocean, at coordinates 25°53′59″N, 80°07′26″W. The inlet was cut in 1925 through a narrow point in the peninsula that extends to a point east of the mouth of the Miami River, and which now is occupied by the cities of Bal Harbour, Surfside and Miami Beach. The cut is bordered to the south by Bal Harbour, and to the north by Miami-Dade County Haulover Park. A fixed bridge carries SR A1A across the inlet.

The name Baker's Haulover is presumed to derive from a man named Baker who hauled small boats over the isthmus between ocean and bay. The name is reported to have appeared on maps as early as 1823.

There is a State of Florida Historical Landmark Marker (over 50 years old) at the original Lighthouse Dock site dedicated on February 21, 2004, to the first charter-boat captains at the 1926-1951 dock. It is the first and only marker in the State of Florida for a fishing dock. The marker was secured through the efforts of Martha Saconchik-Pytel of Tallahassee, FL., whose father, John Saconchik, was an original captain at that dock. Further information on the efforts to obtain that marker and Saconchik-Pytel's continuing work on a book of Baker's Haulover can be seen at http://www.haulover.us