Things to Do in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Lake Worth Beach is the artsy, slightly scruffy antidote to Palm Beach next door, with a casino building on the sand, a fishing pier, and Lake and Lucerne avenues lined with murals, dive bars and cheap eats. The Street Painting Festival each February covers downtown in chalk.
35 things to do · 122 upcoming events · 41 places to eat · Updated September 2026
This Weekend in Lake Worth Beach
Fri 11 – Sun 13
theater · Pompano Beach · 26 mi
School Girls, Or the African Mean Girls Play
The Hive Black Box Theater
community · Boynton Beach · 6.3 mi
9/11 25th Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony
8 am · Centennial Park & Amphitheater
Freecommunity · Boca Raton · 18 mi
Bright & Smart Robotics: Tiny Innovators (Parent & Me)
12:15 pm · Sugar Sand Park Community Center
Free
Things to Do in Lake Worth Beach
35 places
Beach
Lake Worth Pier & Boynton Inlet
Mellow sandbars north of the pier; Boynton's south jetty is a classic.
Market
Lake Worth Beach Farmers Market
Saturdays. Under the bridge on the Intracoastal Outdoors and dog-friendly on a leash unless noted.
leashed
Park · Boynton Beach · 6.3 mi
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Northern Everglades: cypress boardwalk, 12-mi levee bike loop, 5.5-mi canoe trail. Wintering ducks arrive in Nov.
$5/carleashed (levee trail only)
Park · Free · Boynton Beach · 6.3 mi
Wakodahatchee & Green Cay Wetlands
Elevated boardwalks over wetlands — the region's best easy birding, excellent at fall migration.
FreeNo dogs
On the water · Kids · Boynton Beach · 6.3 mi
Boynton Beach shallow reefs
Splashdown Divers / Loggerhead — 40–60 ft drift with the county's most turtles; snorkelers ride the same boat.
On the water · Boynton Beach · 6.3 mi
Loxahatchee NWR canoe trail & MacArthur Beach lagoon
Marsh loop with gators; mangrove islands with manatees and rays.
Where to Eat in Lake Worth Beach
41 spots
Waterfront · Lantana · 2.3 mi
Old Key Lime House
Historic 1889 waterfront — Florida's oldest waterfront restaurant; the key lime pie
$$Waterfront · Boynton Beach · 6.3 mi
Prime Catch / Two Georges / Banana Boat
Inlet trio — Prime Catch has the best food; Two Georges the dock; Banana Boat the party
$$–$$$Dogs OKLocal favorites · Palm Beach · 6.4 mi
Buccan
Clay Conley small plates — Palm Beach's hottest table since 2011
$$$Local favorites · Palm Beach · 6.4 mi
Café Boulud at the Brazilian Court
Daniel Boulud's Palm Beach outpost
$$$$Local favorites · Palm Beach · 6.4 mi
Sant Ambroeus
The see-and-be-seen pair with Le Bilboquet
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