Florida · United States
Port St. Lucie travel guide
Port St. Lucie is a city in Florida, United States, home to about 205,000 people.
- Best months
- December to February
- Nearest airport
- VRB43 km · Vero Beach Regional Airport
- Currency
- USDUnited States dollar
- Time zone
- America/New York
- Language
- Carolinian, Chamorro, Hawaiian
About
About Port St. Lucie
Port St. Lucie is a city in St. Lucie County, Florida, United States. It is the most-populous municipality in the county and the sixth-most populous city in Florida, with a population of 204,851 at the 2020 census.
Port St. Lucie is the largest city on a region known as the Treasure Coast, an area consisting of almost 600,000 people. Port St. Lucie is a coastal city on the Indian River Lagoon with many fun activities if you look around, like baseball, parks, bowling, and golf. With developments for a downtown area going into effect along US-1, PSL is modernizing one step at a time, though it maintains a suburban feel. It blossomed from a town of only 500 people in its first census in 1970 to a boom-town of 170,000 by 2010.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Port St. Lucie
See
Downtown PSL is in its infancy, and right now there is only the Civic Center as well as a few outlet stores. At the Civic Center, there have also been performances by local bands.
- Port St. Lucie Civic Center
- Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens
- Oxbow Eco Center
- Savannas Preserve State Park
Do
Port St. Lucie has many fun activities if you know where to go. Here are some places and activities recommended by the city.
- Jessica Clinton Park
- Lyngate Park
- Sportsman Park & Sportsman Park West
- Veterans Park at Rivergate
- Clover Park
- PGA Village
- Bowlero
- St. Lucie Lanes
- PopStroke
- Food Truck Invasion
- Tradition Green Market
- Port St. Lucie Civic Center Green Market
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Where to stay
Hotels in Port St. Lucie
2 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson Shores Resort & Spa | 16.0 km | |
| Jensen Beach Inn | 13.1 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Port St. Lucie
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Port St. Lucie are December to February. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; September is the wettest, with about 219 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Port St. Lucie: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Vero Beach Regional Airport (VRB), about 43 km from the city centre in a straight line; President Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT, 71 km) and Melbourne Orlando International Airport (MLB, 96 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
US Highway 1 spans entire length of the state, its route through the city extends from the Martin/St. Lucie County line to the south to Midway Road at the northern limits of the city. This stretch of US 1 is passes through town as Federal Highway which contains mostly strip malls and shopping centers. The closest train stations for the Amtrak Silver Service are in Okeechobee, West Palm Beach, and Orlando; the station in Sanford, is served by the Auto Train, a nonstop service from Lorton, Virginia (around Washington, DC) that carries the passengers' cars in specially designed autoracks.
Getting around
Car is the easiest, if not only, way to get around Port St. Lucie. PSL is a relatively large city by area, so driving is the best option to get around. PSL stretches to all the way past I-95 to an in-city town called Tradition. The highways listed are also used to get around Port St. Lucie with ease, mostly US-1 and I-95; the Turnpike is rarely used due to it being a toll road, but it is used to avoid traffic and as a way to reach central Florida. There are no one-way streets in PSL, except for divided highways.
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VRB · Vero Beach Regional Airport
DJT · President Donald J. Trump International Airport
MLB · Melbourne Orlando International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Port St. Lucie
Drink
On the Treasure Coast, alcohol is served in many restaurants, mostly sports bars and pubs; it is common to find beer and wine, but some bars serve mixed cocktails. PSL is not a city big on night life.
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Questions
Port St. Lucie: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Port St. Lucie?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Port St. Lucie are December to February. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; September is the wettest, with about 219 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Port St. Lucie?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Vero Beach Regional Airport (VRB), about 43 km from the city centre in a straight line; President Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT, 71 km) and Melbourne Orlando International Airport (MLB, 96 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Port St. Lucie?
United States dollar (USD).
Nearby
Destinations near Port St. Lucie
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.