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The island is virtually uninhabited, being home to the 524-acre (212-hectare) Bahia Honda State Park. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Founded in 1961, the park occupies most of the island. [ 2 ] The channel at the island's west end is one of the deepest natural channels in the Florida Keys.
The Bahia Honda Rail Bridge is a derelict railroad bridge in the lower Florida Keys connecting Bahia Honda Key with Spanish Harbor Key.It was originally part of the Overseas Railway, but the state of Florida purchased it from the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) after the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane and converted it for automobile use as part of the Overseas Highway in 1938. [3]
25s long exposure of Milky Way at Scout Key, April 2018 20s long exposure of Bahia Honda State Park Milky Way, October 2016 Middle and Lower Florida Keys are among a few remaining South Florida dark skies locations accessible by car, thanks to their position along the Atlantic Ocean, and therefore with southern skies unobstructed by light ...
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On 19 August 2024 the Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced plans [21] to build golf courses and 350-room lodges on state park lands. [22]In statements to the Tampa Bay Times and in posts to social media, the agency claimed that the construction of a golf course on vulnerable scrub habitat will be done in a way to "minimize habitat impacts".
Overseas Highway and Railway bridges, Florida Keys The Overseas Highway begins at a T intersection between US 1 and SR A1A, from which it heads east. [4] After crossing to Stock Island and forming the boundary between the eponymous district and incorporated Key West, US 1 proceeds through unincorporated Monroe County on Boca Chica Key, [5] past Naval Air Station Key West, and Rockland Key ...
US 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses the Ohio Key at approximately mile marker 39, between Missouri Key and Bahia Honda Key. Today it is also known as Sunshine Key, [1] after a camping resort located there. The portion of the island south of U.S. Route 1 is protected as the Ohio Key National Wildlife Refuge. Ohio Keys signage.
Bahia Honda or Bahía Honda (meaning "Deep Bay" in Spanish) may refer to: Bahia Honda Key in the U.S. state of Florida; Bahía Honda, Cuba, in the province of Artemisa; Bahía Honda (Colombia), a bay in La Guajira, Colombia; Honda Bay, Philippines, a bay in Palawan, Philippines; Bahía Honda, Los Santos, a corregimiento in Panama