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Summerland Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys [2] about 20 miles (32 km) east of Key West; it contains an unincorporated community of Monroe County of the same name. U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway ) crosses the island at approximately mile markers 24–25.5, between Ramrod Key and Cudjoe Key .
Knockemdown Key; Summerland Key (MM 24–25) Ramrod Key (MM 27) Middle Torch Key, Big Torch Key (off to the north at MM 27¾) Little Torch Key (MM 28½) Big Pine Key (MM 30–32) No Name Key; Scout Key (MM 34–35), formerly known as West Summerland Key; Bahia Honda Key (MM 37–38) Ohio Key (MM 38¾), also known as Sunshine Key; Missouri Key ...
The keys were West Summerland Key (westernmost), Middle Summerland Key (center), and no name is known for the easternmost key. West Summerland retained its name, but the other two are known simply as the Spanish Harbor Keys; named for the anchorage located between this key and Big Pine Key. Interesting features of this key include indian mounds ...
Spanish Harbor Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys. [1] U.S. 1 (the Overseas Highway) crosses the keys at approximately mile markers 35–36, between Bahia Honda Key and West Summerland Key. Originally, there were three keys at this location. They were connected by fills at the time the Overseas Railroad was built. The Keys were West ...
Cudjoe Key is located in the Florida Keys at (24.664298, -81.482339 U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway ) crosses the key at about mile markers 20.5 – 23, between Summerland and Sugarloaf Keys . The highway leads west-southwest 20 miles (32 km) to Key West , east 30 miles (48 km) to Marathon , and a total of 136 miles (219 km) northeast to Miami .
Monroe County is the southernmost county of the state of Florida. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 82,874. [2] Its county seat is Key West. [3] Monroe County includes the islands of the Florida Keys and comprises the Key West-Key Largo Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Until the construction of U.S. Route 1 in the 1920s, the only building on Ramrod was a post office that was alongside the train tracks. U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses Ramrod Key at approximately mile markers 26–27.5, between Summerland Key and Middle Torch Key.
The northernmost key is the largest and has a strip of sandy beach free of mangrove. In the past it was known as "Entrance Key". It surrounds the lagoon in the north and east. Adjoining in the south are smaller keys such as Gull Keys, Mooney Harbor Key, and finally about four unnamed keys in the southwest corner of the group.