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The keys are scattered between Lower Sugarloaf Key and Shark Key. U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway ) crosses some of the Saddlebunches at mile markers 11.5—15. Just east of Big Coppitt Key and Shark Key , and west of Sugarloaf Shores , is the small community of Bay Point that has fewer than 500 residents, a county park, and two stores.
Sunset Key is a 27-acre (11-hectare) residential neighborhood and resort island in the city of Key West, Florida. It is located about 500 yards (460 m) off the coast of the island of Key West. The island is privately held among its residents. The island is accessible only by a shuttle boat that runs from the Margaritaville Marina out to the island.
Shark Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys about 7 miles (11 km) east of Key West. It is located north of, and connected to, U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) at approximately mile marker 11.5, between the Saddlebunch Keys and Big Coppitt Key. It is part of the census-designated place of Big Coppitt Key, Florida. [1] Its earlier name was ...
The island is small, about 200 yards (200 meters) by 100 yards (100 meters) with a maximum elevation of six feet (under two meters). It is at the southern end of the along-shore movement of sand that feeds the barrier islands to the North (such as Key Biscayne) and is the northernmost exposure of the Key Largo limestone (fossilized coral reef) which forms the "true" Florida Keys.
Upper Matecumbe Key is an island in the upper Florida Keys. [1] U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses the key at approximately mile markers 79–83.5, between Windley Key and Lower Matecumbe Key. All of the key is within the Village of Islamorada as of November 4, 1997, when it was incorporated.
Rock Harbor is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Florida, United States, located in the upper Florida Keys on Key Largo on US 1 (the Overseas Highway) northeast of Thompson and southwest of the census-designated place of Key Largo.
In the two decades after the removal of the Card Sound wooden drawbridge, various schemes to increase access between the Keys and mainland Florida came and went. A 22-mile (35 km)-long bridge from Cape Sable to No Name Key did not succeed due to the establishment of Everglades National Park ; a monorail from Miami to Cape Sable to Key West met ...
Lower Matecumbe Key is an island in the upper Florida Keys, United States, located on U.S. 1 between mile markers 75–78. All of the key is within the Village of Islamorada as of November 4, 1997, when it was incorporated. It is home to the main base of the Florida National High Adventure Sea Base.