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Overlook Sisal Pond To Florida Turnpike Sound
Traveling Tips Shark River Oyster Mahogany Sweet Bay Everglades to Miami 1 905 Reef Club Florida Keys
Card
Ponce De Leon
Bay
Bay
Ocean
Hammock
Island
Pond
National
to the Florida Keys North West Cape Cape Whitewater Bay Park National Wildlife Botanical State Park National
Marine Sanctuary
Dagney Johnson
Largo Hammock
Sable
Crocodile Lake
Nine Mile
Hawk Channel
Pond
Long Barnes Refuge Point Mary Carysfort
Sound MILE 110 Sound Reef
Cross 905 Key Largo
Alligator Trout Key
Seven Palm Lake Cove Shell Key
Middle Cape Bay Davis
Cove
Canal Long Madeira Deer Key
Middle Lake Bay Blackwater
Bear Snake Bight Garfield Monroe Lake Eagle Key Sound North Dry Rocks
Lake 9336 Bight Elbow Reef
Point
Bight
Bay
Middle Cape Lake Porpoise Rankin Santini Terrapin Madeira MILE 105 City of Washington Wreck
Ingraham Shark Bight Bay Terrapin Boggy Key Dry Rocks
Flamingo Joe Kemp Umbrella Point Mosquito Crocodile Big Key Point Madeira Largo “Christ of the Abyss”
Point
Point
Point
Sound
East Cape Bradley Key Key Rankin
Key
Canal Key Samphire Buttonwood Grecian
East Cape Keys Sound Newport Rocks
MILE John Pennekamp
Coral Reef State Park
100
Spiegel Grove
Benwood Wreck
MILE Wreck
95 White Banks French
Cottrell Rodriguez Key Reef
East Marquesas Key Tavernier 1
Hospital Middle Key Keys Molasses
Reef
Key Key Barracuda MILE 90
Key Florida
Archer Islamorada
Loggerhead Key Mule Bay Plantation Bibb
Key Key Windley Key Pickles Wreck
Reef
Garden MILE Key
Key Gulf of Mexico Boca Grande 85 Plantation Point Duane
Key
Fort Bush Key Key Shell Key Windley Key Fossil Conch Wreck
Reef
Reef Geological
Jefferson Crawfish State Park Hen and
Key West National Woman Man Key West Lignumvitae Key MILE Matecumbe Key Chickens
Upper
Reef
Wildlife Refuge Key Key 80 Davis
Reef
Dry Tortugas National Park MILE 75 Teatable Key Crocker Reef
60 miles west of Key West, Straits of Florida Indian Key
Lower
and 37 miles west of the Marquesas Keys Florida Keys Fiesta Key Matecumbe Key Eagle
National
Wreck
Marine Sanctuary Layton MILE 70 1 Florida Keys Alligator
Reef
Marathon MILE 65 Long Key National Straits of Florida
Long Key State
Great White Heron Recreational Area Marine Sanctuary
National Wildlife Refuge Grassy Key MILE Conch Key
Gulf of Mexico Long Point 60 Tennessee
Big Torch Big Pine Florida Keys Key Duck Key Reef
Marathon
Key Great White Heron Airport MILE 55 Hammock East Turtle
State Park
National Key National Wildlife Refuge Pigeon Knight’s MILE 50 Deer Key Shoal Two Humps
Key Deer Middle Old Seven Key Key 1 Vaca Key
Refuge Torch Mile Bridge MILE West Turtle
45
Sugarloaf Key Key MILE No Name Ohio Key MILE 40 Seven Boot Key Snake Shoal
The
Key
Cudjoe Key 30
Little
Mile
Saddlebunch MILE 20 MILE Torch Coupon MILE Bahia Bridge Coffins
Patch
1 Summerland 25 Ramrod Key Bight 35 1 Delta Shoal Herman’s
Alexander’s Wreck KeysMILE 15 Key Key Newfound Hawk Channel Honda Washerwoman Hole Thunderbolt Atlantic Ocean
East
Key West Lower Harbor Keys State Park Sombrero Samantha’s Wreck
Cottrell Big Coppitt Sugarloaf Key Reef
Key
Key Key West Golf MILE American Newfound Harbor Flagler’s Barge
Fleming Dredger’s Course and CC 10 Shoal Coral Heads Seven Mile Bridge Wreck
Key Key MILE 1 Artificial Reef
Stock 5 U.S. Naval Geiger Maryland Adolphus Big Pine
Shoals
Key
Looe Key
Air Station
Florida Keys MILE 0 Island Boca Chica Key Busch Sr. Reef Preserve Shoals
Wreck
National Key West Straits of Florida fla-keys.com
Marine Sanctuary SOUTHERNMOST KEY WEST, FL POINT Intl. Airport
Western Eastern Pelican
Eastern Sambos Sambos Shoal
Dry Rocks Joe’s Tug
Sand Rock
Western Key Key Cayman
Dry Rocks Salvor Vandenberg
Wreck
Wreck
The 120-mile-long Florida Keys island chain in Florida City. Follow U.S. 1 south into the hottest it’s ever been in Key West is 97° F
is linked to mainland Florida by U.S. Highway Florida Keys. (36° C), and that was in 1880. At the
1, the Overseas Highway. Visitors can fly From Florida’s west coast, take I-75 peak of summer, the average high air
into Miami International Airport (MIA) or Fort (Alligator Alley) south and to the Florida temperature is about 89° F (32° C). The
Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Turnpike Extension. Keys are devoid of superhighways or urban
(FLL) and from there can reach the Keys by Driving Data to Keys/Key Largo sprawl to absorb and radiate the sun’s heat.
airport shuttle bus or rental car. Travelers FROM MILES KM HOURS Sea breezes cool the subtropical islands.
can reach Key Largo, the gateway to the Miami 50 80 1 In the winter the Keys are typically the
Keys, in about an hour from Miami or an hour Fort Myers 200 320 4 warmest region in the continental U.S.
and 45 minutes from Fort Lauderdale. Tampa 300 480 6 There has never been a frost in Key West,
Orlando 280 450 5.25 according to the U.S. Weather Service.
Commercial Airlines Serving
Below are average monthly water
Key West International Airport Distance from Miami temperatures, according to the Key West
American Airlines aa.com REGION MILES KM MILE MARKER weather office. Temperatures in blue shades
107-90
Key Largo
50
80
Cape Air capeair.com Islamorada 76 122 89-66 are Fahrenheit and in light red are Celsius.
Delta delta.com Marathon 111 178 65-45
Southwest southwest.com Lower Keys 128 205 45--4
United Express united.com Key West 159 254 4-0
USAirways usairways.com Via Bus
Bus/shuttle connections from MIA and
Driving Directions FLL to the Florida Keys allow traveling to the
From Miami International Airport (MIA), Florida Keys without renting a car.
take LeJeune Road south to 836 West. Take
the Florida Turnpike south toward Key West. Via Boat
The Turnpike ends at U.S. 1 in Florida City. Ferry connections from Fort Myers or Marco
Follow U.S. 1 south about 22 miles to Key Island to Key West are offered via the Key Help and More Information
Largo and you are now in the Florida Keys. West Express. Voyages take approximately If you’re traveling in the Keys and need any
From Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood Inter- 3.5 hours. help, call the toll-free Visitors’ Assistance
national Airport (FLL), exit the airport and Extensive details on getting to the Florida line at 1-800-771-KEYS. It’s staffed 24
follow the signs for 595 West. Take 595 to Keys & Key West are available at: hours a day. To contact visitor offices in
the Florida Turnpike and follow the signs for fla-keys.com/gettinghere.cfm the Keys, call 1-800-FLA-KEYS. The Florida
the Florida Keys. Keys websites at fla-keys.com and fla-keys.
From the north, take the Florida Turnpike Weather/Climate co.uk have a live chat feature with visitor
south to just below Fort Lauderdale, Wherever you are right now, chances are information specialists during regular U.S.
where Exit 4 joins the southern portion of the weather is better in the Florida Keys. weekday business hours to aid travelers in
the Turnpike. The Turnpike ends at U.S. 1 That’s true even on a summer day. The vacation planning.