Road Trip Planning| Miles Kms | Item | Summary |
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| 0.0 0.0 |
View from highway - Photo - Florida Welcome highway sign |
Welcome to Florida |
| 0.0 0.0 |
View from highway |
Driving south. |
| 0.0 0.0 |
Junction of U. S. Highway #1 |
Florida's Turnpike highway terminus point. Start of the Florida Keys Scenic Highway. The Florida Keys Scenic Highway travels from the casual city of Key Largo to the even more relaxed community of Key West following the Old Keys Railroad Bridges of US 1.
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| 0.2 0.4 |
Junction of highway # 9336 ( Palm Drive ) |
Services, Fuel gas diesel both sides of highway. Access to cities of Homestead, Florida, Florida City, Florida. South to community of Flamingo, Florida. |
| 0.3 0.5 |
Junction of highway # 9336 ( Palm Drive ) |
Access to Everglades National Park. Spanning the southern tip of the Florida peninsula and most of Florida Bay, Everglades National Park is the only subtropical preserve in North America. Access to National Parks Flamingo campground. Located at the end of the main park road in Flamingo. It has 234 drive-in sites, including 55 with a view of the water and three group sites, and 40 walk-up sites. There is an observation platform at Eco Pond, located adjacent to the campground area. Flamingo has several hiking trails and canoe trails, and opportunities for saltwater fishing are plentiful. Limited groceries and camping supplies are available at the Flamingo Marina store.
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| 0.6 1.0 |
Services fuel at highway |
Gas diesel west side of highway. Access to lodging |
| 1.0 1.6 |
Junction of highway # 997 |
North to Miami Gardens, Florida. |
| 1.2 1.9 |
Card Sound Road Toll Roadway |
East of highway. |
| 1.9 3.0 |
Roadside turnout |
Gravel turnout, no services east side of highway. |
| 11.3 18.2 |
View from highway |
Driving south. |
| 12.5 20.1 |
View from highway |
Driving south. |
| 15.5 25.0 |
Monroe County, Florida |
Northern County Line. Discovered by Ponce De Leon on May 12, 1513, the Florida Keys proper are an elongated, arcuate chain of low lying islands over 220 miles in length. They extend from the southeastern tip of the Florida peninsula to the Dry Tortugas and lie between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. The Keys are separated from the mainland by Biscayne Bay, Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound and Florida Bay. |
| 16.6 26.7 |
Roadside turnout |
Paved turnout no services. |
| 19.8 31.8 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Jewfish Creek, looking at Jewfish Creek |
| 20.0 32.2 |
Point of Information |
Lake Suprise. |
| 20.6 33.2 |
Community of Key Largo |
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| 20.9 33.7 |
Services fuel at highway |
Both sides of highway. |
| 21.0 33.8 |
Junction of County roadway # 905 ( Card Sound Road ) |
East to Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park. Access to Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park. The park contains the largest remaining fragments of rockland hammock in the continental United States. Once a dominant habitat type in the Florida Keys and southern tip of Florida's peninsula, this West Indian plant community was originally established largely by migratory birds. Northbound migrant songbirds, having fed on the fruits of trees and shrubs in the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, often carry seeds in their digestive tract. Many tropical species are resident here, including the white-crowned pigeon, mangrove cuckoo and black-whiskered vireo. Tropical vagrants such as the thick-billed vireo and La Sagra's flycatcher are frequently reported in the park.
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| 22.1 35.6 |
View from highway |
Driving south. |
| 24.8 39.9 |
Access to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park highway sign |
East of highway. John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. Campgrounds offer 47 full-facility camping sites for both tents and RV campers. Restrooms, with hot showers, are available as are laundry facilities. You can explore the park's 2-miles of marked mangrove wilderness trails. John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park has two manmade beaches, each with its own distinct personality. Cannon beach is the parks primary snorkeling beach, where you will find the remnants of an early Spanish shipwreck approximately 100 feet offshore.
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| 24.8 39.9 |
Short Side Trip taken to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. Campgrounds |
Photo taken of roadway to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. Campgrounds |
| 24.8 39.9 |
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Photo taken from John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. Campgrounds |
| 24.8 39.9 |
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Photo taken from John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. Campgrounds. |
| 25.6 41.2 |
Back on highway |
After side trip to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. Campgrounds |
| 27.2 43.7 |
Access to Lodging |
West side of highway. |
| 28.0 45.1 |
Access to Campground R V Park |
West side of highway. |
| 28.8 46.3 |
Sunset Blvd. |
West side of highway. |
| 29.3 47.2 |
Services fuel at highway |
Gas diesel, east side of highway. |
| 29.5 47.4 |
Community of Sunset Point, Florida |
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| 29.8 47.9 |
Access to Lodging |
West side of highway. |
| 31.1 50.1 |
Community of Rock Harbor, Florida |
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| 31.3 50.4 |
Access to Lodging |
West side of highway. |
| 31.6 50.8 |
Access to Campground R V Park |
West side of highway. |
| 32.3 52.0 |
Access to Lodging |
West side of highway. |
| 33.7 54.3 |
Access to Lodging |
West side of highway. |
| 34.8 56.0 |
View from highway |
Driving south. |
| 35.9 57.7 |
View from highway - Tavernier - Welcome highway sign |
Community of Tavernier, Florida |
| 36.4 58.5 |
Burton Drive |
Access to Harris Park. |
| 36.5 58.8 |
Services fuel at highway |
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| 37.1 59.7 |
Services fuel at highway |
Gas diesel, west side of highway. |
| 37.5 60.4 |
Ocean Blvd. |
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| 38.2 61.4 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Tavernier Creek. |
| 38.3 61.7 |
Community of Plantation, Florida |
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| 38.5 62.0 |
Community of Plantation Key, Florida |
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| 41.3 66.4 |
Access to Lodging |
West side of highway. |
| 41.6 67.0 |
Access to Campground R V Park |
East side of the highway. |
| 42.8 68.8 |
Truck Weigh Station |
East side of highway. |
| 43.3 69.7 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Snake Creek. |
| 43.5 70.0 |
Community of Windley Key |
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| 43.8 70.5 |
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park |
The 32-acre site has three quarries and approximately 1.5 miles of trails that wind through a tropical hardwood hammock. Walking the trails offers visitors the chance to see over 40 species of trees and plants that are native to the Florida Keys. |
| 44.6 71.8 |
Junction of county roadway # 905 |
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| 45.1 72.5 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Whale Harbor Canal. |
| 45.2 72.7 |
Community of Upper Matecumbe, Florida |
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| 45.4 73.1 |
Junction of county roadway # C905 |
East side of highway. |
| 45.6 73.4 |
Community of Isamorada, Florida |
Access to Chamber of Commerce Visitor Information, west side of highway. Imagine two seas brimming with the world's most sought-after gamefish: Sailfish, tuna and dolphin in our Atlantic, and a grand slam shot at permit, tarpon, and bonefish in the backcountry waters of Florida and you're in Islamorada, Sport Fishing Capital of the World. |
| 46.1 74.2 |
Services fuel at highway |
West side of highway. |
| 46.7 75.1 |
Access to Lodging |
West side of highway. |
| 48.7 78.3 |
Roadside turnout picnic area |
West side of highway. |
| 48.8 78.6 |
Access to Lodging |
East side of highway. |
| 49.2 79.2 |
View from highway - Photo looking at Tea Table Relief |
Point of Information. Crossing Tea Table Relief, Florida. |
| 49.7 80.0 |
Point of Information |
Crossing The Tea Table Canal. |
| 49.9 80.3 |
Roadside turnout |
No services, both sides of highway. |
| 50.6 81.5 |
View from highway - Photo looking at Indian Key |
Crossing Indian Key, Florida. |
| 51.4 82.7 |
Access to community of Lower Matecumbe Key, Florida |
West of highway. |
| 54.6 87.8 |
Services fuel at highway |
West side of highway. |
| 55.3 89.0 |
Access to Anne's Beach, Florida |
Fishing, swimming, picnic areas.
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| 55.7 89.7 |
Roadside turnout with scenic view area |
West side of highway. Photo view from turnout. |
| 56.2 90.5 |
View from highway  |
Point of Information, Crossing Channel # 2 |
| 56.4 90.7 |
View from highway Photo - Islamorada Welcome highway sign |
Southern Limits Of Islamorada, Florida. |
| 57.2 92.0 |
Roadside turnout with scenic view area |
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| 57.6 92.7 |
Point of Information |
Crossing channel # 5. |
| 57.8 93.0 |
View from highway |
Traveling south. |
| 57.9 93.2 |
Roadside turnout |
Gravel turnout no services, west side of highway. |
| 58.9 94.8 |
Access to community of Fiesta Key, Florida |
Access to campground, west side of highway. |
| 60.2 96.9 |
Community of Layton, Florida |
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| 61.4 98.8 |
Long Key State Park |
East side of highway. Long Key was once referred to by the Spanish as 'Cayo Vivora', which means Rattlesnake Key. The name was used to describe the shape of the island, which resembles a snake with its jaws open. There are 60 full-facility campsites in the park, all overlooking the Atlantic ocean! Each campsite comes equipped with a picnic table, ground grill, water, and electricity (extra charge). Three, nicely tiled restrooms with hot showers, are centrally located. Also provided, is a dump station for gray and black water. Picnic areas are available with a scenic view of the Atlantic Ocean.
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| 62.3 100.3 |
Roadside turnout |
Gravel turnout no services, west side of highway. |
| 63.3 101.9 |
View from highway  |
Point of Information, crossing Long Key Channel. |
| 63.9 102.8 |
View from highway |
Crossing Long Key Channel. |
| 65.7 105.7 |
South end of Long Key Channel Causeway |
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| 65.7 105.7 |
View from highway Photo - Conch Key highway marker sign |
Community of Conch Key, Florida |
| 65.7 105.8 |
Roadside turnout |
Long gravel turnout no services, east of highway. |
| 66.9 107.7 |
Roadside turnout |
Long gravel turnout no services, east of highway. |
| 67.1 108.0 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Tom's Harbor Cut. |
| 67.4 108.5 |
View from highway - Photo Duck Key highway marker sign |
Community of Duck Key, Florida. |
| 67.5 108.6 |
Roadside turnout with scenic view area |
Gravel turnout, no services |
| 67.7 109.0 |
View from highway - Photo Tom's Harbor Channel highway marker sign  |
Point of Information, crossing Tom's Harbor Channel. |
| 67.8 109.1 |
Community of Grassy Key, Florida |
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| 67.9 109.2 |
Roadside turnout with scenic view area |
Gravel turnout no services |
| 68.7 110.6 |
City of Marathon, Florida - The Heart of the Florida Keys. |
Northern limits. Marathon, a quaint tropical city with a rich sea-faring history, boasts a modern airport, the impeccably well kept Sombrero Beach and some of the best fishing, diving, snorkeling and watersports anywhere in the world. Not long after Christopher Columbus reached the New World in 1492, adventurer Ponce de Leon and fellow Spanish chronicler Antonio de Herrera set sail toward Florida in search of the elusive Fountain of Youth. They never found the Fountain but they did find the Florida Keys. |
| 69.6 112.0 |
Access to Campground R V Park & Lodging |
West side of highway. |
| 69.8 112.3 |
Access to Dolphin Research Center |
West side of highway. |
| 72.5 116.7 |
Curry Hammock Florida State Park |
Fishing, swimming and picnic areas are available at this waterfront park.
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| 73.4 118.2 |
Roadside turnout |
Gravel turnout no services, west side of highway. |
| 74.6 120.0 |
Coco Plum Drive |
Services fuel gas diesel, at highway |
| 74.6 120.0 |
City of Marathon, Florida Business area |
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| 75.3 121.2 |
View from highway |
Traveling south. |
| 75.4 121.3 |
Greater Marathon Chamber of Commerce Visitor Information Center |
West side of highway. Marathon, home to the world's only Seven-Mile Bridge, where sunsets and sunrises can be seen by simply standing on the old bridge. |
| 75.6 121.6 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Vaca Cut. |
| 75.7 121.8 |
Community of Key Vaca, Florida |
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| 76.7 123.5 |
Access to Marathon Airport |
West side of highway. |
| 77.1 124.1 |
Access to Lodging |
East side of highway. |
| 77.8 125.2 |
View from highway |
Traveling south. |
| 78.3 126.0 |
Access to Campground R V Park |
East of highway. |
| 78.7 126.6 |
Access to Crane Point The Museum of History of the Florida Keys |
This unique 63-acre site is home to the Museum of Natural History, Children's Museum, Adderley Town Historic Site, Marathon Wild Bird Center and an extensive nature trail system that leads through a dense tropical forest to a spectacular view of Florida Bay. |
| 79.6 128.1 |
Access to Campground |
West side of highway. |
| 80.5 129.5 |
Junction of county roadway # 931 |
East side of highway. |
| 80.8 130.0 |
Services fuel at highway |
|
| 80.9 130.2 |
Access to Campground R V Park |
East side of highway. |
| 81.3 130.9 |
Access to Campground |
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| 81.7 131.5 |
Point of Information |
Crossing 7 mile Bridge, northern bridge entrance. |
| 84.8 136.4 |
View from highway |
Crossing 7 mile Bridge. |
| 87.0 140.0 |
View from highway |
Crossing 7 mile Bridge. |
| 88.5 142.4 |
Point of Information |
South end of 7 mile Bridge causeway. |
| 88.9 143.0 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Little Duck Missouri Channel. |
| 89.0 143.3 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Missouri Channel |
| 89.4 143.8 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Ohio - Missouri Channel. |
| 89.6 144.2 |
Access to Campground R V Park |
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| 89.9 144.7 |
Point of Information |
Crossing the Ohio - Bahia Channel. |
| 91.7 147.5 |
Bahia Honda Florida State Park |
Bahia Honda State Park is one of the few subtropical getaways in America and the only public park in the Florida Keys featuring 2.5 miles of natural sand and palm-fringed beaches. Tent campers can hide away in the shady hardwood hammock near Sandspur Beach. Buttonwood Campground, on the western tip of the island, accommodates almost any size camping rig. Both areas have water and electric on most of the sites and bath houses. There are 3 campgrounds in the park. Bahia Honda is an ideal place to watch wading birds and shorebirds. The birds feed and rest on shallow sand flats during low tide on the oceanside of the island. An assortment of shorebirds such as Ruddy Turnstones, Willets, Plovers, Sanderlings, and Short-billed Dowitchers may be seen feeding and resting along the shore. There are also several species of wading birds such as Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, White Ibis, Great White Herons, and Snowy Egrets. |
| 92.0 148.0 |
View from highway - Photo - Bahia Channel highway sign |
Point of Information crossing the Bahia Channel. |
| 93.5 150.5 |
West Summerland Keys |
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| 94.5 152.0 |
Roadside turnout |
No services, west side of highway. |
| 94.5 152.1 |
View from highway - Photo - Spanish Harbor Channel highway sign  |
Crossing Spanish Harbor Channel. |
| 95.3 153.4 |
Access to Campground R V Park |
East side of highway. |
| 97.2 156.5 |
Access to Lower Keys, Florida, Chamber of Commerce Visitor Information |
East side of highway. |
| 97.4 156.7 |
Access to Campground |
West side of highway.
|
| 97.5 156.9 |
Services fuel at highway |
Services fuel at highway gas diesel, east of highway. |
| 97.7 157.3 |
Key Deer Blvd. & Chapman Street |
Access to National Key Deer Visitor Information, west side of highway. The Key deer are a wild species, and are not confined to Refuge lands. They are visible throughout Big Pine and No Name Keys, and are scattered on surrounding islands. |
| 98.3 158.2 |
Services fuel at highway |
Gas diesel, east side of highway. |
| 98.8 159.0 |
Point of Information |
Crossing North Pine Channel. |
| 99.0 159.3 |
Roadside turnout |
Large gravel turnout, east side of highway. |
| 99.7 160.4 |
Point of Information |
Crossing South Pine Channel. |
| 100.2 161.3 |
Crossing Torch Channel. |
|
| 100.4 161.6 |
Access to Big Torch Key, Florida, |
West side of highway.
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| 100.7 162.0 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Torch Ramrod Key. |
| 100.8 162.2 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Ramrod Key. |
| 101.8 163.9 |
Roadside turnout |
Large gravel turnout, no services, east side of highway. |
| 102.0 164.2 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Niels Channel, |
| 102.9 165.6 |
Community of Summerland Key, Florida, |
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| 104.4 168.0 |
Roadside turnout |
Gravel turnout, no services, east side of highway. |
| 104.6 168.3 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Kemp Channel. |
| 104.8 168.7 |
Community of Cudjoe Key |
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| 104.9 168.8 |
Roadside turnout |
Large gravel turnout, no services, east side of highway. |
| 107.8 173.5 |
View from highway - Photo - Bow Channel highway sign  |
Crossing Bow Channel. |
| 108.0 173.8 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Sugarloaf Key, Florida. |
| 108.2 174.2 |
Access to Campground R V Park |
East side of highway. |
| 109.6 176.4 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Park Channel. |
| 110.4 177.7 |
Point of Information |
Crossing North Harris Channel. |
| 110.7 178.2 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Lower Sugarloaf Key. |
| 111.5 179.4 |
Saddle Bunch Key |
|
| 112.7 181.3 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Lower Sugarloaf Channel. |
| 112.9 181.7 |
Roadside turnout |
Large gravel turnout, no services, east side of highway. |
| 113.2 182.1 |
Community of Baypoint Park, Florida |
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| 113.5 182.7 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Saddlebunch # 2 Channel. |
| 113.8 183.2 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Saddlebunch # 3 Channel. |
| 115.0 185.0 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Saddlebunch # 4 Channel. |
| 115.4 185.7 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Saddlebunch # 5 Channel. |
| 116.4 187.3 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Shark Channel. |
| 116.8 188.0 |
Access to Shark Key |
West of highway. |
| 116.9 188.1 |
View from highway |
traveling south |
| 117.0 188.3 |
Access to public boat launch |
East side of highway. |
| 117.3 188.7 |
Community of Big Coppitt Key, Florida |
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| 117.4 188.9 |
Services fuel at highway |
East side of highway. |
| 117.8 189.6 |
Services fuel at highway |
Gas diesel, west side of highway. |
| 118.4 190.5 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Rockland Channel. |
| 118.6 190.8 |
Community of East Rockland Key, Florida |
|
| 119.1 191.6 |
Community of Rockland Key, Florida |
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| 119.7 192.7 |
Access to Boca Chica Key, Florida |
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| 121.6 195.7 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Boca Chica Channel. |
| 123.5 198.7 |
Cross Street |
Services fuel at highway, Gas diesel, east side of highway. |
| 123.5 198.8 |
Community of Stock Island, Florida |
|
| 123.8 199.3 |
College Road |
West to Key West Botanical Gardens. Their tropical forest and garden is the only 'frost-free' one of its kind in the continental United States. |
| 123.9 199.4 |
View from highway |
Traveling south. |
| 124.0 199.6 |
Junction of highway # a1a |
Access to Key West Business District. |
| 124.3 200.0 |
City of Key West, Florida |
Key West lies near the end of the chain of islands known as the Florida Keys, and is the southern-most city in the continental United States. The island-community is located about 90 miles north of Cuba. Key West's long and colorful past begins with its European discovery in 1513 by Ponce de Leon. The island was first known as Cayo Hueso (Isle of Bones) because it was littered with remains from an Indian battlefield or burial ground. The name 'Key West' is the English version of the Spanish term. The first permanent occupancy in the City occurred in 1822, complete with a small naval depot, whose purpose was to rid the area of pirates. |
| 124.6 200.5 |
View from highway |
Traveling south. |
| 125.5 202.0 |
Point of Information |
Crossing Salt Run Channel. |
| 125.6 202.2 |
Key West's Business District. |
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| 126.0 202.8 |
MacMilan Street |
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| 126.3 203.2 |
View from highway |
Traveling south. |
| 126.3 203.3 |
Palm Ave |
Access to Historic Seaport District, west of highway. |
| 126.6 203.7 |
View from highway |
Traveling south. |
| 126.9 204.2 |
View from highway |
Traveling south. |
| 127.0 204.3 |
Access to Lodging |
East side of highway. |
| 127.3 204.8 |
Simonton Street |
Access to Key West City Hall, west side of highway. |
| 127.5 205.2 |
Duval Street |
|
| 127.5 205.2 |
Access to Fort Zachary Taylor State Historic Site Photo - Fort Zachary Taylor highway sign  |
Construction of the fort began in 1845, shortly after Florida became a state. In 1850, the fort was named after U.S. President Zachary Taylor. Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park offers daily tours of the historic fort at Noon and 2 p.m. Besides an opportunity to see and learn about American history, the park boasts the best beach in Key West. Unless there is unfavorable weather, you can snorkel off the beach and see tropical fish and live coral. There are picnic tables, grills. |
| 127.7 205.5 |
Southard Sreet |
|
| 127.9 205.8 |
Fleming Street ( Mile '0' of The Key West Scenic Highway ) |
Access to city tours & tourist areas 11/2 blocks, west of this point. |
| 127.9 205.8 |
START / FINISH of HIGHWAY TRAVEL GUIDE - Se |
Point of Information, parking downtown for big R V rigs is difficult. We found that to visit downtown, we parked in the Malls on the north end of town and used the excellent city bus service that comes right to the main Mall entrance doorway. |