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Boca Chita Key is the island north of the upper Florida Keys in Biscayne National Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida. The key is located in Biscayne Bay , just north of Sands Key . An ornamental 65-foot (20 m) lighthouse is present on the key.
The Boca Chita Key Historic District is a U.S. historic district within the Biscayne National Park in Miami-Dade County, Homestead, Florida.Located on the northwest section of Boca Chita Key, delimited by Biscayne Bay in the north and west and a half ruined stone wall on its southern side, it contains three historic buildings and the Boca Chita Lighthouse.
Industrialist Mark C. Honeywell was a Cocolobo Club member who bought Boca Chita Key in 1937, expanding the facilities to include a small lighthouse. [80] Boca Chita Key was developed with several structures including an imitation lighthouse, built using coral rock and topped with a wire cage resembling a lighthouse lantern, and the end of a ...
JT Stewart Photo / iStock / Getty Images From the lighthouse on Boca Chita Key, the Ragged Keys can be seen in the distance, part of Biscayne National Park.
Loggerhead Key Lighthouse, on a remote island in the national park, dates to 1858. It's so secluded that would-be visitors must make arrangements in advance through the National Park Service, and ...
Northwestern section of Boca Chita Key, roughly bounded by Biscayne Bay and a stone wall 25°31′29″N 80°10′34″W / 25.524710°N 80.176085°W / 25.524710; -80.176085 ( Boca Chita Key Historic
[14] [13] [10] Boca Chita Key, Elliott Key, and Old Rhodes Key were all enlarged by dredging in the first half of the 20th century. Boca Chita Key was the site of some construction in the early 20th century. Mark C. Honeywell bought the key in 1937, and built a large retreat on the island, including a 65-foot (20 m) tall faux lighthouse. [15]
Around 2 p.m. on Wednesday, officers German Alech, Ricaurte Lugo and Gregory Truitt stopped a 28-foot boat that wasn’t anchored and drifting about 2.5 miles from Boca Chita Key, a Florida Fish ...