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Map of Biscayne National Park [3]. Biscayne National Park comprises 172,971 acres (270.3 sq mi; 700.0 km 2) in Miami-Dade County in southeast Florida. [1] Extending from just south of Key Biscayne southward to just north of Key Largo, the park includes Soldier Key, the Ragged Keys, Sands Key, Elliott Key, Totten Key and Old Rhodes Key, as well as smaller islands that form the northernmost ...
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.
Jones Family Historic District is a national historic district located at Islandia, Florida in the Biscayne National Park. It includes the homesite and the agricultural structures on Porgy Key and Totten Key. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [1]
You could visit Biscayne National Park without ever going near the water, but you would be missing out big time. Biscayne National Park is not like most national parks. What visitors need to know.
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Elevations on the Miami Rock Ridge vary from greater than 7 m (23 ft) above sea level in the vicinity of Biscayne Bay to less than 2 m (6.6 ft) above sea level in the Long Pine Key area of Everglades National Park, with an average elevation of approximately 3 m (9.8 ft), and varying in width from 6 to 16 km (3.7 to 9.9 mi). [5]
Biscayne Bay is a lagoon with characteristics of an estuary located on the Atlantic coast of South Florida.The northern end of the lagoon is surrounded by the densely developed heart of the Miami metropolitan area while the southern end is largely undeveloped with a large portion of the lagoon included in Biscayne National Park.
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