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The park abuts the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary on the east and south sides of the park and John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park to the south. [5] Only 9,075 acres (3,673 ha) of the park's area are on land, with the offshore keys comprising 4,250 acres (1,720 ha) and mainland mangrove swamps account for the remaining 4,825 acres ...
Old Rhodes Key is an island north of the upper Florida Keys in Biscayne National Park. It is in Miami-Dade County , Florida. It is located just north of Broad Creek in the lower part of Biscayne Bay .
The creation of Biscayne National Monument (which later became Biscayne National Park) in 1968 protected the northern part of the Florida Reef. In 1990 the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary was established, bringing all of the Florida reef into federal or state protection. [17]
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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It is located entirely within Biscayne National Park, in Miami-Dade County, Florida, east of Homestead, Florida. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Biscayne Bay to the west, Sands Key (across Sands Cut) to the north, and Old Rhodes Key (across Caesar Creek) to the south. Adams Key is just west of the southern end of Elliott Key ...
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Sands Key is an island north of the upper Florida Keys in Biscayne National Park. It is in Miami-Dade County, Florida . It is located in lower Biscayne Bay , between Elliott Key and Boca Chita Key .