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Long Key State Park is a 965-acre (3.91 km 2) Florida State Park located on Long Key, one of the Florida Keys, in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is at mile marker 67.5 on U.S. 1 , 67400 Overseas Highway.
Long Key was called Cayo Víbora (Rattlesnake Key) by early Spanish explorers, a reference to the shape of the island, which resembles a snake with its jaws open, rather than to its denizens. The city of Layton is located on Long Key. The 965-acre (3.9 km 2) state park (3.9 km 2) was dedicated October 1, 1969.
On 19 August 2024 the Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced plans [21] to build golf courses and 350-room lodges on state park lands. [22]In statements to the Tampa Bay Times and in posts to social media, the agency claimed that the construction of a golf course on vulnerable scrub habitat will be done in a way to "minimize habitat impacts".
Lovers Key State Park is a 712-acre (2.88 km 2) Florida State Park located on Lover's Key and three other barrier islands—Black Island, Inner and Long Key. It is at 8700 Estero Blvd., Fort Myers Beach, between Big Carlos Pass and New Pass and 10.5 miles (16.9 km) west of Interstate 75 on exit 116.
U.S. Census Bureau map showing city limits. ... The land that would become Long Key State Park was acquired between 1961 and 1973; the park opened on October 1, 1969. [1]
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park is a Florida State Park consisting of Lignumvitae Key, Shell Key, surrounding submerged lands, and a parcel at the northern end of Lower Matecumbe Key. The islands are located one mile west of U.S. 1 ( Overseas Highway ) at mile marker 78.5, and can be reached only by private boat or tour boat.
The heart of the park is the San Pedro, a submerged shipwreck from a 1733 Spanish flotilla, around which visitors can dive and snorkel. The San Pedro, a 287-ton Dutch-built vessel, and 21 other Spanish ships under the command of Rodrigo de Torres left Havana, Cuba, on Friday, July 13, 1733, bound for Spain.
[4] [5] The Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary lay 6.3 miles (5.5 nmi; 10.1 km) south of Ramrod Key and a little more than 9 miles (7.8 nmi; 14 km) southwest of Bahia Honda State Park. [5] It was a protected area which covered an area of 5.32 square nautical miles (7.04 sq mi; 18.2 km 2 ) that included Looe Key, [ 4 ] [ 6 ] one of the most ...