Sands Key (Biscayne NP)

Sands Key (Biscayne NP)

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Description

Sands Key is an island north of the upper Florida
Keys in Biscayne National Park.

It is located in lower Biscayne
Bay, between Elliott Key and Boca Chita Key.

2010/04/19
Update
Joëlle
Sands Key est une île située à l'extrémité N des Florida Keys, dans le Parc National de Biscayne.

Elle se trouve entre Elliot Key et Boca Chita Key.

2010/04/19
Update
Joëlle
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Elliot Key (Florida)

4nm
197°
Elliott Key is the northernmost of the true Florida
Keys (those 'keys' which are ancient coral reefs lifted above the present sea level), and the largest key north of Key
Largo. It is located entirely within Biscayne National Park.
It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to ...
18 Apr 10
Joëlle

Key Biscayne (Miami)

11nm
Key Biscayne is an island located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne
Bay. It is the southernmost of the barrier islands along the Atlantic coast of Florida, and lies south of Miami Beach and southeast of Miami. The Key is connected ...
18 Apr 12
JB

Miami Beach (Florida)

19nm
Miami Beach occupies the barrier beach that separates the ocean from the upper part of Biscayne Bay and is also an important yachting center. A number of causeways, with bridges over the channels, form good highway connections with Miami and the mainland communities.
The city is ...
8 Apr 10
Joëlle

Boca Chita Key (Key Biscayne)

1nm
21°
Boca Chita is a small island that is located approximately 12 miles south of the Cape Florida lighthouse on Key
Biscayne, and Boca Chita Key is located approximately
9 miles from Convoy Point.
WARNING!!! ---
MOSQUITOES
ARE REALLY BAD OVER SUMMER MONTHS!
At one point, ...
15 Apr 10
Joëlle

Boca Chita Key Marina (Key Biscayne)

1.1nm
20°
The park's most popular island provides visitors with a variety of facilities.
There is a campground with picnic tables and barbecue grills. Additional picnic tables and barbecue grills are located on the south side of the harbor near the open-air pavilion.
Saltwater toilets ...
15 Apr 10
Joëlle

Elliot Key Harbor (Biscayne NP)

3.2nm
193°
The entrance at Elliott Key harbor is approximately 2 ½ feet at low tide. Low tide is calculated by adding three hours and twenty-five minutes to the low tide at Miami's Government Cut. High tide is calculated by adding two hours and twenty-eight minutes to the high tide at Government ...
18 Apr 10
Joëlle