Long Key

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title: "Long Key" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["islands-of-the-florida-keys", "islands-of-monroe-county,-florida", "beaches-of-monroe-county,-florida", "beaches-of-florida", "islands-of-florida"] description: "Island in the Florida Keys, Florida, United States" topic_path: "general/islands-of-the-florida-keys" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Key" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Island in the Florida Keys, Florida, United States ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox islands"]

Field	Value
name	Long Key
sobriquet
image_name	Sunset viewed from Layton, Florida.jpg
image_caption	View of sunset from the city of Layton.
pushpin_map	Florida#Caribbean
pushpin_label_position	left
pushpin_relief	1
pushpin_map_caption	Long Key
coordinates
location	Gulf of Mexico
grid_reference
country
country_admin_divisions_title	State
country_admin_divisions	Florida
country_admin_divisions_title_1	County
country_admin_divisions_1	Monroe
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U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses the key at approximately mile markers 65.5--71, between Fiesta Key and Conch Key. It is the home of Long Key State Park, a favorite of campers and nature lovers, the camp sites are on the beach but the proximity of US1 makes it noisy. It is smaller and less developed than the neighboring incorporated village of Islamorada to the northeast and city of Marathon to the southwest. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Long_Key.jpg" caption="Sunset from Long Key State Park campground"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Overseas_Highway_bridge_2.jpg" caption="Bridge over channel #5, connecting Long Key with [[Craig Key]]. The eastern end of Long and Fiesta Keys are in the background."] ::

History

It was visited by C.W. Pierce in his boat, Bonton (1885). He stopped at the lower end of the key where there was a house with a cistern and replenished his water supply.

The key was a depot site during the railroad years, and it was also the site of the well known Long Key Fishing Camp.

Education

It is in the Monroe County School District. It is zoned to Plantation Key Elementary School (K-8) in Plantation Key.

References

References

1. [https://books.google.com/books?id=sKluSPO6EgAC&pg=PA153 The Best in Tent Camping Florida – Johnny Molloy]. p. 153.
2. "Elementary Schools: Boca Chica to Ocean Reef/County Line". [[Monroe County School District (Florida).

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