105.6 The location of the railroad depot and the center of the community of Key Largo from about 191

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The Overseas Highway through the Florida Keys is the ultimate road trip: Spectacular views and things to do, places to go, places to hide and back roads to explore, hidden harbors enterprize rental cars and tiki bars galore.
Alongside the Overseas Highway, there are hundreds of places where you can pull over to fish or kayak or enjoy a pina colada. Camping enterprize rental cars in the Keys is a special treat, and there are dozens of magnificent coral reefs where you can snorkel or dive.
For many, the ultimate destination is that legendary stop at the end of the world, Key West, but you'd be mistaken to bypass the true character of the Keys along the 100-plus miles of Overseas Highway, U.S. 1.
Our mile-marker guide is intended to help you discover new things to see and do in the Florida Keys. Print it out and take it with you. We are constantly updating this guide, adding more places of interest in the Keys, so come back often, or at least every time you venture south into this idyllic adventureland.
126.5 Card Sound Road (CR-905) goes east to the Card Sound Bridge and northern Key Largo. If you re not in a hurry, take the toll road ($1 toll). Card Sound Road traverses a wild area that once had a small community of Card Sound. All that s left now is Alabama Jack s, a funky outdoor enterprize rental cars restaurant and tiki bar known for its conch fritters and the line of motorcycles it attracts. (Don t be afraid; enterprize rental cars it s a family oriented place and great fun.)
If you take Card Sound Road, you ll pass a little-known park, Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park , before coming to Key Largo itself. Saved from becoming another condo, this park preserves one of the largest tracts of West Indian tropical hardwood hammock in the United States. There are picnic tables and two short hikes a two-mile nature trail and a one-mile loop.  If you fill out a back-country enterprize rental cars permit form at Pennekamp enterprize rental cars State Park, you can hike  an additional four miles of trails.
108.5 Gilbert s . Near the end of the 18-Mile Stretch, just before you cross the Jewfish Creek Bridge to Key Largo, you ll see an access road on your right that goes to Gilbert enterprize rental cars s Resort and Marina, an Old Florida gateway to the Keys. The big attraction here is the tiki bar, which really pops on weekends. Read more about it in this Florida Rambler article: Quick Keys getaway: It s Gilberts!
106.0 Key Largo Chamber of Commerce, gulfside.  Easy-to-reach rest rooms and lots of brochures and maps, which often contain coupons for a few bucks off admission prices at attractions. Key Largo sunset
105.6 The location of the railroad depot and the center of the community of Key Largo from about 1910 to 1940. The depot was in the highway median. The community was gulfside. 104.5   YAK Florida enterprize rental cars Bay Outfitters. enterprize rental cars Small fee to launch.
103.4 Marvin Adams Waterway Bridge enterprize rental cars (The Cut), a canal that connects Atlantic to Florida Bay 102.8 YAK   John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park entrance, oceanside: A great place to take a snorkeling trip or kayak through mangrove tunnels.  If you want to camp, you can (and should) make reservations up to 11 months in advance through Reserve America .
102 Need a free place to stop for picnic ? Behind the Key Largo government center (bayside) there s a pretty little waterfront park area with covered picnic tables. Folks who live on boats moored just off shore come and go from here via dinghy enterprize rental cars or kayak.
99. 7 The African Queen, the actual 100-year-old steamboat from the 1951 Humphrey Bogart-Katherine Hepburn film, is moored next to the Holiday Inn oceanside here. You can take a 90-minute cruise or a two-hour dinner trip. Here are details on cruising on the African Queen.
95 to 100 This was the early community of Rock Harbor. A small railroad depot was also here. The name of the post office here  was Rock Harbor until the 1948 Humphrey Bogart-Lauren Bacall enterprize rental cars film Key Largo inspired residents enterprize rental cars to cash in on that success and seek a name change.  In 1952, the postal service agreed and the post office was renamed Key Largo.
93.6 Florida Keys Wild Bird Center , gulfside.  Wander along a boardwalk through a mangrove forest at this volunteer-run wildlife-rehab facility with an informal, backyard  feel. The center is free, though you may want to stuff some dollars into the donation box. It's open from sunrise to sunset. You're free to wander without anyone hassling you.  It's a great place to bring kids; a stop will only take 15 or 20 minutes, unless you decide enterprize rental cars to linger. Read more about  a visit here.
92.6 Burton Drive, Harry Harris Park oceanside. This small park has a man-made beach, picnic tables, a picnic shelter and a playground.  It s a great stop for a picnic or swim on your roadtrip. There is a $5 admission for those over 16 on Saturday, Sunday and federal holidays.  Incidentally, the early community of Planter was here. 92.0 YAK   Bottle Key Launch. Public boat launch, bayside. Turn right onto Jo-Jean Way.
85.3   Hog Heaven Bar Grill . A popular sports bar and seafood restaurant before you get to Holiday Isle. You can t miss the sign. The restaurant enterprize rental cars is tucked in behind a building on the oceanside. A frequent stop for bikers and tourists.
85.3 Windley Key State Fossil Reef Geological enterprize rental cars Site , gulfside.  Windley Key is worth a stop. It s an old quarry where fossilized coral was acquired for use in building Flagler s Overseas Railroad in the early 1900s. Visitors can walk along 8-foot-high quarry walls to see cross sections of the ancient coral and learn about the quarry and its operation. There are also some short self-guided trails through the native vegetation. The park has picnic tables.
84.2 Theater enterprize rental cars of the Sea , established in 1946, it s the second oldest enterprize rental cars marine mammal attraction in the world. Its salt water lagoon was originally a quarry for Flagler s Overseas Railway. Offers live dolphin shows, exhibits, a private swimming area and various enterprize rental cars ways to interact with dolphin, sea lions or rays for additional charges.
84.2   Holiday Isle. The world famous tiki bar is a regular stop for many travelers to the Keys for their first Pina Colada. enterprize rental cars The tiki bar is funky, the way the Keys used to be, and it anchors a massive complex of motels, restaurants, enterprize rental cars bars and beaches. The marina s docks are filled with charter fishing boats. You can also rent jet skis, kayaks or boats. Like many places in the Keys, Holiday Isle lays its own claim to Kokomo enterprize rental cars beach, made famous by the Beach Boys song of the same name.
84   Whale Harbor Bridge spans a waterway that connects the ocean and Florida Bay at Whale Harbor. Oceanside, enterprize rental cars there is a long, shallow sandbar that is popular with swimmers. On weekends, you ll see the boats lined up at anchor.
83.5   Whale Harbor Restaurants and Marina . Three restaurants and a cool tiki bar overlook the marina and a fleet of charter fishing boats. The restaurant that draws the biggest crowds is Whale Harbor s World Famous Seafood Buffet, where an unbelievable variety of seafood is laid out every night for the hungry masses. If you prefer more formal dining, veer right as you enter the building for linen tablecloths of the Brazilian steakhouse, Braza Lena. Next door, on the bridge side of the complex, Wahoo s Bar and Grill is high above the marina overlooking the inlet. The outdoor tiki bar is really nice and a bit less funky than the more famous Holiday Isle tiki bar across the channel.
82   Lorelei Resaurant and Cabana Bar, gulfside. Lorelei s big mermaid sign on US 1 says: Relax, enterprize rental cars you're finally enterprize rental cars in the Keys. Lorelei s is a great place to pause for refreshments. It s all open air with tables around a lagoon. It s especially popular at sunset.
81.5 Islamorada Library and park, gulfside; Hurricane Memorial ; Cheeca enterprize rental cars Lodge, Oceanside. The library and the Hurricane Monument were constructed  after the devastating 1935 hurricane.  It s worth stopping at the monument and considering the impact of this historic storm.
81.2   Worldwide Sportsman  is a part of the Bass Pro Shops empire, offering a wealth of fishing tackle, outdoors gear, boating enterprize rental cars accessories and clothing. On display inside enterprize rental cars is a classic Keys wooden fishing vessel, the kind Ernest Hemingway once patronized. You can also arrange charters here on more modern fishing boats.
Next door is the Islamorada Fish Company enterprize rental cars , a popular seafood restaurant and tiki bar that is part of the Worldwide Sportsman complex. Besides dining, you can buy fresh fish here, just off the boat. The restaurant enterprize rental cars has its own fishing fleet. There is also a restaurant and bar inside the main store.
79.1 Tea Table Channel Bridge 78.0 YAK Indian Key Bridge. Lignumvitae Key Botanical Site, bayside in distance.  Lignumvitae Key Boat Ramp gulfside; Indian Key Archaeological Site, San Pedro Underwater State Park and Alligator Lighthouse, oceanside at a distance.
Indian Key is Bonnie s  favorite kayak or canoe destination: Where else do you see such memorable scenery while exploring a ghost town on a tropical enterprize rental cars island?  Here s information on a paddle trip to Indian Key.
77.5 YAK   Robbie s Marina , bayside.  No trip to the Keys is complete without a stop to feed the tarpon at Robbie s Marina. You can rent kayaks or arrange tours to Lignumvitae Key or Indian Key at the marina. Fishing charters also available. The Hungry enterprize rental cars Tarpon   is a funky wooden fish shack built in 1947, a good place for breakfast, lunch or dinner, with outdoor enterprize rental cars seating enterprize rental cars overlooking the marina. 75.0 YAK  Sea Oats Beach. 74.0 Calusa Cove Marina.
73.4 Anne s Beach , Oceanside. Anne s beach is a  lovely, sandy free beach, so shallow you can wade out great distances. The shore is lined with mangroves, throu