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Big Pine Key Attractions, Sightseeing, Watersports, Parks & Things To Do

Big Pine Key & Lower Keys attractions, things to do, tours and sightseeing.

  • NATIONAL KEY DEER REFUGE
  • 305-872-0774
  • he National Key Deer Refuge encompasses 2,300 acres of land on Big Pine Key. The refuge is the primary home of the famous Key deer, a small subspecies of the Virginia white tail deer. The deer are best observed in the early morning and early evening hours
  • BAT TOWER
  • Mile Marker 17 Sugarloaf Key FL 33042
  • In 1929, Businessman Ricter C. Perky built a tower on this property to house bats, which he hoped eat up the island's mosquitoes. The Bat Tower didn't solve the pesky mosquito problem, and today the mosquito populations in the Keys are controlled through
  • BLUE HOLE
  • Key Deer Boulevard Big Pine Key FL 33043
  • 305-872-0074
  • This sinkhole from the old railroad days has blossomed into a watery wildlife attraction in the heart of the National Key Deer Refuge. The Blue Hole harbors alligators, turtles and freshwater fish. There is an alligator observation area and a walking tra
  • LOOE KEY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
  • Blue Star Operator
  • Five Miles Offshore Oceanside Big Pine Key FL 33043
  • Website
  • Beautiful coral formation named after the H.M.S. Looe, a British ship that foundered on the coral in 1744. See tropical fish, sea fans & coral canyons under protection of the FL Keys Nat'l Marine Sanctuary. Popular w/ snorkelers/seasoned scuba divers.

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