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Explore the crystal clear waters with a diving, snorkeling or sailing expedition. Savor a Key West sunset at Mallory Square. Or take a relaxing stroll down Duval Street, grab a cold drink, listen to a local band or pick up a souvenir for the folks back home. Experience a taste of Caribbean culture in Key West without leaving the States. So hop in the car, put the top down, and enjoy the sunny, relaxing drive to the end of US 1.
Paradise is waiting.
THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOUR ARRIVAL
Key West, the southernmost point in the United States, is famous for watersports, lively nightlife, beaches, historic sites and its pastel, conch-style architechture.
Duval Street, one of the most energetic strips of shops, bars and cafes anywhere, offers Sloppy Joe’s bar, a favorite Key West hangout of novelist Ernest Hemingway.
42
NUMBER OF BRIDGES IN THE OVERSEAS HWY
1521
YEAR KEY WEST WAS DISCOVERED BY PONCE DE LEON
1828
YEAR KEY WEST WAS INCORPORATED
1928
YEAR HEMINGWAY FIRST VISITED KEY WEST
FUN FACTS
- Key West is the southernmost city of the contiguous United States
- Admission to the Key West Aquarium was once 15 cents!
- 100,000 people are buried in Key West Cemetery
- Key West was first called Cayo Hueso
- Ernest Hemingway lived and wrote in Key West
- Unique six-toed cats live at Ernest Hemingway’s House
- The United States Navy have a training facility on Key West
- The third most-intense Atlantic hurricane damaged Key West in 1935
- Key West is the most populated area of Monroe County
- Duval Street gets its name from Florida’s first governor
- The Overseas Highway includes 42 bridges
- Seven Mile Bridge is the longest bridge in the Keys
- Sunset Key is man-made
- There’s an annual Key lime festival in Key West!
- Key West tried to secede and form the Conch Republic
- The Westernmost of the Keys isn't Key West
- President Truman had a winter residence in Key West
- Fort Zachery Taylor has the world’s largest cache of Civil War armament
- It never snows in Key West!
- Pan American Airways was founded in Key West
- One of the first female lighthouse keepers lived in Key West
- Key West is closer to Havana, Cuba, than to Miami, Florida
