2015 Map of Crawl Key

About this map

Marathon and the surrounding islands of the middle Florida Keys are depicted here at the intersection of Florida Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The map centers on a series of connected landmasses including Crawl Key, Little Crawl Key, and the western edge of Grassy Key, where the residential and resort settlement of Valhalla is located. The landscape is defined by its maritime geography, with the shallow waters of the Hawk Channel separating the primary islands from offshore features like West Turtle Shoal, East Turtle Shoal, and Coffins Patch. Infrastructure is concentrated along the narrow corridors of the keys, notably following Banana Blvd and Coco Plum DR. This survey captures the fragile balance of a low-lying archipelago where land is nearly outnumbered by water, documenting the precise relationship between the settled keys and the submerged hazards and shoals that navigate the Atlantic side of the Monroe County coastline.