1973 Map of Pavilion Key

About this map

Everglades National Park encompasses this coastal segment of Monroe County, where the intricate network of the Ten Thousand Islands meets the open Gulf of Mexico. This orthophotomap, produced from 1971 aerial photography, provides a literal view of the dense mangrove environment and the shifting tidal channels that define the shoreline. Waterways like the Huston River and Chatham River snake through the swampy interior, emptying into bays such as Storter Bay and Chatham Bend. Distinctive coastal features like Pavilion Key, Mormon Key, and Duck Rock stand out against the shallow flats. A lone Campsite near New Turkey Key is one of the few human markers in a landscape otherwise dominated by the natural hydrology of the Gulf coast.