2021 Map of Sandy Key

About this map

Everglades National Park covers the vast majority of this coastal wilderness, where the southern tip of the Florida peninsula meets the sea. The geography is defined by the transition from the mainland marshes of The Everglades to the shallow marine environments of Florida Bay. Landmark features like Cape Sable and East Cape mark the boundary between the Gulf of Mexico and the interior wetlands. Navigational hazards and underwater features are meticulously noted, including shoals and banks such as Middle Ground, Oxfoot Bank, and the curiously named First National Bank. Farther offshore, small landmasses like Sandy Key and Carl Ross Key sit isolated among the tidal flows of Rocky Channel, illustrating the delicate mangrove and key system as it existed in the early twenty-first century.