2024 Map of Sandy Key

About this map

Everglades National Park dominates this coastal survey, where the terrestrial tip of The Everglades meets the shallow waters of Florida Bay. The map highlights the remote southwestern edge of mainland Florida, featuring the prominent shoreline of Cape Sable and East Cape as they front the Gulf of Mexico. This area is preserved within the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness, a landscape defined by shifting shoals and tidal flats rather than human infrastructure. Navigational features and named underwater banks are essential to this marine-heavy sheet, including the curiously named First National Bank and the sprawling Middle Ground. To the southeast, isolated landforms such as Sandy Key and Carl Ross Key provide critical reference points for the deep Rocky Channel and Sandy Key Basin. The absence of roads or settlements underscores the wilderness character of this protected mangrove and coastal ecosystem.