2012 Map of Sawyer Key

About this map

Sawyer Key sits at the heart of this coastal survey, anchoring a sparse archipelago where the Florida Keys meet the open Gulf of Mexico. The landscape is dominated by tidal waterways and mangrove-fringed landforms, such as the Crane Key Mangrove and the scattered Content Keys. This 2012 chart captures the intricate maritime geography of Monroe County just before more modern digital updates, showing the relationship between deep-water passages like the Cudjoe Channel and low-lying features including Little Crane Key and Riding Key. The absence of roads or structures across these keys highlights the protected, natural state of this remote section of the Florida coastline, making it a valuable reference for tracking shoreline changes and coastal morphology in the early twenty-first century.