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2015 Map of West Lake

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of West Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Everglades National Park covers the vast majority of this landscape, where the freshwater sawgrass prairies and mangrove forests meet the brackish waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The terrain is dominated by complex hydrologic patterns, from the interior waters of West Lake and Cuthbert Lake to the tidal influence at Snake Bight. State Road SR-9336 provides the primary terrestrial access into this wilderness, winding toward the coast where named features like Noble Hammock and The Lungs mark specific ecosystems.

The coastline is defined by a series of shallow bays and points, including Garfield Bight and Rankin Bight, separated by landmarks such as Porpoise Point and Shark Point. Human influence is minimal, visible only through the straight line of the Snake Bight Canal and the presence of the Monroe County and Miami-Dade County line, which bisects these remote wetlands and keys including Rookery Key and Derelict Key.