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Ohio Key
OHIO, OR "SUNSHINE" KEY ONE OF THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS, WHERE RACHEL CARSON CAMPED WHILE GATHERING DATA FOR HER BOOK... - NARA - 548632.tif
Ohio Key with campsite under development.
Ohio Key is located in Florida
Ohio Key
Ohio Key
Location in Florida
Ohio Key is located in Caribbean
Ohio Key
Ohio Key
Location in Caribbean
Geography
Location Gulf of Mexico
Coordinates 24°40′19″N 81°14′49″W / 24.672°N 81.247°W / 24.672; -81.247
Archipelago Florida Keys
Adjacent bodies of water Florida Straits
Administration
State Florida
County Monroe

US 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses the Ohio Key at approximately mile marker 39, between Missouri Key and Bahia Honda Key. Today it is also known as Sunshine Key, after a camping resort located there. The portion of the island south of U.S. Route 1 is protected as the Ohio Key National Wildlife Refuge.

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Ohio Keys signage.
Campsite at Ohio or "Sunshine" Key, Florida
Nearly half of Ohio Key is a campground for trailers

Former name

It was once known as Little Duck Key, however the name Little Duck Key is currently used for a very small island about a mile (1.6 km) to the east that is the western terminus of the Seven Mile Bridge.

Flora and fauna

The oceanside area of Ohio Key has palm trees, buttonwood trees and mangrove trees, and bird watching occurs there.

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