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Bahia Honda State Park

Big Pine Key, FL · Florida Keys

About

Three white-sand beaches share one narrow key here, with Calusa and Loggerhead facing the calm Gulf side and Sandspur stretching out toward the Atlantic, all of it fronting water clear enough to read the bottom from the surface. The old Bahia Honda Rail Bridge, a remnant of Henry Flagler's Overseas Railroad, arcs broken across the channel and frames nearly every photo people take from Calusa. The park runs daily snorkel boats out to Looe Key, a reef of elkhorn and star coral about seven miles offshore that many consider the best in the Keys.

Highlights

Three white-sand beaches: Calusa, Loggerhead, and SandspurSome of the clearest water in the Keys, shallow and swimmableViews of the old Bahia Honda Rail Bridge from Flagler's Overseas RailroadDaily snorkel boats to the Looe Key reef offshoreOceanside camping and cabins at mile marker 37First Florida beach ranked #1 on Dr. Beach's list (1992)

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