Key Largo (island)

Key Largo is an island in the Florida Keys archipelago and one of the largest of its islands. Key Largo is a popular tourist destination and calls itself the "Diving Capital of the World". Tourists enjoy Key Largo's scuba diving and sports-fishing. Key Largo?s proximity to the Everglades also makes it a premier destination for kayakers and ecotourists.

Related Topics:
Florida Keys - Scuba diving - Fishing - Everglades - Kayak - Ecotourist

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Key Largo, Florida is the unofficial name of the community on this island. The community is not a city or municipality; it is an unincorporated part of Monroe County, Florida.

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Key Largo, Florida - Monroe County, Florida

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Key Largo is the first of the Florida Keys islands reached from the mainland of Florida on the Overseas Highway, U.S. Highway 1, which meets Key Largo at Jewfish Creek. The highway runs southwest from Jewfish Creek to the end of the island at Tavernier Creek.

Related Topics:
Overseas Highway - Jewfish Creek

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Key Largo is sandwiched between the wilderness of the Everglades National Park to the north-west and the fish-covered coral formations of North America?s only living coral barrier reef to the east.

Related Topics:
Everglades National Park - North America

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Key Largo is considered part of the "Upper Keys," the area that encompasses the communities of Key Largo, Tavernier, Plantation Key, and Islamorada.

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