Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park
USA /
Florida /
Islamorada /
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/ USA
/ Florida
/ Islamorada
World / United States / Florida
park, island, wetland, state park, National Natural Landmark
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The island contains the best-preserved tropical hammock forest in the United States.
Ed Hendricks writes that Lignumvitae key played a role in the Bay of Pigs invasion. Apparently a anti-Castro pirate radio station was transmitted from a yacht hidden in a mangrove creek on the island.
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The island contains the best-preserved tropical hammock forest in the United States.
Ed Hendricks writes that Lignumvitae key played a role in the Bay of Pigs invasion. Apparently a anti-Castro pirate radio station was transmitted from a yacht hidden in a mangrove creek on the island.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignumvitae_Key
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 24°54'8"N 80°41'56"W
- Long Key State Park 17 km
- Curry Hammock State Park 36 km
- Hole-In-The-Donut Wetland Mitigation Bank 55 km
- Bahia Honda State Park 64 km
- Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge 66 km
- Biscayne National Park 79 km
- National Key Deer Refuge 84 km
- Shark Valley area of Everglades National Park 96 km
- Matheson Hammock Park & Marina 97 km
- Everglades National Park 138 km
- Lower Matecumbe Key 4.2 km
- Upper Matecumbe Key 6.7 km
- Bob Allen Keys 15 km
- Florida Bay 16 km
- Ranking Bight 29 km
- Garfield Bight 31 km
- Key Largo, Florida 31 km
- John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park (MM 102.5) 41 km
- Miami-Dade County, Florida 76 km
- Monroe County, Florida 94 km