Big Pine Key Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
census designated place in Monroe County, Florida, United States
About Big Pine Key
Big Pine is one of the larger Keys, and is composed of an interface of two types of limestone rock. Key Largo limestone, ancient fossilized reef tract, extends from Key Largo to Big Pine Key and then slides under (so to speak) Miami Oolitic Limestone. Miami Oolitic limestone being more porous and rather dissolvable can retain rainwater in its solution holes and this can create a freshwater lens between the two rock layers.This is so very important as it provides year round freshwater access to unique species that are found nowhere else in the Florida Keys such as Caribbean Slash Pine, Key Deer, Key Bunny and a small variety of other unique, endemic plants and animals. It has many native hardwood trees, as well as the pines for which it is named. Blue Hole, a former limestone quarry, is
Top Attractions in Big Pine Key
Explore the best things to see and do in Big Pine Key:
- ★Bahia Honda State Park
- ★Nature Center - Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex
Where to Eat in Big Pine Key
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Boondocks Grille and Draft House
- 🍴The Square Grouper Bar and Grill
Where to Stay in Big Pine Key
- 🏨Big Pine Key Fishing Lodge
- 🏨Big Pine Key Motel
- 🏨Deer Run bed and breakfast
- 🏨Parmer's Resort
- 🏨Sugarloaf Key Resort KOA Kampground
- 🏨The Barnacle bed and breakfast
Big Pine Key Travel Guide Sections
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