David Key

David Key: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this river spot: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit David Key

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach David Key — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 25.91520, -81.68938. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near David Key

• Otter Mound Preserve · sanctuary · Collier · ~1 km · Must-see
• First Baptist Church of Marco Island · church · Collier · ~3 km · Must-see
• Collier-Seminole State Park · sanctuary · Collier · ~14 km · Must-see
• Dismal Key Pass · beach · Collier · ~16 km · Must-see
• Bay City Walking Dredge · attraction · Collier · ~16 km · Must-see
• Keewaydin Island · river spot · Collier · ~19 km · Must-see
• Picayune Strand State Forest · sanctuary · Collier · ~25 km · Must-see
• Ten Thousand Islands · sanctuary · Collier · ~26 km · Must-see
• Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park · sanctuary · Collier · ~35 km · Must-see
• Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens · beach · Collier · ~37 km · Must-see
• First Baptist Church of Everglades City · sanctuary · Collier · ~39 km · Must-see
• Smallwood Store · attraction · Collier · ~43 km · Must-see
• Deep Lake Strand · lake · Collier · ~45 km · Must-see
• Vanderbilt Beach Park · beach · Collier · ~50 km · Must-see
• Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Collier · ~52 km · Must-see
• Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park · park · Collier · ~54 km · Must-see
• Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary · sanctuary · Collier · ~65 km · Must-see
• Chevelier · fort · Monroe · ~65 km · Must-see

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Other rivers, islands & mangroves near David Key

• Keewaydin Island · river spot · Collier · ~19 km · Must-see
• Estero Island · river spot · Lee · ~78 km · Must-see
• Pine Island · river spot · Lee · ~109 km · Must-see
• North Captiva Island · river spot · Lee · ~115 km · Must-see
• Little Gasparilla Island · river spot · Charlotte · ~148 km · Must-see
• Brush Island · river spot · Collier · ~9 km
• Coconut Island · river spot · Collier · ~10 km
• Cannon Island · river spot · Collier · ~13 km
• Little Marco Island · river spot · Collier · ~16 km
• Halloway Island · river spot · Collier · ~18 km

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