Foster Key

Foster 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 Foster 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 Foster Key — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 25.88691, -81.56339. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Foster Key

• Dismal Key Pass · beach · Collier · ~3 km · Must-see
• Ten Thousand Islands · sanctuary · Collier · ~11 km · Must-see
• Collier-Seminole State Park · sanctuary · Collier · ~12 km · Must-see
• Bay City Walking Dredge · attraction · Collier · ~15 km · Must-see
• Otter Mound Preserve · sanctuary · Collier · ~17 km · Must-see
• First Baptist Church of Marco Island · church · Collier · ~19 km · Must-see
• First Baptist Church of Everglades City · sanctuary · Collier · ~22 km · Must-see
• Picayune Strand State Forest · sanctuary · Collier · ~24 km · Must-see
• Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park · sanctuary · Collier · ~25 km · Must-see
• Smallwood Store · attraction · Collier · ~27 km · Must-see
• Deep Lake Strand · lake · Collier · ~31 km · Must-see
• Keewaydin Island · river spot · Collier · ~33 km · Must-see
• Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Collier · ~46 km · Must-see
• Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens · beach · Collier · ~48 km · Must-see
• Chevelier · fort · Monroe · ~49 km · Must-see
• Big Cypress National Preserve · sanctuary · Collier · ~58 km · Must-see
• Vanderbilt Beach Park · beach · Collier · ~60 km · Must-see
• Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park · park · Collier · ~64 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Foster Key

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Foster Key

• Keewaydin Island · river spot · Collier · ~33 km · Must-see
• Estero Island · river spot · Lee · ~88 km · Must-see
• Pine Island · river spot · Lee · ~121 km · Must-see
• North Captiva Island · river spot · Lee · ~128 km · Must-see
• Hog Key · river spot · Collier · ~3 km
• Brush Island · river spot · Collier · ~8 km
• Ten Thousand Islands · river spot · Collier · ~11 km
• Picnic Key · river spot · Collier · ~13 km
• Kingston Key · river spot · Monroe · ~18 km
• Sandfly Island · river spot · Collier · ~22 km

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