Big Key

Big 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 Big 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 Big Key — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 25.94912, -81.67703. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Big Key

• First Baptist Church of Marco Island · church · Collier · ~5 km · Must-see
• Otter Mound Preserve · sanctuary · Collier · ~6 km · Must-see
• Collier-Seminole State Park · sanctuary · Collier · ~10 km · Must-see
• Bay City Walking Dredge · attraction · Collier · ~12 km · Must-see
• Keewaydin Island · river spot · Collier · ~17 km · Must-see
• Dismal Key Pass · beach · Collier · ~17 km · Must-see
• Picayune Strand State Forest · sanctuary · Collier · ~21 km · Must-see
• Ten Thousand Islands · sanctuary · Collier · ~27 km · Must-see
• Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park · sanctuary · Collier · ~32 km · Must-see
• Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens · beach · Collier · ~34 km · Must-see
• First Baptist Church of Everglades City · sanctuary · Collier · ~38 km · Must-see
• Deep Lake Strand · lake · Collier · ~43 km · Must-see
• Smallwood Store · attraction · Collier · ~44 km · Must-see
• Vanderbilt Beach Park · beach · Collier · ~46 km · Must-see
• Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Collier · ~47 km · Must-see
• Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park · park · Collier · ~50 km · Must-see
• Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary · sanctuary · Collier · ~60 km · Must-see
• Chevelier · fort · Monroe · ~66 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Big Key

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Big Key

• Keewaydin Island · river spot · Collier · ~17 km · Must-see
• Estero Island · river spot · Lee · ~74 km · Must-see
• Pine Island · river spot · Lee · ~106 km · Must-see
• North Captiva Island · river spot · Lee · ~112 km · Must-see
• Little Gasparilla Island · river spot · Charlotte · ~144 km · Must-see
• Don Pedro Island · river spot · Charlotte · ~150 km · Must-see
• Coconut Island · river spot · Collier · ~9 km
• Brush Island · river spot · Collier · ~10 km
• Cannon Island · river spot · Collier · ~11 km
• Little Marco Island · river spot · Collier · ~13 km

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