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Scout Key
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Camp Sawyer on Scout Key in 1987
Scout Key is located in Florida
Scout Key
Scout Key
Location in Florida
Scout Key is located in Caribbean
Scout Key
Scout Key
Location in Caribbean
Geography
Location Gulf of Mexico
Coordinates 24°38′59″N 81°18′39″W / 24.649855°N 81.310887°W / 24.649855; -81.310887
Archipelago Florida Keys
Adjacent bodies of water Florida Straits
Administration
State Florida
County Monroe

Scout Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys. It was previously known as West Summerland Key until 2010. U.S. 1 (the Overseas Highway) crosses the key at approximately mile markers 34–35, between Spanish Harbor Key and Big Pine Key.

Images for kids

  • Scout Key Milky Way in April 2018

    Scout Key Milky Way in April, 2018

  • Bahia Honda Old Rail Bridge

    Bahia Honda Old Rail Bridge as seen from Scout Key

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