No Name Key is an unusual community in that there is no public electricity or water; though it does have paved roads, telephone service, and a new fire well pump. The 43 residential homes rely on solar panels and (diesel & gas) generators to produce the electricity needed to power the homes. The only source of water is rainwater collected and stored in cisterns.
Approximately 820 acres (of this 998 acres island) is currently protected as part of the National Key Deer Refuge.There are only a handful of desirable canal front lots that are not developed and remain in private ownership. Between the Tier System and ROGO (Rate of Growth Ordinance), it is highly unlikely that another home will ever be built here. For more information on the Tier System and ROGO, please visit Monroe County Virtual Town Hall.
No Name Key is accessible through Big Pine Key via the Bogie Channel Bridge. This bridge used to be called (and used to be) the Old Wooden Fishing Bridge; but it is now a wide concrete bridge approx. a half mile long. The bridge was, and remains today, a popular fishing spot.
No Name Key Bridge
The Main Road is Watson.There are an additional eight named roads, with five being the main residential roads. There are plenty of Key Deer to view along the main road (Watson), no need to go down the residential roads, doing so is Discouraged. Click here: For More Information on the Key Deer.
There are several hiking trails through the Key Deer Refuge off of Watson (be sure to bring your hat, sunscreen, insect repellant and water).Or follow Watson to the end, it’s a very short walk to enjoy the ocean view. Click here for More on: what to See, where to Stay, where to Eat and where to Shop.
No Name Key began as a small fishing village, grew into the site of the first ferryboat landing (the only way to get from the Upper Keys to the Lower Keys), and later was the training site/staging grounds for the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.Today it is a quiet community consisting of 43 homes and several hundred Key Deer. Click here: For More on the History of No Name Key.
We hope you enjoy your visit to No Name Key and enjoy viewing our Key Deer.
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