Sugarloaf Key

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Sugarloaf Key is an island in the Lower Florida Keys. It consists of two parts of the island, Lower Sugarloaf Key and Upper Sugarloaf Key. The island is U- shaped and the Upper Sugarloaf Sound separates the island. Lower Sugarloaf Key is located 13 miles from Key West and is located between Park Key and Saddlebunch Keys. Upper Sugarloaf Key is located 15 miles east of Key West, between Park Key and Cudjoe Key. Although it has less land area, Lower Sugarloaf Key is more densely populated than Upper Sugarloaf Key.

The U.S. Highway 1 (or the Overseas Highway ) crosses Upper Sugarloaf Key at MM 19-20.5 and Lower Sugarloaf Key at MM 16.5-17.5.

Origin of the name

The name comes from either a Sugarloaf Indian mound on the east side of Upper Sugarloaf Key, north of the highway, because of its shape or from a variety of pineapple that was once harvested on the island.

Attractions

On Lower Sugarloaf Key Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower is the, and on Upper Sugarloaf Key is the Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge.

Sources and links

• History of the island
• Pictures of the island
• Pictures of the island

• Island (Florida)
• Island (North America)
• Island (Gulf of Mexico)
• Of the Florida Keys
• Key West