Big Pine Key is an unincorporated community belonging to the Monroe County in an island of the same name in the Florida Keys. Occupying just 10 square miles with a population of slightly over 5000 in a 2000 census, Big Pine Key is accessible through the US1 or the Overseas Highway.
If you have plans to go here, don't forget to book yourself a Big Pine Lower Keys limo or any Big Pine Lower Keys Transportation. The long highway stretch affords a great opportunity to sightsee the wide waters on a chauffeured limo service without being bothered by mundane driving.
Just a reminder, the speed limits goes down to 35 mph as you approach the Big Pine Island along the highway from your Big Pine Lower Keys limo or rented Big Pine Lower Keys Transportation. That's not to protect commuters or pedestrians, but more for the Key deer that just might be crossing the highway. Big Pine Key is home to this endangered tiny fragile deer species. But the speed limit benefits the visitors as slower speeds will allow you to see the Key deer along the highway or the neighborhoods north of the island. These friendly animals can cavort with your hired Big Pine Lower Keys limo or Big Pine Lower Keys Transportation, but just don't feed them as it's against the law.
A jewel of a beach can be found in the Bahia Honda State Park which is often mentioned in travel and leisure magazines as one of the most beautiful in the world. The park is a natural preserve and is home of the many scenic white sand beaches as well as a marina and camping sites.
One interesting place to visit and see is the Boca Chica. It used to house the Naval Air Station Key West commissioned in 1917 due to the perfect weather. This is what is needed to do scientific observation using balloons and other flight contraptions. It's the last major landmark before entering Key West. The Blue Hole is one major island attraction. It's an abandoned rock quarry used in constructing the Henry Flagler's Overseas Railroad. It's now part of the national Key Deer Refuge where its clear fresh waters sustain wildlife habitat for birds, snakes, alligators, green iguanas and the key deer.
You can get there and observe these fine creatures from your Big Pine Lower Keys limo or any rented Big Pine Lower Keys Transportation.
Big Pine Key has several commercial establishments that host snorkeling and diving trips at anytime of the day, whether for groups or for families. The Looe Key Marine Sanctuary, a major part of the living coral reefs around the Florida Keys, is a favorite spot for visitors. Your Big Pine Lower Keys limo or rented Big Pine Lower Keys Transportation can bring you to the marinas where the boats leave for the reef.
Shopping completes a visitor's travel and the Big Pine Key doesn't disappoint especially when loading your shopping bags on you Big Pine Lower Keys limo or rented Big Pine Lower Keys Transportation. Its shopping center north of the US1 houses Radio Shack store, Beall's Outlet, a few Chinese restaurants, the Key Deer Refuge, a county library and a few hardware stores.