Boca Chita Key | |
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Pushpin Map: | Florida#North Atlantic |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
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Pushpin Map Caption: | Boca Chita Key |
Location: | Atlantic Ocean |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
Country Admin Divisions: | Florida |
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | County |
Country Admin Divisions 1: | Miami-Dade |
Boca Chita Key is the island north of the upper Florida Keys in Biscayne National Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida.
The key is located in Biscayne Bay, just north of Sands Key. An ornamental 65feet lighthouse is present on the key.[1] The harbor has a bulkhead with cleats where boats may be tied. There is a campground with picnic tables and salt water toilets. Fresh water and electricity are not available on the island.
On the north-west part of the island is the Boca Chita Key Historic District containing historic structures such as the Boca Chita lighthouse.
This key is sometimes confused with the similar-sounding Boca Chica Key over a hundred miles southwest on the lower Florida Keys.