Boca Chita Key Explained

Boca Chita Key
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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.

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=OFMJ0_IRAv8C&pg=PA83 Cruising the Florida Keys - Claiborne S. Young, Morgan Stinemetz