Long Key

{{Short description|Island in the Florida Keys, Florida, United States}}

{{for|the island in the Dry Tortugas National Park|Dry Tortugas National Park#Geography}}

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Long Key is an island in the middle Florida Keys. Long Key was called Cayo Víbora (Rattlesnake Key) by early Spanish explorers, a reference to the shape of the island, which resembles a snake with its jaws open, rather than to its denizens. The city of Layton is located on Long Key. The {{convert|965|acre|km2|1|adj=on}} state park (3.9 km²) was dedicated October 1, 1969.

U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses the key at approximately mile markers 65.5--71, between Fiesta Key and Conch Key. It is the home of Long Key State Park,[https://books.google.com/books?id=sKluSPO6EgAC&pg=PA153 The Best in Tent Camping Florida – Johnny Molloy]. p. 153. a favorite of campers and nature lovers, the camp sites are on the beach but the proximity of US1 makes it noisy. It is smaller and less developed than the neighboring incorporated village of Islamorada to the northeast and city of Marathon to the southwest.

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File:Overseas Highway bridge 2.jpg. The eastern end of Long and Fiesta Keys are in the background.]]