Bahia Honda Key State Park

After hearing that Bahia Honda Key is a reservation area with a beautiful beach and camping facilities Sarah and I had to go see for ourselves.  Bahia Honda means "Deep Bay" in Spanish, the channel on the West of the island one of the deepest in the Florida Keys.

Bahia Honda Key, situated on the South side of the Seven-Mile Bridge at Mile Marker 37, is a small island, home of the 524-acre State Park.  Henry Flagler's old Bahia Honda bridge, build in 1937 still stands as a look-out area, but is no longer in use.

The scenic beach was voted as No. 1 on Tripadvisor and over the years as the most beautiful in Florida by various prestigious travel magazines.  Marine life is plentiful and snorkeling just offshore, I saw quite a bit, including baracudas (not so nice), a stingray, parrot fish etc.

It's close to Marathon to the North (grrrreat fresh seafood restaurants) and Key West to the South.  The camping sites look out over the ocean to the East and we are planning to go try them out again later with friends - before Summer and the mosquitoes come though!