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| ] (or the ]) crosses the key at approximately mile markers 15.5--17.5. | ] (or the ]) crosses the key at approximately mile markers 15.5--17.5. | ||
| It is the lower of two connected islands. The island make a claw shape, having Upper Sugarloaf Sound and ] in the center. Although smaller in area, than ], it is more densely populated and is also called ]. | |||
| It has Sugarloaf Lodge and restaurant, an airport, a volunteer fire department, and a bat tower built in 1929 which is listed as a historic site. The tower was put there by a man named Perky to control the mosquito problem in the Lower Keys, but when the bats were put in, they flew away, never to return. | |||
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Lower Sugarloaf Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys.
It is located between the Saddlebunch Keys and Park Key.
U.S. Route 1 (or the Overseas Highway) crosses the key at approximately mile markers 15.5--17.5.
It is the lower of two connected islands. The island make a claw shape, having Upper Sugarloaf Sound and Park Key in the center. Although smaller in area, than Sugarloaf Key, it is more densely populated and is also called Sugarloaf Shores.
It has Sugarloaf Lodge and restaurant, an airport, a volunteer fire department, and a bat tower built in 1929 which is listed as a historic site. The tower was put there by a man named Perky to control the mosquito problem in the Lower Keys, but when the bats were put in, they flew away, never to return.
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