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Just a few miles outside the Sunshine Parkway, this 440-acre island is the home of the last government-manned lighthouse (built in 1858) in the United States. Now a wildlife refuge, Egmont Key was a camp for captured Seminole Indians during the Third Seminole war and was a Union Navy base during the Civil War.
If you can't make it on your own, several boats offer snorkeling excursions to this island. Visitors can snorkel over grass beds and ruins of two gun batteries from the fort, or enjoy the unspoiled beach.
Many boats choose the western side of the island to drop anchor. However, I would recommend the south eastern side where the lighthouse is. It is marked on the chart as "Pilot Lookout". The bottom is sandy here but your anchor will catch. I always recommend both a stern and bow anchor.
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27° 35' 05" N |
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82° 45' 34" W |
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