Long Key Bight

• Location: Hawk Channel
• Mile Marker: Mile 1172
• Lat / Lon: N 24° 49.530' / W 080° 47.812'
• Depth: 4-6 Feet
• Description:

  Anchorage is open to the northeast, but you can relocate south of the island to seek protection in these conditions. Long Key is the home of Long Key State Park (305-664-4815), a 300-acre wild area with a campground, numerous picnic tables and grills.

  NOTE: Per Florida Statute 327.4109

  The owner or operator of a vessel or floating structure may not anchor or moor such that the nearest approach of the anchored or moored vessel or floating structure is:

  1. Within 150 feet of any marina, boat ramp, boatyard, or other vessel launching or loading facility;
  2. Within 300 feet of a superyacht repair facility. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term "superyacht repair facility" means a facility that services or repairs a yacht with a water line of 120 feet or more in length; or
  3. Within 100 feet outward from the marked boundary of a public mooring field or a lesser distance if approved by the commission upon request of a local government within which the mooring field is located. The commission may adopt rules to implement this subparagraph.