The buoy designates the alleged southern-most point in the continental United States (the Hawaiian islands are quite a ways south of the Keys).
Sticklers for truth and accuracy — actually, anyone who can read a map — will note that the marker really doesn’t appear to be the southern-most point even in the Keys. Whitehead Spit, a cape west of this point at South and Whitehead streets, appears to be significantly south of here.
Sticklers for truth and accuracy — actually, anyone who can read a map — will note that the marker really doesn’t appear to be the southern-most point even in the Keys. Whitehead Spit, a cape west of this point at South and Whitehead streets, appears to be significantly south of here.
But the marked could well be the southern-most point that is publicly accessible, i.e., a place to draw tourists without trampling on private property.
Above and next two below: While waiting in line for the obligatory selfie at the marker, I shot these scenes of the landscape in the vicinity. The first below is a ground-level view of the landmark at Whitehead Point that I’d first seen on the balcony of the lighthouse. The statue is part of the plaza decor where the marker buoy is located.
I shot the above and below photos on the return trip from the southern-most point marker. The biker is headed onto the Naval Air Station adjacent to Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park. When I was in the Keys, Florida charged $9 per adult admission to its state parks, and I wasn't in a mood to spend the money and time to check it out that day. There were other things to see, and next up — after lunch at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Cafe on Duval Street — was a stop at Mallory Square on the opposite side of the island, where I’d indulge one of four opportunities to witness and photograph a sunset during my two-week stay in the Keys.
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Above and next three below: The southern-most point marker is such a popular (and free) attraction that there are lines of people waiting to get their chance to take pictures and/or selfies next to it, so the unobstructed view of the buoy (above) is a rarity.
Coming up next: Ernest Hemingway House
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