FLORIDA PLACES AND DESTINATIONS:
LITTLE TORCH KEY
Little Torch Key, just south of Big Pine Key, is an island in the lower Florida Keys 24 miles from Key West.
The Lower Keys are home to two national wildlife refuges, a national marine sanctuary and a state park, and are surrounded by a marine environment filled with abundant terrestrial and marine wildlife. The National Key Deer Refuge protects the endangered Key deer and its habitat.
In the ocean waters a few miles from Little Torch Key, divers and snorkelers explore the spectacular coral and marine life of Looe Key Reef, renowned as one of the world's best reefs for diving. Each July, Looe Key is the site of a popular underwater music festival that promotes the preservation of the Keys' coral reefs.
Commercial dive charters provide excursions to Looe Key from Little Torch Key.
Little Palm Island Resort & Spa is a five-acre private island resort three miles offshore of Little Torch Key.
Photo: Visit Florida
