A walk to the Southernmost Point

Starting from "Mile Marker 0" at the beginning of Whitehead Street, the walk to the Southernmost Point is around five blocks. Each block on the way to one of Key West’s most popular attractions is peppered with the adorable white gingerbread houses where masses of green vegetation such as palm trees sprout from each angle. The petals of the royal Poinciana lay in puddles on the sidewalks, their rich red and orange color contrasting with the drab grey of the concrete; both the palm trees and the royal Poinciana trees drape themselves over picket fences, creating a cooling shadow for the people walking under the relentless Florida sun.



As you walk down the streets, you can hear roosters nesting in-between bushes as lizards and geckos – each of a different shade of green – scuttle up and down trees and fences. As you near the Southernmost Point, you begin to see the crystalline color of the ocean, and hear the buzz of the tourists’ excited voices as they eagerly wait in line for their turn to take a picture with the big concrete buoy that marks one of the extreme points in the United States.


At the Southernmost Point, cars and bikes whiz by as people from all around the world shuffle and stand in a line that extends down the block. Cameras click furiously as a local vender down the street shouts at and coaxes nearby walkers to buy his coconut drilled drinks and his iced $1 waters.

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