Middle Torch Key
Encyclopedia
Middle Torch Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys
.
It is located between Ramrod Key
and Little Torch Key
.
The southernmost tip of the key is on U.S. 1
(or the Overseas Highway
), at approximately mile marker 28.
Like the other Torch Keys, it was probably named for the native Torchwood tree.
Florida Keys
The Florida Keys are a coral archipelago in southeast United States. They begin at the southeastern tip of the Florida peninsula, about south of Miami, and extend in a gentle arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West, the westernmost of the inhabited islands, and on to the uninhabited Dry...
.
It is located between Ramrod Key
Ramrod Key
Ramrod Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys. Originally named Roberts Island, Ramrod Key was renamed for a ship named Ramrod, which was wrecked on a reef south of there in the early nineteenth century.-Description:...
and Little Torch Key
Little Torch Key
Little Torch Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys.U.S. Route 1 , crosses the key at approximately mile markers 28—29...
.
The southernmost tip of the key is on U.S. 1
U.S. Route 1 in Florida
U.S. Route 1 in Florida runs along the state's east coast from Key West to its crossing of the St. Marys River into Georgia north of Boulogne, and south of Folkston. US 1 was designated through Florida when the U.S. Highway System was established in 1926.US 1 runs in the state of Florida, and...
(or the Overseas Highway
Overseas Highway
The Overseas Highway is a highway carrying U.S. Route 1 through the Florida Keys. Large parts of it were built on the former right-of-way of the Overseas Railroad, the Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railway. Completed in 1912, the Overseas Railroad was heavily damaged and partially...
), at approximately mile marker 28.
Like the other Torch Keys, it was probably named for the native Torchwood tree.