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Getting to Big Pine Key
4 hr 40 min · 272 miles from Cape Coral (Google driving route without traffic, checked 2026-10-10; expect longer in season)
Events coming up
- No dated events in the guide for this town.
Dates TBC
- Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival · Dates TBC — may or may not fall in your trip
Places to go
Top 5 per group by Google rating (4★+, 20+ reviews). Hours change — call ahead.
Eat & drink
- Anne's Kitchen · 4.9★ (51)Overseas Hwy, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
- Pop's Smoke Shed - Big Pine Key · 4.8★ (339)31251 Ave A, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
- Square Grouper Bar and Grill · 4.7★ (2204)22658 Overseas Hwy, Cudjoe Key, FL 33042, USA
- Florida Keys Cafe · 4.7★ (712)30739 Overseas Hwy, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
- Forks & Stix · 4.7★ (347)30945 Ave A, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
Breakfast & coffee
- Morning Joint · 4.8★ (555)22864 Overseas Hwy, Cudjoe Key, FL 33042, USA
- Five Brothers Two · 4.8★ (515)27023 Overseas Hwy, Summerland Key, FL 33042, USA
- Galley Grill · 4.7★ (1146)24862 Overseas Hwy, Summerland Key, FL 33042, USA
- 7 Mile Cafe & Kava Bar · 4.6★ (441)30200 Overseas Hwy, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
- Bagel Island Sandwich Shoppe · 4.6★ (332)205 Key Deer Blvd, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
Bars & live music
- Coconuts Bar and Drive Thru Liquor Store · 4.2★ (63)30535 Overseas Hwy, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
- Looe Key Reef Resort · 4.1★ (777)27340 Overseas Hwy, Summerland Key, FL 33042, USA
Things to do
- Grimal Grove · 4.9★ (123)258 Cunningham Ln, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
- Bahia Honda Railroad Bridge · 4.8★ (250)Old Bahia Honda Bridge, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
- Pine Channel Nature Park · 4.8★ (136)29550 Overseas Hwy, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
- Artists In Paradise Gallery · 4.8★ (36)221 Key Deer Blvd, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
- Key West Visitors Center · 4.7★ (343)31281 Overseas Hwy, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
Beaches & parks
- Picnic Island · 4.8★ (156)Summerland Key, FL 33042, USA
- Sandspur Beach · 4.5★ (232)36850 Overseas Hwy, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
- Bahia Honda State Park RV Campground · 4.5★ (155)36850 Overseas Hwy, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
- Sunshine Key - Big Pine Key, FL · 4.2★ (1492)38801 Overseas Hwy, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
On the water
- Saltwater Seafari Snorkeling and Sandbar Tours · 5★ (310)29740 Overseas Hwy, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
- Capt. Clint Moore | Excursions · 5★ (90)477 Drost Dr, Cudjoe Key, FL 33042, USA
- Xotic Island Charters · 5★ (26)22982 Hawkins Ln, Cudjoe Key, FL 33042, USA
- OverSeas Adventures · 5★ (25)1000 Spanish Main Dr, Cudjoe Key, FL 33042, USA
- My Coastal Adventure · 5★ (20)29049 Rose Dr, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
Shopping
- Tindahan The Little Asian Store · 4.9★ (511)33 Ships Way, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
- The Greeen House · 4.9★ (350)30964 Overseas Hwy, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
- Low Key Tye Dye · 4.8★ (70)31109 Ave A, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
- bealls · 4.3★ (251)279 Key Deer Blvd, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA
- Winn-Dixie · 4.2★ (1884)251 Key Deer Blvd, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA