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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

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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