Little Duck Key is a small island in the lower Florida Keys. U.S. 1 (or the

Overseas Highway The Overseas Highway is a highway carrying U.S. Route 1 (US 1) through the Florida Keys to Key West. 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 Rail ...

) crosses the key at approximately mile marker 40, just west of the

Seven Mile Bridge The Seven Mile Bridge is a bridge in the Florida Keys, in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It connects Knight's Key (part of the city of Marathon, Florida) in the Middle Keys to Little Duck Key in the Lower Keys. Among the longest brid ...

. The west end of the bridge terminates on this island. The island which is marked on current navigation charts as Little Duck Key is part of a very confusing name history of all the islands located on and near the highway between

Pigeon Key Pigeon Key is a small island containing the historic district of Pigeon Key, Florida. The island is home to 8 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, some of which remain from its earliest incarnation as a work camp for the Flor ...

and

Bahia Honda Key Bahia Honda (meaning ''deep bay'', in Spanish, locally pronounced: BAY-ah HON-da , also pronounced : Bah-EE-ah OWN-dah ) is an island in the lower Florida Keys. U.S. 1 (the Overseas Highway) crosses the key at approximately mile markers 36-38 ...

. The key was always known locally as Pacet Key and was given the name Little Duck Key during the construction of the

Overseas Railroad The Overseas Railroad (also known as Florida Overseas Railroad, the Overseas Extension, and Flagler's Folly) was an extension of the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West, a city located beyond the end of the Florida peninsula. Work on the line ...

. It has also been known as Big Money Key. At one point, the island now known as Ohio Key was called Little Duck Key. The island has a small beach picnic area and boat ramps.

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Uninhabited islands of Monroe County, Florida Beaches of Monroe County, Florida Beaches of Florida Islands of the Florida Keys Islands of Florida {{monroeCountyFL-geo-stub