Where to See Key Deer in Overseas Highway

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Key Deer sightings in Overseas Highway

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Where Key Deer has been reported, from 1,120 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM5% of the busiest hour1 AM3% of the busiest hour2 AM2% of the busiest hour3 AM2% of the busiest hour4 AM11% of the busiest hour5 AM47% of the busiest hour6 AM89% of the busiest hour7 AM95% of the busiest hour8 AM74% of the busiest hour9 AM47% of the busiest hour10 AM37% of the busiest hour11 AM32% of the busiest hourNoon29% of the busiest hour1 PM29% of the busiest hour2 PM34% of the busiest hour3 PM42% of the busiest hour4 PM63% of the busiest hour5 PM89% of the busiest hour6 PMBusiest hour7 PM84% of the busiest hour8 PM53% of the busiest hour9 PM32% of the busiest hour10 PM16% of the busiest hour11 PM8% of the busiest hour

Key Deer is most seen 6–8 AM and 5–7 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Key Deer sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	5%
1 AM	3%
2 AM	2%
3 AM	2%
4 AM	11%
5 AM	47%
6 AM	89%
7 AM	95%
8 AM	74%
9 AM	47%
10 AM	37%
11 AM	32%
Noon	29%
1 PM	29%
2 PM	34%
3 PM	42%
4 PM	63%
5 PM	89%
6 PM	100%
7 PM	84%
8 PM	53%
9 PM	32%
10 PM	16%
11 PM	8%

Audio tour

Hear about Key Deer on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Overseas Highway, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Overseas Highway Tour Guide

Deer Between Islands

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“Key deer can swim from one island to another. That helps explain how these small deer live across a scatter of islands in the Lower Keys, rather than on just one patch of land.”

Plays as you drive in Parkwolf’s Overseas Highway Tour Guide.

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Where to look

Overseas Highway spots that mention Key Deer

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Places and trails whose Parkwolf guides talk about Key Deer. A good start, never a guarantee.

Places

Visitor centerFlorida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Nature CenterA useful first stop before heading out to look for Key deer.

SightBlue HoleA freshwater quarry with alligators, tarpon and an easy viewing platform.

Trails

EasyUpper Sugarloaf Key Trail3.3 mi · 1.8 hrA simple paved walk into Key deer refuge country.

EasyWatson Trail0.8 mi · 36 minA short loop through pine rockland and water-filled limestone holes.

ModerateLower Sugarloaf Key Trail7.2 mi · 3.8 hrOld State Road 4A makes this a rough walk into Keys history.

EasyButtonwood Trail1.6 mi · 1 hrA flat, 1.6-mile out-and-back through Big Pine Key wetlands.

EasyBlue Hole Trail0.3 mi · 20 minA shaded stroll around a freshwater quarry with wildlife to watch.

EasyMannillo Trail0.3 mi · 15 minA short limestone path to a wetland deck in pine rockland.

EasyParadise Drive Trail2.1 mi · 1 hrA flat, rustic two-mile walk through No Name Key refuge habitat.

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16 sighting mapsfor Overseas Highway, on the same park map as your route
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136 audio storiesplay as you drive Overseas Highway, wildlife included

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Overseas Highway

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18 sightingsCrocodileCrocodylus acutusMost seen 7 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map

255 sightingsAlligatorAlligator mississippiensisMost seen 7 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map

55 sightingsManateeTrichechus manatusMost seen 6–8 AM & 4–6 PMSighting map

70 sightingsCommon Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatusMost seen 8 AM–12 PMSighting map

51 sightingsBald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusMost seen 8–10 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map

361 sightingsOspreyPandion haliaetusMost seen 8 AM–1 PM & 3–5 PMSighting map

1,360 sightingsPelicanPelecanus occidentalisMost seen 8 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map

482 sightingsGreat EgretArdea albaMost seen 6–9 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map

Where to see Key Deer in Overseas Highway