As you travel the Florida Keys you will come to appreciate the green and white mile markers (MM) on US 1. These roadside markers tell you how far you are from Key West from anywhere in the Keys. The mile marker numbers begin with 127 (south of Florida City) and end with 0 in Key West - the Southern most city in the United States. Addresses and maps often include mile markers for easier location.

                                            MILE MARKER                                

FROM FT. LAUDERDALE AIRPORT  APPROX. 132 MI         < GREEN TURNPIKE SIGN 

TAKE 595 WEST TO FLORIDA TURNPIKE SOUTH.  BY EXIT 47 IT GETS A LITTLE TRICKY (BE SURE TO BEAR RIGHT) KEEP FOLLOWING SIGNS TOWARDS HOMESTEAD/KEY WEST. YOU WILL PAY 4x $1.00 TOLLS AS YOU TAKE THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE TO THE END(54 MILES)  *   WHICH WILL PUT YOU ON US 1 SOUTH AT FLORIDA CITY. STAY ON US 1. THE AREA THROUGH THE EVERGLADES, REFERRED TO AS:  THE STRETCH ,  CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. PAY ATTENTION, AS ONCOMING TRAFFIC SOMETIMES DISREGARD THE NO PASSING ZONES AND RIDE YOUR LANE LIKE ITS THEIRS! THERE ARE GREEN MILE MARKERS ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT COUNT DOWN THE DISTANCE TO KEY WEST. KEY LARGO IS 106, ISLAMORADA, 88, MARATHON 54 AND KEY WEST (ZERO) THERE ARE 45 MILE HR SPEED ZONES WHICH ARE ENFORCED, AROUND KEY LARGO AND ISLAMORADA. (NOTE: GAS IS USUALLY 40 CENTS  LOWER , AROUND KEY LARGO AND ISLAMORADA.) STAY ON US 1 SOUTH AND WHEN YOU PASS MILE MARKER 54 THE ROAD WILL OPEN TO TWO LANES. AT THE 2 ND  TRAFFIC LIGHT YOU WILL SEE A CIRCLE K CONVENIENCE STORE. MAKE A LEFT ON TO SADOWSKI CAUSEWAY. ( 25 MPH HEAVILY ENFORCED ) TAKE SADOWSKI CAUSEWAY TO  W. OCEAN DRIVE. MAKE A RIGHT TURN ON W. OCEAN AND TAKE THE FIRST RIGHT TURN ON TO 7TH STREET. UNIT 5 IS THE THIRD DUPLEX PAST THE LITTLE ROW OF STORES. UNIT 5 IS THE RIGHT SIDE UNIT

FROM MIAMI AIRPORT      APPROX. - 110 MI   

TAKE LE JEUNE ROAD SOUTH TO 836 WEST. TAKE 836 WEST TO THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE EXTENSION SOUTH.  THIS WILL PUT YOU ON TURNPIKE AROUND EXIT 26.   FOLLOW ABOVE DIRECTIONS. *   AVOID 95  SOUTH OF MIAMI AROUND HOMESTEAD.

LOCAL MAP -  http://keycolonybeach.net/citymap.html

DRIVING FROM THE NORTH

TAKE 95 SOUTH TO THE FT. PIERCE, FL  EXIT. GO WEST 3/4 MILE AND GET ONTO THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE SOUTH. (AVOID 95 NEAR HOMESTEAD AT ALL COSTS) **FOLLOW ABOVE DIRECTIONS.