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The photographs on Islamorada Guide are real, credited images of Islamorada and the Upper Keys, used under the license shown with each one. The short film on the home page is built from those same photographs with slow pans and dissolves, and none of it is generated. Every credit below links back to the original image and its license.

Last checked October 21, 2026

  • Wide sheet of clear, bright turquoise-green water over a pale sandy bottom, opening between two low dark-green mangrove islands under a deep-blue sky with streaky white cloud. A small flats skiff sits at left: one person stands on the raised poling platform holding a long push-pole and a second person casts a fishing rod from the bow; both are distant and too small to identify.

    Wide sheet of clear, bright turquoise-green water over a pale sandy bottom, opening between two low dark-green mangrove islands under a deep-blue sky with streaky white cloud. A small flats skiff sits at left: one person stands on the raised poling platform holding a long push-pole and a second person casts a fishing rod from the bow; both are distant and too small to identify.

    Photograph File:Florida Keys Scenic Highway – Flats Fishing near Islamorada – NARA – 7718440.jpg by U.S. National Archives (Florida Keys Scenic Highway collection), licensed under Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Curving white-sand beach with a tall coconut palm leaning out over clear, pale-blue shallow water; a long wooden pier with small thatched shelters runs out into the sea at left, and a row of palms and empty blue lounge chairs line the beach at right, under a cloudless blue sky.

    Curving white-sand beach with a tall coconut palm leaning out over clear, pale-blue shallow water; a long wooden pier with small thatched shelters runs out into the sea at left, and a row of palms and empty blue lounge chairs line the beach at right, under a cloudless blue sky.

    Photograph File:Islamorada – panoramio (4).jpg by Pietro Valocchi, licensed under CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2013-02-17. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A coconut palm leans almost horizontally out over a white-sand point, with a small round mangrove islet in clear blue-green water behind it, more palms along the beach at left and a low line of distant shore under a clear blue sky.

    A coconut palm leans almost horizontally out over a white-sand point, with a small round mangrove islet in clear blue-green water behind it, more palms along the beach at left and a low line of distant shore under a clear blue sky.

    Photograph File:Islamorada – panoramio (3).jpg by Pietro Valocchi, licensed under CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2013-02-17. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Tall portrait view of a white iron skeleton lighthouse with a black lantern on top, standing on open-frame legs in vivid turquoise water under a blue sky with a few small clouds near the horizon.

    Tall portrait view of a white iron skeleton lighthouse with a black lantern on top, standing on open-frame legs in vivid turquoise water under a blue sky with a few small clouds near the horizon.

    Photograph File:Islamorada, United States.jpg by Peter Pryharski, licensed under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2016-05-25. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • White iron skeleton lighthouse with a dark lantern room on spidery legs over blue-green open water, with a small navigation marker post at left and a faint shoreline on the horizon under a pale-blue sky.

    White iron skeleton lighthouse with a dark lantern room on spidery legs over blue-green open water, with a small navigation marker post at left and a faint shoreline on the horizon under a pale-blue sky.

    Photograph File:Alligator Reef Lighthouse 20230712.jpg by Jstuby, licensed under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2023-07-12. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Underwater view of a rocky reef in green-blue water: branching yellow-tan elkhorn coral colonies in the centre, purple sea fans at upper right, and encrusting sponges and small reef fish around them.

    Underwater view of a rocky reef in green-blue water: branching yellow-tan elkhorn coral colonies in the centre, purple sea fans at upper right, and encrusting sponges and small reef fish around them.

    Photograph File:Acropora palmata Alligator Reef 20230711.jpg by Jstuby, licensed under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2023-07-11. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A long, thin, pale striped trumpetfish swims horizontally across a reef of rock, sea fans and sea rods in clear blue water, with sunlight filtering down from the surface.

    A long, thin, pale striped trumpetfish swims horizontally across a reef of rock, sea fans and sea rods in clear blue water, with sunlight filtering down from the surface.

    Photograph File:Trumpet Fish, Islamorada, Florida – 54232413438.jpg by Symbiosis, licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2024-12-24. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • The pale keystone hurricane monument stands on a raised stepped plaza: a stepped-top pillar carved in relief with palms bending in the wind above waves, with a dark bronze plaque below. Four coconut palms and leafy trees frame it under a clear blue sky, and a shopping strip and a communications tower show at far left.

    The pale keystone hurricane monument stands on a raised stepped plaza: a stepped-top pillar carved in relief with palms bending in the wind above waves, with a dark bronze plaque below. Four coconut palms and leafy trees frame it under a clear blue sky, and a shopping strip and a communications tower show at far left.

    Photograph File:Florida Keys Memorial.jpg by Upstateherd, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2020-06-29. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Close, upright view of the keystone memorial pillar: the carved relief of wind-bent palms over waves, the stepped top and the dark plaque at the base, with a palm frond and blue sky at the top.

    Close, upright view of the keystone memorial pillar: the carved relief of wind-bent palms over waves, the stepped top and the dark plaque at the base, with a palm frond and blue sky at the top.

    Photograph File:The Florida Keys Memorial, view of monument 4856.jpg by Bcrford, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2015-02-19. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Front of the History of Diving Museum from its car park: a low building with a brown metal roof and a whale-shark mural, a tall sign topped by a giant brass diving helmet, a blue 'Museum Entry' sign, and a diver statue and a large yellow vintage diving helmet among landscaped rocks.

    Front of the History of Diving Museum from its car park: a low building with a brown metal roof and a whale-shark mural, a tall sign topped by a giant brass diving helmet, a blue 'Museum Entry' sign, and a diver statue and a large yellow vintage diving helmet among landscaped rocks.

    Photograph File:History of Diving Museum Front Entrance.jpg by Divingenthusiast2005, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2022-05-14. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • On a wooden dock over green water crowded with dark tarpon, a man in a cap kneels and holds a small fish down to a big silver tarpon breaking the surface with a splash. Other visitors stand or crouch along the dock, and the bow of a red boat lettered 'Robbie's ... Marina' shows at upper left.

    On a wooden dock over green water crowded with dark tarpon, a man in a cap kneels and holds a small fish down to a big silver tarpon breaking the surface with a splash. Other visitors stand or crouch along the dock, and the bow of a red boat lettered 'Robbie's … Marina' shows at upper left.

    Photograph File:Feeding Tarpon Robbies Islamorada Florida 2022.jpg by Larry D. Moore, licensed under CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2022-09-10. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Colour aerial view of a small marina: boats moored along a narrow channel and docks, a few low buildings and trailers among palms, dense mangrove at the bottom and right, and the long Overseas Highway bridge crossing the water at the top.

    Colour aerial view of a small marina: boats moored along a narrow channel and docks, a few low buildings and trailers among palms, dense mangrove at the bottom and right, and the long Overseas Highway bridge crossing the water at the top.

    Photograph File:Aerial photographs of Florida MM00034702x (8617583060).jpg by Florida Keys–Public Libraries (Monroe County Library Collection), licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 1987-10-07. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Clear, pale-green shallow water over a pale bottom, with a row of weathered wooden posts standing in the water and a mangrove tree growing out in the shallows. A rocky limestone edge and a mangrove shore are at right, under a sky of scattered white cloud.

    Clear, pale-green shallow water over a pale bottom, with a row of weathered wooden posts standing in the water and a mangrove tree growing out in the shallows. A rocky limestone edge and a mangrove shore are at right, under a sky of scattered white cloud.

    Photograph File:AnneBeach3.JPG by Abujoy, licensed under CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2013-03-17. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Narrow strip of white sand curving along calm, clear shallow water, backed by green mangrove and seagrape under a blue sky with a few clouds; strands of seaweed lie along the tideline.

    Narrow strip of white sand curving along calm, clear shallow water, backed by green mangrove and seagrape under a blue sky with a few clouds; strands of seaweed lie along the tideline.

    Photograph File:Annesbeach1.jpg by Ved Ivanov, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2009-10-10. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Wide view, mostly sky, across calm blue water to the low, dark-green outline of Indian Key on the horizon, under a deep-blue sky with puffy white cumulus clouds.

    Wide view, mostly sky, across calm blue water to the low, dark-green outline of Indian Key on the horizon, under a deep-blue sky with puffy white cumulus clouds.

    Photograph File:Indian Key – Indian Key.jpg by Upstateherd, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2020-07-01. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Aerial view of a small, roughly oval island covered in dense green trees. Clearings, footpaths and the outlines of old stone foundations show among them, with a pale rocky shoreline and a dock reaching out at left into clear turquoise water with darker reef patches.

    Aerial view of a small, roughly oval island covered in dense green trees. Clearings, footpaths and the outlines of old stone foundations show among them, with a pale rocky shoreline and a dock reaching out at left into clear turquoise water with darker reef patches.

    Photograph File:Florida Keys Scenic Highway – Over Indian Key – NARA – 7718445.jpg by U.S. National Archives (Florida Keys Scenic Highway collection), licensed under Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Rippled blue-grey water of Florida Bay in the foreground and a long, low line of dark-green forest on the horizon under a hazy sky with white clouds; a faint bridge line shows at far left.

    Rippled blue-grey water of Florida Bay in the foreground and a long, low line of dark-green forest on the horizon under a hazy sky with white clouds; a faint bridge line shows at far left.

    Photograph File:Lignumvitae Key Botanical SP 20230715.jpg by Jstuby, licensed under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2023-07-15. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Wide view across the floor of an old quarry: flat, pale grey coral-rock ground with patches of grass and a few squared stone blocks. The long, straight, vertical cut wall of the quarry runs across the back, topped by trees, under a grey-blue sky.

    Wide view across the floor of an old quarry: flat, pale grey coral-rock ground with patches of grass and a few squared stone blocks. The long, straight, vertical cut wall of the quarry runs across the back, topped by trees, under a grey-blue sky.

    Photograph File:Quarry on Windley Key 2.JPG by Fredlyfish4, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2014-01-03. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Close-up of a pale grey quarry wall showing a fossil coral head: fan-shaped ridges and grooves radiating through porous limestone.

    Close-up of a pale grey quarry wall showing a fossil coral head: fan-shaped ridges and grooves radiating through porous limestone.

    Photograph File:Windley Key fossil 4.JPG by Fredlyfish4, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2014-01-03. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • View from water level along two parallel bridges: on the left the flat concrete deck and piers of the modern highway bridge, and on the right a long row of old concrete arches of the former railway viaduct receding into the distance over green water, under grey cloud.

    View from water level along two parallel bridges: on the left the flat concrete deck and piers of the modern highway bridge, and on the right a long row of old concrete arches of the former railway viaduct receding into the distance over green water, under grey cloud.

    Photograph File:Overseas Highway Channel 5 Bridge.jpg by Elkman, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2008-02-12. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A long, low concrete highway bridge on round piers crosses clear turquoise water toward the horizon; large limestone boulders and green shrubs fill the right foreground, under a blue sky with white clouds.

    A long, low concrete highway bridge on round piers crosses clear turquoise water toward the horizon; large limestone boulders and green shrubs fill the right foreground, under a blue sky with white clouds.

    Photograph File:Islamorada, Floride.jpg by Clément Bardot, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2015-05-25. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A row of white sportfishing charter boats with tall towers moored at the docks, in front of a blue-roofed dock building lettered 'Whale Harbor' and palm trees, with grey-green water in the foreground and mangrove at right under a cloudy sky.

    A row of white sportfishing charter boats with tall towers moored at the docks, in front of a blue-roofed dock building lettered 'Whale Harbor' and palm trees, with grey-green water in the foreground and mangrove at right under a cloudy sky.

    Photograph File:Florida Keys Scenic Highway – Whale Harbor Marina in Islamorada – NARA – 7718463.jpg by U.S. National Archives (Florida Keys Scenic Highway collection), licensed under Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2008-11-12. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Black-and-white aerial photograph of a channel and a low bridge with a missing section where the roadway approach has washed away; the highway, a few buildings and mangrove-covered land show at the top of the frame.

    Black-and-white aerial photograph of a channel and a low bridge with a missing section where the roadway approach has washed away; the highway, a few buildings and mangrove-covered land show at the top of the frame.

    Photograph File:Hurricane Donna effects in the Florida Keys MM00019349 (4935530578).jpg by Florida Keys–Public Libraries (Monroe County Library Collection), licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 1960-09. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Very wide view of a low, dense mangrove island with arching prop roots at the waterline, standing in calm, clear, pale shallows over white sand, under a blue sky with light cloud.

    Very wide view of a low, dense mangrove island with arching prop roots at the waterline, standing in calm, clear, pale shallows over white sand, under a blue sky with light cloud.

    Photograph File:Mangrove forest Islamorada FL.jpg by Ianaré Sévi, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A single gnarled black mangrove with pale, partly bare branches and a light-green crown, growing out of calm, clear shallow water near a sandy edge, under a pale sky.

    A single gnarled black mangrove with pale, partly bare branches and a light-green crown, growing out of calm, clear shallow water near a sandy edge, under a pale sky.

    Photograph File:Avicennia germinans shallow water.jpg by Ianaré Sévi, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • High view along a wide green channel: small motorboats leave white wakes in the water between low mangrove shores, with houses and docks along the far bank, under a blue sky with big white cumulus clouds; a power line crosses the top of the frame.

    High view along a wide green channel: small motorboats leave white wakes in the water between low mangrove shores, with houses and docks along the far bank, under a blue sky with big white cumulus clouds; a power line crosses the top of the frame.

    Photograph File:Snake Creek, Islamorada, Florida June 2021.jpg by Sharon Hahn Darlin, licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2021-06-09. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A brown pelican with a pale yellow-white head perches on the cowling of a white outboard motor above calm green water, with mangroves, a dock and a small boat in the background.

    A brown pelican with a pale yellow-white head perches on the cowling of a white outboard motor above calm green water, with mangroves, a dock and a small boat in the background.

    Photograph File:Islamorada – Florida Keys (51800503752).jpg by Joseph Gage from Yorkville, IL, USA, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2019-01-27. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Sunset over calm, silvery water: a small white sloop with its sail furled lies at anchor at left beside a mooring buoy, in front of a long, low, dark line of distant islands, under a sky of gold, orange and purple cloud with the sun glowing through.

    Sunset over calm, silvery water: a small white sloop with its sail furled lies at anchor at left beside a mooring buoy, in front of a long, low, dark line of distant islands, under a sky of gold, orange and purple cloud with the sun glowing through.

    Photograph File:Islamorada Sunset.jpg by RetiredTimes, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2012-05-06. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A red-orange sun sits just above a dark, low shoreline under a fiery orange sky with dark cloud; two anchored sailboats are silhouetted on the rippled water, one at left and one at right beside a dock.

    A red-orange sun sits just above a dark, low shoreline under a fiery orange sky with dark cloud; two anchored sailboats are silhouetted on the rippled water, one at left and one at right beside a dock.

    Photograph File:Islamorada – Florida – Sunset.jpg by Carl Lender, licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2014-05-17. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Sepia photograph of a wrecked waterfront: broken timber pilings and a damaged wooden ferry slip in a channel of still water, a steam crane on a sandbank at right, and stripped, broken palms and bare land along the horizon.

    Sepia photograph of a wrecked waterfront: broken timber pilings and a damaged wooden ferry slip in a channel of still water, a steam crane on a sandbank at right, and stripped, broken palms and bare land along the horizon.

    Photograph File:Overseas Highway on Upper Matecumbe Key after the 1935 Labor Day hurricane.jpg by Florida Keys–Public Libraries (Monroe County Library Collection), licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 1935-09-03. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Black-and-white aerial photograph of a railway embankment running through flattened, debris-strewn land, with a long train of cars knocked over on their sides beside the track and the locomotive still on the rails.

    Black-and-white aerial photograph of a railway embankment running through flattened, debris-strewn land, with a long train of cars knocked over on their sides beside the track and the locomotive still on the rails.

    Photograph File:Train derailed by the 1935 hurricane.jpg by Unknown (US government photograph), licensed under Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 1935. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Colour slide of a bright red railway caboose lettered 'Islamorada Chamber of Commerce and Historical Museum', standing on a short length of track among green trees, with a white-gravel bed and a row of young shrubs in front; the dark slide-mount border shows around the frame.

    Colour slide of a bright red railway caboose lettered 'Islamorada Chamber of Commerce and Historical Museum', standing on a short length of track among green trees, with a white-gravel bed and a row of young shrubs in front; the dark slide-mount border shows around the frame.

    Photograph File:Chamber of Commerce and Historical Museum, Islamorada, Florida LCCN2017712569.tif by John Margolies, licensed under Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 1985. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

Film

  • Home page film: The film at the top of the home page is cut from 9 of the photographs credited on this page (by Elkman, Ianaré Sévi, Jstuby, Pietro Valocchi, RetiredTimes, Sharon Hahn Darlin, U.S. National Archives (Florida Keys Scenic Highway collection), Upstateherd), with slow pans, zooms and dissolves. Nothing in it is generated. Share-alike photographs keep their licenses.

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