Casey Key Florida Map

About Casey Key, Florida

Casey Key is a locality in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. It is a small community with a population of 680. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Casey Key is located at 27.1501°N, 82.4807°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 34275, 34242.

Casey Key stretches as a slender, limestone-anchored finger of land, a narrow barrier island defined by the relentless, rhythmic pulse of the Gulf of Mexico. It lies 2.2 miles northwest of Laurel, FL (from Laurel, FL: bearing 309°T), and is situated 3.8 miles north-northwest of Venice. Salt-heavy air saturates the palmetto scrub and dense mangroves that cling to the island’s edges, where the horizon dissolves into a seamless wash of turquoise and pale, sun-bleached gray. Inland, the landscape transitions from the dunes of the shore toward the quiet, brackish flow of South Creek, which separates this coastal solitude from the mainland. The quality of light here is particularly insistent, a bright, subtropical glare that flattens the shadows at midday but turns the evening water into a sheet of hammered copper, reminding those who walk the sand that the land is merely a temporary reprieve from the rising tide.

History lingers in the low-slung, architectural quietude of the estates that define the local economy, where privacy is the primary currency and the pace of life mimics the slow, deliberate drift of the currents. A short distance away, the protected expanse of Oscar Scherer State Park serves as a vital anchor, preserving the scrubby woodlands that once dominated the region before the arrival of seasonal residents and private villas. The influence of the nearby mainland, with its proximity to the inland reaches of Lower Myakka Lake, offers a subtle counterpoint to the salt-drenched isolation of the island. Casey Key remains a place where the modern world feels attenuated, filtered through the rustle of sea oats and the persistent, humid heat that dictates the rhythm of every afternoon.

About This Casey Key Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Casey Key, Florida. Coordinates: 27.150053, -82.480652. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Casey Key includes the ZIP code (34275, 34242), telephone area code (941), county seat of Sarasota County (Sarasota), and school district assignment.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.