Explore Duck Key, Florida, with this interactive street and satellite map.
| City | Duck Key |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Monroe County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 24.770972 |
| Longitude | -80.912014 |
| Population | 727 |
| Density | 468.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 33050 |
| Area Code | 305, 786 |
| County Seat | Key West |
| School District | Monroe County School District |
Duck Key rises from the turquoise shallows as a low, sprawling archipelago of coral rock and limestone, anchored firmly against the restless tides of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 36.4 miles southwest of Key Largo, FL (from Key Largo, FL: bearing 233°T), and is situated 11.9 miles east-northeast of Marathon. Salt-heavy air defines the atmosphere here, where the horizon dissolves into an endless, shimmering blue and the mangroves offer a tangled, dark fringe to the island’s edges. The land is defined by its intimacy with the water, a flat expanse where the sun bleaches the coral sands to a stark white and the twilight hour turns the sea into a sheet of hammered copper. Across the narrow canals that vein the landscape, the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary preserves the vibrant life beneath the surface, ensuring that the underwater world remains as intricate and teeming as the terrestrial one.
Development on Duck Key has long been tethered to the sea, evolving from its early days as a quiet outpost into a refined landscape of canals and residential docks that serve as the primary arteries for local life. The economy here is inextricably linked to the maritime rhythm, drawing those who find solace in the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the seasonal migrations of marine life. While the nearest inland waterway, Little Snake Creek, remains a distant twenty-four miles away, the focus of Duck Key stays resolutely fixed on the immediate coast and the preservation of its fragile environment. Life moves in accordance with the tides, a deliberate and quiet progression that favors the slow turn of the sun and the cooling breeze that arrives as the day yields to the vast, star-dusted night.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Duck Key, Florida. Coordinates: 24.770972, -80.912014. 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 Duck Key includes the ZIP code (33050), telephone area code (305, 786), county seat of Monroe County (Key West), and school district assignment (Monroe County School District).
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.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |