Explore Pigeon Key, Florida, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Pigeon Key, Florida. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Florida or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Pigeon Key.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Pigeon Key |
| State | Florida (FL) |
| County | Monroe County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 24.704148 |
| Longitude | -81.15511 |
| Population | 180 |
| Density | 18.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 33043, 33050 |
| Area Code | 305, 786 |
| County Seat | Key West |
Pigeon Key emerges from the turquoise expanse of the Atlantic Ocean as a fragile, coral-bound limestone sliver, defined by its isolation and the unrelenting glare of the subtropical sun. It lies 40.7 miles east-northeast of Key West, FL (from Key West, FL: bearing 75°T), and is situated 4.1 miles west of Marathon. The landscape is dominated by low-slung, weathered structures that seem to lean against the salt-laden breeze, their silhouettes framed by the vast, open horizon of the Atlantic Ocean. Beneath the surface, the waters of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary teem with a silent, kaleidoscopic vitality, while the land itself remains a modest, sun-bleached platform of rock and sand. At dusk, the light softens into a bruised violet, casting long, melancholic shadows across the docks where the air holds the permanent, sharp tang of brine and drying sea grass.
Pigeon Key retains the architectural echoes of its industrial genesis, having served as a vital base for the laborers who constructed the overseas railroad that once connected these islands to the mainland. The economy has long since shifted from the grit of construction to the preservation of history and the quiet study of the marine environment, far removed from the bustling commerce found twenty-three miles away at Tarpon Creek. Visitors arrive to inhabit the stillness of a place that functions as a living laboratory and a repository of early twentieth-century engineering ambition. Life on Pigeon Key moves in accordance with the tides, prioritizing the protection of the surrounding Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary over the frantic pace of the modern world, as if the island itself were holding its breath against the encroaching sea.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pigeon Key, Florida. Coordinates: 24.704148, -81.15511. 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 Pigeon Key includes the ZIP code (33043, 33050), telephone area code (305, 786), county seat of Monroe County (Key West), and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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 | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |