Tag: Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge

• LIGHTHOUSE PASSION SERIES – CEDAR KEY

  

  Perched atop one of the highest points on Florida’s west coast sits the state’s shortest lighthouse. The Cedar Keys Lighthouse, built in 1854, stands a mere 28-feet tall upon a 52-foot sand dune on Seahorse Key in the Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge in the Big Bend area of Florida. I’ve visited Seahorse Key several…

  P. C. Zick

  June 3, 2025

  environment, Life in the United States, Lighthouses, Ramblings of a Writer, travel

  Big Bend, Cedar Key, Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge, Florida lighthouses, Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane of 1896, Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, Lt. George Meade, marine lab, Seahorse Key, shipping port, Suwannee River, University of Florida