For a complete listing of public laws and further information on district offices, click here. Twenty-two threatened or endangered species live on or around this chain of islands between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Land within Key West, Great White Heron, and National Key Deer has been designated Wilderness. Although beaches exist on some of the islands, tangles of mangroves make access to many of them difficult. Visitors are permitted only from one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset, and overnight camping is prohibited.
Fishing is a big attraction.