Pigeon Key

Biked over on the bridge. Amazing day of snorkeling! Love it here.

What a wonderful little museum that talks about the building of the 7 mile bridge back in the early 1900s. We took a short tram ride of about 3 miles to pigeon Key. Our tour guy gave us good information about the island and its history and after about a 30 minute tour we wandered around. There’s a building with several artifacts and diorama’s as well as good informational pictures on what life was like back around 1910 and how all of these workers had to endure the hurricanes and the mosquitoes and bugs and insects to build this bridge. Such an incredible feat. Take your time and wander around. Many of the buildings are closed to visitors as it turns out one of the local universities have students that live on this island as part of their study. If you look close, you might find an osprey as well as a nest. This is well worth your time and money to visit a little piece of history over 100 years ago. I have included a few pictures (many more to see) from the museum that show the hardships involved. The people that endured to help build this bridge should not be forgotten and this museum does a good job at continuing the remembrance of their journey there.

Took the little train to the island. CT was our tour guide, she’s amazing. Lovely woman, extremely knowledgeable of the islands history. Her passion for the place clearly shows and is contagious. Pigeon Key is an interesting place. Personally, I could see myself living there as it is now. Back in the day when they were building the railroad over 400 men lived on the 5 acre island at once. I can’t imagine how rough that would have been. Today the island has a museum, gift shop, restrooms, water fountain, dock, living quarters for the staff, many varieties of birds, botanical and sea life. Shady areas with seating for picnics, you can snorkel, or walk around the island and enjoy your time there. Beautiful piece of Florida, must see. (Tip your tour guide.)

Anniversary celebration continued here at Pigeon Key. Loved the train ride to Pigeon Key. The views from the 7-mile Bridge are breathtaking. Our tour guide Eric whose a volunteer is very knowledgeable and answered any questions we had. Bring your snorkeling gear as well as a beach towel. We stopped by the COMMISSARY and got refreshments. Overall we throughly enjoyed our day and would highly recommend adding to your list of places to visit in the lower Keys.

Great tour; highly recommend! Once of the best parts of our trip to the Keys! Our tour guide was C.T. and she was incredibly knowledgeable and engaging. We opted for the train ride across the bridge to get to the island and did the late tour (2pm), which was great because we got to watch/participate in the shark feeding at 3:30pm, though you can apparently also take the train for one of the earlier tours (10am or 12pm) and stay all day through the shark feeding and leave on the last train back or walk back over the bridge at any point. We didn't have time to snorkel or swim since we were on one of the later tours and needed to take the train back, but I am sure if we had come earlier that would have been an awesome activity too, as the water there looked to be so clear you could see a lot of the fish just from the dock. The history of the island and the building of the overseas railway which became the overcoastal highway is so incredible, and the information about Henry Flagler and even the history of Florida was so great.

What a great day we spent on Pigeon Key. We road our bikes the 2 miles on the new road. It was quick and beautiful. To get onto Pigeon Key we did have to pay the $15 per person fee. The ladies on the island were very inviting and knowledgeable. We did the tour with C.T. and loved her. She knew her stuff snd loved Henry Flagler. The views from thevisland are amazing. There is a "pool" (no swimming) where we saw tons of fish and 2 small hammerhead sharks. There is a small beach, bring water shoes and snorkel. Make sure to bring water and food. Only thing available on the island is a water fountain. There's a museum and restrooms. Most of the building are closed off to the public because they are used by schools. Would definitely recommend it.

Highlight of the trip! What is that tiny island that seems to be in the middle of the 7 mile bridge? That was my thought the first drive over the bridge. After reading "Last Train to Paradise", I knew I had to take a tour of the island to learn more about it. We bought our tickets for the 2 p.m. ferry in the morning. You purchase them from a little shop on the US 1. In there is also a gift shop. After buying the tickets, we were nervous that we would not find the dock of where we would be picked up. It was incredibly easy! We were taken to the island buy 2 very knowledgeable men. While waiting at the dock, they were showing my fiance and I tarpon and nurse sharks at the dock. It is a short ferry to the island, it was perfect to see how vast the old railroad was. You have a hard time seeing where the railroad ends. Upon arriving, a tour guide was waiting for us. They said we can get the tour or choose to go straight to snorkeling. I was so intrigued by the tour. I couldn't stop asking questions. It was nice to learn more of the island after Flagler's railroad ended. Now driving across, I know what the rectangle shaped pool was originally for! After the 1 hour - 1:15 tour, we were able to jump in the ocean to try and cool down from the heat. If you are going to snorkel, I would recommend water shoes because it is rocky. The only thing I didn't like is that no portion of the gift shop is online! After taking a tour of the island, it makes you appreciate it so much more. My fiancee and I wished we grabbed some souvenirs after it was done.

Nice Lil tour.. Took the Lil train car. You can walk .. Can bring your own water and food. They have a gift shop that sells water and snacks. People working are professional and polite..