USA, all the way South by metacognate (1/1)
N24° 32.792 W81° 47.847 (WGS84)
UTM 17R E 419235 N 2714971
Use waypoint: GC2C32
Size: Virtual Hidden on 12/10/2001
In Florida, United States
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| Southern-most point in the Continental US: Key West, Florida. |
This is billed as the southern most point in the continental U.S.A. It's a 7 foot high, 7 foot wide mound of cement, painted yellow, black, white and red. It's supposed to be 90 miles from this point to Cuba.
To get credit for finding the cache e-mail the date it was dedicated, then record your find. No need to wait for a reply.
This cache is easily accessed by car. (Get out and walk 5 feet.)
There were no caches this far south in the keys, so I figured I'd add this virtual one. It's a neat point to have at least.
A few other points that might be of intrest include:
24 33.235N, 081 45.333W Key West Airport
24 33.587N, 081 48.456W Malory Square, THE place to watch sunsets
24 33.411N, 081 48.327W Kelly's resturant & brewery (Southern most brewery in the continental US, and a historic location owned by actress Kelly McGillis.)
24 33.412N, 081 48.204W St. Paul's Cathedral
24 33.297N, 081 47.781W Which I think is the start of US1
Additional Hints (There are no hints for this cache)
Current at 12/18/2006
12/13/2006 by Princesa
A nice walk down from the cruise ship. Had some time to kill before the Hemmingway House & Lighthouse opened. Will post a pic of the rooster-topped, shell decorated "Southernmost Christmas tree" right next to the marker shortly.... tftc!
12/11/2006 by carolalma
Thanks for making us take a closer look at this unique marker.
12/7/2006 by wood_fly
I have been to the Southernmost point of the US, so this was a treat to complete the set in CONUS. Now I need the Northernmost point...
12/6/2006 by Schmidt-Family
In town on business - yeah - business is Key West - how lucky can a guy be? After we were done with our customer I said - swing by this spot -I got out while my buddy drove the car around the block. Thanks for the cache.
12/4/2006 by smarky
Thanks for pointing out this spot. We were close while walking around and then looked at the GPS and just had to go back and get this one. Thanks
Smarky
11/28/2006 by onthehunt2
Had my photo taken with legorrgirl while getting the info for this one.
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