- Raccoon Key
Raccoon Key is an island in the lower
Florida Keys about a mile east of the island ofKey West . It contains the unincorporated community Key Haven, a suburb of greater Key West, and houses approximately a thousand residents. The city limits of Key West on northernStock Island are separated from Raccoon Key by a channel about a quarter mile wide.It is off of the northeast side of Stock Island, and connected by fill to U.S. 1 (the
Overseas Highway ) via Key Haven Road, its primary road, just east of mile marker 5.Key Haven was chosen as the location of
The Real World Key West, which appeared in 2006. [ [http://www.mtv.com/onair/dyn/realworld-season17/meet_cast.jhtml MTV: Real World - Season 17] ] The Real World home is located at the end of Driftwood Drive. [ [http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/the_real_world_key_west/2005_Aug_05_confirmed Reality Blurred] ]The island being only 2-3 ft above the high tide mark, was literally covered with 4-5 ft of seawater from the convert|8|ft|m|abbr=on storm surge of
Hurricane Wilma on October 24, 2005. Just about every car on the island was destroyed, and many homes damaged.References
External links
* [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&z=15&ll=24.582602,-81.734033&spn=0.017913,0.028925 Google Maps color satellite view]
* [http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=12&Z=17&X=532&Y=3398&W=2 TerraServer Aerial Image]
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