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Overview
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visit to the Southernmost Point in the Continental United States offers little
more than the opportunity to say you stood at the Southernmost Point of the
Continental United States. It’s almost like a visit to the Grand Canyon,
except there’s no incredible views, arid temperatures or an expansive
desert. Anyway, the Southernmost Point does offer a few amenities. For one, on
a clear day you can just barely make out the silhouette of Cuba emerging from
the horizon, as the communist island sits just 90 miles south from here.
Second, you can purchase a wide array of overpriced trinkets and other such
merchandise, as several vendors crowd the gigantic striped buoy that actually
marks the Southernmost Point. Choose from an abundance of conch shells and
shell-necklaces---hey, you can say you bought them at the Southernmost Point
in the Continental United States! And if that’s not Key West enough, you can
purchase one of those southernmost coconuts that are always for sale, which
ought to prove a great buy during your flight back home.
Geographically,
Key West is a small area, so you can probably even walk to The Point from
almost anywhere in town. Of course, there will be fewer tourists here in the
morning rather than the afternoon. Good luck finding a local hanging out here
that isn’t selling anything. The Southernmost Point is located at the end of
Whitehead Street -- the south end, that is.
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