Reid Key is a small island north of the upper

Florida Keys The Florida Keys are a coral island, coral cay archipelago located off the southern coast of Florida, forming the southernmost part of the continental United States. They begin at the southeastern coast of the Florida peninsula, about south of ...

Biscayne National Park Biscayne National Park is an American national park located south of Miami, Florida in Miami-Dade County. The park preserves Biscayne Bay and its offshore barrier reefs. Ninety-five percent of the park is water, and the shore of the bay is the l ...

. It is in

Miami-Dade County, Florida Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most populous county in ...

. It is located in southern

Biscayne Bay Biscayne Bay () is a lagoon with characteristics of an estuary located on the Atlantic coast of South Florida. The northern end of the lagoon is surrounded by the densely developed heart of the Miami metropolitan area while the southern end is la ...

, just north of

Old Rhodes Key Old Rhodes Key is an island north of the upper Florida Keys in Biscayne National Park. It is in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is located just north of Broad Creek in the lower part of Biscayne Bay Biscayne Bay () is a lagoon with characteri ...

and

Totten Key Totten Key is an island of the upper Florida Keys in Biscayne National Park. It is in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is located in southern Biscayne Bay, just west of Old Rhodes Key. History It was probably named for General Joseph Totten who ...

, just east of the southern tip of

Elliott Key Elliott Key is the northernmost of the true Florida Keys (those 'keys' which are ancient coral reefs lifted above the present sea level), and the largest key north of Key Largo. It is located entirely within Biscayne National Park, in Miami-Dade ...

, and in between the

Rubicon Keys The Rubicon Keys are two small islands north of the upper Florida Keys in Biscayne National Park. They are in Miami-Dade County, Florida. They are located in southern Biscayne Bay, just north of Old Rhodes Key and Totten Key, and just east of ...

and

Porgy Key Porgy Key is a small island north of the upper Florida Keys in Biscayne National Park. It is in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is located in southern Biscayne Bay, just north of Old Rhodes Key and Totten Key, just southeast of the southern t ...

. It is on the south side of Caesar Creek, the creek that separates Elliott and Old Rhodes Keys.

History

It was named for an early settler. The Bache Coast Survey of 1861 shows Reid's Key."Key Names" Florida Keys Gazetteer

References

Uninhabited islands of Miami-Dade County, Florida Biscayne National Park Islands of Florida Islands of the Florida Keys {{monroeCountyFL-geo-stub