The Middle Florida Keys Information Site: Everything
about Marathon Fl Real Estate including the Upper plus Lower Florida
Keys and the communities of Duck Key, Key Colony Beach, Sombrero Beach,
Islamorada, Lower Matecumbe, Big Pine Key and more. Click
here for the latest information on the Gulf Oil Spill in relation to
travel to the Florida Keys.
Sam Williams moved to the keys in January of 2003 and placed his license
with Coldwell Banker Schmitt.
He has since furthered his education by getting his green certification, e-marketing
specialist certification, and completing the Coldwell Banker sales associate
training. He was top in buyer's sales, the fifth month on the job
for his entire office,
and was top in listing sales for June of 09. His inspiring and charismatic, contagious attitude have been two attributes of
his success. If you or anyone you know, has any needs to buy or sell property
in the Florida Keys, Call Sam.
Mission Statement: My mission is to discover each clients needs and desires, and build a level
of trust that can endure longevity. To put service
above self, and serve accordingly
and to provide a level of service that is willingly shared with friends and
family. To serve in the philosophy age of wisdom, and treat all clients with
principals of greatness.
To know and not to do is really not to know. To learn and
not to do is not to learn
About The Keys: Welcome to The Florida Keys, home to what is best about the Florida
Keys and the Middle Keys region! Just imagine sun drenched beaches, crystal
blue warm waters and soft tropical breezes. That's what awaits you here
in the Keys. We also believe you'll find this incredible area and its
lifestyle choices a wonderful place to live, just like we do. On my site
you'll find the knowledge and resources necessary for exploring the Upper-Lower
Florida Keys and the Marathon
Real Estate markets.
About Marathon
Geographically, the Middle Keys stretch from the southern tip of Islamorada
at the high-rise Channel 5 bridge – which has, in both directions, perhaps
the most beautiful and stunning views in the Keys – to Marathon’s improbable,
spectacular Seven Mile Bridge connecting Marathon to the Lower Keys.
Most of us have seen this famous 7 mile bridge in movies (True Lies)
or television commercials. It neatly divides the Atlantic Ocean on the
East from the Gulf of Mexico to the West, a mere thread of concrete across
the 75-100 square miles of azure and green seas and “flats” and islands
that your eyes encompass simultaneously.
As a practical matter, the Middle Keys basically refer to the “large”
incorporated town and bustling commercial center of Marathon and the
nearby expensive housing areas of Hawks Key (Duck Key), Key Colony Beach,
and Long Key. The other islands in the Marathon region are Boot Key,
Knight Key, Hog Key, Vaca Key, Stirrup Key, Crawl and Little Crawl Key,
East and West Sister’s Island, Deer Key and Fat Deer Key, Long Pine Key
and Grassy Key. Marathon’s metro area sits between mile markers 48 and
55 and has a non-tourist residential population of more than 13,000 (it
feels bigger than that), with a median age of 44.
Marathon is centrally located 80 miles south of mainland Florida and
more or less just 50 from Key Largo and 48 from Key West. Marathon is
served by bus lines to Key West and the Mainland, and by the sleek Marathon
airport offering connections to Miami and Ft Lauderdale and from there
to anywhere in the world.
Recreation
The Marathon area is primarily an outdoor community; there’s no reason
to relocate here, in my opinion, if you don’t love the water, either
for play or for work, whether on weekdays or weekends, since you can’t
get away from it even if you wanted to, and if you work you’re going
to drive across a lot of it whether headed up or down the Keys.
And Marathon thrives on its central Keys, watery environment. Marathon
has excelent swimming beaches (not common in the Keys), and good diving
and snorkeling, from novice to experts, at all water depths. Some divers
think that some of the best parts of the coral reef along the Keys are
right here. The Sombrero Key Lighthouse area is an example.
Fishing can be either oceanside or Backcountry (gulfside), with your
own boat, on party boats, or with a personal guide. There’s plenty of
flats fishing, as in the rest of the Keys, but oceanside offshore fishing
(excelent) prevails, since there’s not quite the same extensive range
of backcountry options as elsewhere in the Keys, given there’s fewer
islands and the area isn’t quite as wild as having Everglades National
Park for your backdoor neighbor (like Key Largo).
Boating in general is a little different here. Most boating is fairly
open water or along the Overseas Highway and Keys chain; there aren’t
as many protected areas (think multiple islands for kayaking or canoeing)
as there are in either the Upper Keys or the Lower Keys or Key West.
And waters seem to have more of a chop more of the time here, too. On
both sides the water gets deeper faster.
But if you want to be on a canal with a big boat tied up at your back
door, this is a good part of the Keys to be in: lots of deep canals,
and easy Ocean access. (Most of the deep canals and good big boating
access is on the south, or Oceanside, part of the islands.) It’s also
one of the few spots in the Keys where you can easily get a big boat
or a sailboat back and forth from Bay to Ocean.
In addition to these water-based sporting activities, there’s 9-hole
Par 3 golf at Key Colony Beach, plenty of tennis, some nightlife particularly
at the resort hotels, and a variety of restaurants where you can eat
outside under the sun or indoors in air-conditioned comfort. There’s
also Islamorada and Big Pine just short drives away for variety.
