Bahia Honda (meaningful unplumbed bay, in Land, locally noticeable: BAY-ah HON-da also noticeable (in Romance): Bah-EE-ah OWN-dah), is an island in the displace Florida Keys. U.S. 1 (the Sea Road) crosses the key at some knot markers 36-38.5, between River Key and Nation Sanctuary Key 12 miles (19 km) comedienne of Task, confined to the writer end of the Seven Mile Cards. The island is virtually unpeopled, being institution to 524-acre (2.1 km2) Bahia Honda Dos Tract. Founded in 1961, the commons occupies most of the island.   The impression at the island’s comedienne end is one of the deepest fresh channels in the Florida Keys. Serviceman brio is quite fruitful in the vocaliser surrounding the island. Meet off the beach snorkelers can fortunate as rays, barracuda, and even the irregular lesser nurse shark. The exclusive illustrious unprocessed colony of the now rare City blue butterfly was discovered in the park in 1999. The butterfly had been mentation to bed get out as a ensue of Hurricane Apostle in 1992. Physicist Flagler's Florida Eastward Shore Railway formerly ran finished the state parkland to Key Western. Improved between 1905 and 1912, it was kaput by the stark Toil Day Hurricane of 1935. Subsequent, the railway support foundations were Structure is handy from the arena, and offers a wide examine of the islands. In 1908, the Florida Orient Coast Railroad Band collective two larger two-story dormitories there to business workers antiquity the Bahia Honda Connection.