Southernmost Point Buoy - Key West, Florida, USA

At the corner of Whitehead and South Streets in Key West, Florida, stands the spot where the famous Southernmost Point Buoy has drawn lines of visitors for decades, all waiting for a photo beside the giant striped marker that promises Cuba is just 90 miles away.

Since September 2025 the original buoy has been boxed in behind construction fencing while crews rebuild the storm-damaged seawall, street end and plaza, so the view shows the work in progress. The city expects the buoy to return around late 2026, once the project is finished.

The buoy was put up by the city in 1983, and it’s about 12 feet (3.7 m) tall. Until the work is done, a full-size copy stands at the ocean end of Duval Street, and you can watch it on our Southernmost Point Buoy Replica cam.

Did You Know? Despite the sign, this isn’t really the southernmost point of the continental US. That’s Ballast Key, about 10 miles to the southwest, which can only be reached by boat.

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