Dedicated Florida Thatch Palms - Bahia Honda Key, Florida, USA
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N 24° 39.345 W 081° 16.723
17R E 471796 N 2726858
Dedicated ‘Florida Thatch Palms’ on Bahia Honda Key in Florida.
Waymark Code: WM137WB
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 10/06/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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The Bahia Honda State Park is located just west of the 7 mile bridge and east of Big Pine Key on the oceanside of US Hwy. 1 and Mile Marker 37 on Bahia Honda Key. The park consists of over 500 acres, with camping, beaches, snorkeling and boating. Located between the park’s concession building and the Sand and Sea Nature Center is an open picnic area with a Florida historical marker, direction and distance arrows mounted on a deceased palm tree trunk and a cluster of dedicated ‘Florida Thatch Palms’.

Plaque reads as follows:

FLORIDA THATCH PALMS
Planted In Memory Of
Cori Anne Van Houten
8/8/1973 - 2/15/1984
Sweet child, she loved the Keys
And lives in memories here.
Location of the tree: Florida State Park

Type of tree: Florida Thatch Palm

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