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Hidden Spots
Bahia Honda — The Best Beach in the Florida Keys (Yes, Better Than the Famous Ones)
Mile marker 37, between Marathon and Big Pine Key. A state park with two beaches that consistently get rated among the best in the U.S., a destroyed 1912 railroad bridge you can hike, and snorkel reef that's accessible from shore. Most Keys traffic drives past.
Hidden Spots
Camping at Dry Tortugas — Seventy Miles Off the Mainland, No Cell Service, Bring Water
There are ten tent sites on a small island reachable only by ferry or seaplane, surrounded by a 19th-century brick fortress and one of the most intact reef systems in the Caribbean. It's the most remote place in the continental U.S. you can sleep without backpacking. Here's how it actually works.