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  Faraway Inn - Cedar Key, Florida
Federally protected sanctuaries, the Cedar Keys form a chain of barrier islands ideally suited to a vast range of migratory and shore birds, including the elusive white pelican, roseate spoonbill and bald eagle.
Due to hurricanes and mans exploitation of the land, the Cedar Keys saw its once bountiful cedar trees stripped bare, its shellfish running out, and the killing of thousands of palms unable to survive the harvest of their heart buds.
The Cedar Keys could not compete to the economic growth of the southern Florida Keys and its once bustling port began to decline in the early 1900’s.
www.farawayinn.com /ck_history.html   (825 words)

  
 Cedar Key Florida Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Key is a quiet island community nestled among many tiny keys on the Gulf Coast of Florida.
Cedar Key is one of the oldest ports in the state, and when Florida's first railroad connected it to the east coast, it became a major supplier of seafood and timber products to the northeast.
Cedar Key is a city on a group of islands located 50 miles west of I-75 at Gainesville, Florida, vis
www.cedarkeybandb.com /chamber_of_commerce.htm   (327 words)

  
 Cedar Key - Florida Ghost Town
Cedar Key was at one time one of the largest cities in the state of Florida.
Until 1862, the key was a major shipping port in the hands of the confederates, but in 1862, the Union forces captured it.
Today it is a fraction of the size it once was, but seves as a resort and fishing town.
www.ghosttowns.com /states/fl/cedarkey.html   (132 words)

  
 Faraway Inn - Cedar Key, Florida
Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge is a group of fragile coastal islands just off the town of Cedar Key, Florida.
A Florida State Park, Homosassa Springs is truly unique as a park featuring a wide variety of native wildlife including the endangered manatees, and a myriad of fresh and saltwater fish in a first-magnitude spring.
The Cedar Key Star Party is held annually, a week-long winter stargazing event under some of the very darkest skies in Florida at temperatures that won't chill your bones.
farawayinn.com /ck_todo.html   (1273 words)

  
 Cedar Inn, Cedar Key, Florida - Florida's Nature Coast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Cedar Inn, Cedar Key, Florida - Florida's Nature Coast
Located in the Heart of the Historic District, Cedar Inn is conveniently located one block from the City Marina and the public beach.
Come visit the quaint Cedar Inn for a “welcome home” atmosphere and lots of T.L.C. We have two porches, one for sun lovers overlooking the Gulf, and one for “people watchers” overlooking Main Street, with a downtown view.
www.cedarkey.org /cedarinn   (141 words)

  
 Cedar Key Florida Rental: Attractions and Activities
Thirteen islands of the archipelago are protected as the Cedar Key National Wildlife Refuge.
The Cedar Key Historic Museum has exhibits to show how pencils were produced.
Cedar Key is one of the few remaining working waterfronts in Florida.
www.cedarkeygetaway.com /attractions.php   (793 words)

  
 Old Fenimore Mill, Cedar Key, Florida USA
While Cedar Key relieves you from the cares of the world, it is only 50 miles from Gainesville and I-75.
Cedar Key is part of more than 100 islands, 13 of which are designated federally protected sanctuary, the Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge.
Cedar Key is a haven for artists and writers, bird watchers and kayakers, fishermen and those just looking to "get away from it all".
fenimoremill.com   (405 words)

  
 Destination: Cedar Key, Florida
(CNN) -- An hour's drive southwest of Gainesville, Florida, Cedar Key was once a booming town on the Gulf of Mexico -- the end of a railroad line that spanned the state from Amelia Island's Fernandina Beach to the Gulf.
The two-lane highway into Cedar Key, Route 24, passes one-story stucco cottages and miles and miles of scrub pine before it finally crosses the backwater marshes and settles inside the city limits, where it dead-ends.
Surrounded by islands designated as the Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge, the town is hemmed in by wilderness.
www.cnn.com /TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/9707/cedar.key   (295 words)

  
 Where is Cedar Key, Florida? - Map and Directions to Cedar Key
Cedar Key is about 50 miles southwest of Gainesville, Florida.
Gainesville is the home of University of Florida, also known as The Florida Gators.
The drive out to Cedar Key from Gainesville is perfect for getting into the spirit of the island - there is little traffic on Route 24.
visitcedarkey.com /where_is_cedar_key.html   (568 words)

  
 Cedar Key, Florida, USA
Cedar Key Chamber of Commerce The Cedar Key Chamber of Commerce asks you to please be sure to get acquainted with Cedar Key and learn about our community's special projects during your visit to our website.
Cedar Key Hotels No matter where you want to stay in Cedar Key, Florida you are only a click away from 100's of choices to select from.
Cedar Key Unclaimed Property Currently, the Florida Department of Financial Services holds more than $800 million in unclaimed property, mostly from dormant accounts in financial institutions, insurance and utility companies, safe deposit boxes and trust holdings.
www.floridalink.com /links/city/cedar_key.html   (847 words)

  
 Cedar Key Florida - Island Hotel Bed & Breakfast
Cedar Key is mainly famous for three things: the Cedar Key Arts Festival, the Seafood Festival, and the island's people and their way of life.
"Cedar Key might well be called the last outpost of the Florida Keys, inasmuch as it is the only remaining group of islands which has not been touched by the lush-plush of the resort hotels...
Sunrise or sunset is perhaps the most thrilling time to enter the keys because it is then that the coloring is so varied and changeable, then, too, should you arrive on a cloudy or rainy day you'll experience a different emotional reaction.
www.islandhotel-cedarkey.com /around.html   (721 words)

  
 Cedar Key & Steinhatchee,Florida; Wildlife and Florida Saltwater Fishing by VISIT FLORIDA
Once the pencil industry had decimated the cedar population, the region turned its economic attention to fishing and seafood remains its main industry, form of recreation and culinary offering.
Cedar Key, which still looks like a frontier town in places, has developed a reputation for its artisan shops and seafood restaurants along Dock Street.
Cedar Key lies at the end of a long road tethering it to a mainland shore popularly known as the Nature Coast, one of Florida’s most pristine stretches, protected by refuges and jotted with small fishing villages.
www.visitflorida.com /destinations/area.php/ca=47   (827 words)

  
 Cedar Key Haven, Florida Beach Vacation Rental
Cedar Key is a small island community nestled among the many tiny Keys of the Nature Coast of Florida, on the Gulf of Mexico.
At Cedar Key Haven, you too will enjoy a brilliant view of the night sky long after the glorious sunsets fade away.
Some of the favored ways to explore Cedar Key are by bicycle, walking, and golf carts, since the collective size of downtown and the pier encompass approximately one-half hour in walking shoes.
www.cedarkeyhaven.com /about.php   (455 words)

  
 Discover Cedar Key, Florida
Displaying an eclectic blend of Old Florida and Caribbean cultures and traditions, Cedar Key is emerging as a favorite destination for vacationers seeking an relaxed escape filled with outdoor recreation, unique charm and surprising luxury.
Located in the heart of some of Florida's best fishing waters, Cedar Key is the world's largest producer of farm-raised clams.
Cedar Key hosts a 4th of July festival, affectionately dubbed "Clamerica," and an annual Seafood Festival in October to share its favorite cuisine with vistors from around the world.
www.cedarkeyvillage.com /cedarkey.jsp   (234 words)

  
 Cedar Key Florida Visitor Guide - Travel, Lodging, and Tourism Guide to Florida's CEDAR KEYS Nature Coast
Located on Florida's Gulf of Mexico (the Nature Coast), Cedar Key is a small fishing village about 50 miles southwest of Gainesville, 3 hours north of Tampa, and 3 hours west of Jacksonville.
Cedar Key is also known for its excellent fishing and clams.
Many of Cedar Key's visitors are here for the fishing, whether it's in-shore fishing for trout and redfish or deep sea fishing for cobia and grouper among others.
visitcedarkey.com   (369 words)

  
 Cedar Cove Beach & Yacht Club in Cedar Key, Florida
Cedar Key is the unspoiled island paradise where you will find shells and artifacts instead of crowds and ultimate relaxation instead of the hustle and bustle of the cities.
Cedar Cove Beach and Yacht Club invites you to experience our old-fashioned hospitality - the pleasure of a Florida Inn combined with the convenience and luxury of resort living.
The Florida of years past is tucked away and waiting for you at Cedar Cove Beach and Yacht Club.
www.cedarcove-florida.com /index2.htm   (497 words)

  
 Stargaze Cedar Key
Cedar Key was the closest, so it was on to the internet to see what we could find out about Cedar Key.
The web site for Cedar Key depicted a quiet, laid back place with an interesting history and NONE of the impersonal, over-developed flavor we had found everywhere else we had been in Florida, so we decided to give Cedar Key a try.
Being from rural southwestern NY state we are used to pretty dark skies and so when we go south to stargaze in the winter we have had to be content to have tolerable temperatures and far less than ideal observing conditions.
www.upstateastro.org /stars/cedarkey.html   (1086 words)

  
 Cedar Key Florida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Cedar Key is a little island in the Gulf of Mexico connected by a bridge to the mainland of Florida.
Cedar Key also supports one of the largest clam industries in the country because of the warmer waters of the Gulf.
Following are some pictures of Cedar Key's main street, which consists of little "artsy" shops, antique stores, a museum, some restaurants and other businesses.
www.georgiasouthern.edu /~rway/docs/cedarkey.html   (1130 words)

  
 Cedar Keys Florida Rentals - Waterfront Vacation - Serenity at Fenimore Mill
The Cedar Keys are known as the "Gem" of Florida's Nature Coast.
Some keys are large, such as Way Key, the primary key that the city of Cedar Key is built upon.
About a dozen of these keys are reserved as a part of the Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge and several are designated as "wilderness areas".
www.cedarkeyvacation.com   (455 words)

  
 Cedar Key Vacation Rentals - Cedar Key, Florida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Cedar Key, FL For that "get away from it all" vacation this year try Cedar Key, Florida vacation rentals.
Live like the natives in the houses, condos and cottages of Cedar Key vacation rentals and enjoy your time in the spaciousness and convenience offered with a "home away from home".
A quiet, sedate community with a population of around 1000, Cedar Key is brimming with friends of nature.
www.staynplay.net /cedar-key/default.htm   (262 words)

  
 Cedar Key Florida Vacation Rentals, Hotels, Map and Attractions
Cedar Key is one of the oldest ports in the state and was once a major supplier of seafood to the northeast.
Cedar Key is host to an annual “Sidewalk Art Festival,” usually held in April, and an October Seafood Festival.
Florida Vacations and Mexico Vacations are publications and trademarks of Media Insights, Inc.
www.floridavacations.com /fv/Cedar-Key-Florida.html   (496 words)

  
 Cedar Key News: Florida Humanities Council Visits Cedar Key
Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge was the destination for the Florida Humanities Council for a study in cultures: the ancient ones, the pioneers, and the families whose names we still see and hear in the culture-rich village of Cedar Key.
Florida Master Naturalist John Lohde shares his passion for paddling, plants and people of the past and present.
The Cedar Keys and Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuges work with partners to renew peoples' ties to their cultural heritage by viewing ancient and historic sites within the refuges.
cedarkeynews.com /All/3192.html   (469 words)

  
 Cedar Key, Florida
Founded in 1842 as a resort for wealthy planters, Cedar Key became a center for pencil manufacturing when the Eberhard Faber Pencil Company bought huge tracts of land, for 50 cents per acre ($124/km²), in 1855.
These were misidentified as cedars by early settlers, hence the name 'Cedar Key'.
The system, with compressor and fans, was used in Cedar Key to ease the lot of malaria patients.
www.seakayakflorida.com /Trips/Cedarkey/index.htm   (289 words)

  
 Sand Castle - Luxury Vacation Condo in Cedar Key, Florida
Located on the Gulf of Mexico in northern Florida, our 2 bedroom, 2 bath luxury vacation condo is available to rent by the day, week, or month.
Cedar Key is located about one hour west of Gainesville, 2 hours north of Tampa, and 3 hours southwest of Jacksonville, Florida.
A bit off the beaten path, Cedar Key is a haven for fisherpersons, artists, and eco-tourists.
www.gocedarkey.com   (153 words)

  
 Cedar Key Bed & Breakfast, Cedar Key, Florida, USA
The house, built in 1880, is number twenty-three on the Cedar Key historical district walking tours.
It was built by the Eagle Cedar Mill entirely of native yellow pine as an employee and guest house.
Prominent in the history of Florida, David Levy Yulee was one of Florida's first U.S. Senators and for whom this county was named.
innformation.com /fl/cedarkey/index.html   (453 words)

  
 Coleman - Cedar Key Restaurants - Florida Adventure Guide
In combination with the trip to the small yet interesting Cedar Key State Museum, visitors find it hard to resist the multitude of seafood restaurants found about a mile south in the quaint town of Cedar Key.
Fishing dominates this series of small keys as evidenced by the combination piers and docks occupied by anglers, shrimp boats and legions of brown pelicans.
Set amid the lovely town of Cedar Key, the state museum, once the home of St. Clair Whitman, is surrounded by beautiful sabal palms, live oaks, and saw palmettos.
www.coleman.com /coleman/travel/planner.asp?locid=FLSPCEKE&state=Florida   (525 words)

  
 Cedar Key Bed & Breakfast bed and breakfast - Cedar Key, Florida. Cedar Key Bed and Breakfast Inns.
The historic Cedar Key Bed & Breakfast was built in 1880 by the Eagle Pencil Company.
This Victorian B&B is situated on the west side of the historic island of Cedar Key, FL in the Gulf of Mexico.
Follow RT 24 for 24 miles to Cedar Key.
www.bedandbreakfast.com /florida-cedar-key-cedarkeybedbreakfast.html   (663 words)

  
 Cedar Key Beacon Online - Front
Nelson said one of the reasons he loves the town meeting format is that it is a good way to keep in touch with his growing constituency.
The best thing about Cedar Key is something that all the laws in the world can’t preserve, according to outgoing city commissioner Heath Davis.
Instead, the Warriors exploded for five runs in the third, leading the way to their 14-1 win over Cedar Key.
www.cedarkeybeacon.com   (466 words)

  
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 Communitysite - Florida - Gainseville - Cedar Key
One of North Central Florida's best loved towns, Cedar Key and its fishing village ambiance is reserved for its link to Florida's past.
Today, Cedar Key is one of the best places in the state for scalloping, boating and saltwater fishing and its seafood festival and arts festival are two of the area's top events.
Cedar Key is also known for its Victorian homes, seafood restaurants and the Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge.
www.communitysite.com /Florida/gainesville/cedarkey.asp   (105 words)

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