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Key West Aquarium

Q: Where is Key West Aquarium?

United States. Key West Aquarium is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 24.559° N, 81.807° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Everglades National Park, about 122 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Key West Aquarium?

63 species. Citizen-science photos record 63 species at Key West Aquarium, including Pond Slider, Mesoamerican Slider, American Alligator, Yellow stingray and Nurse Shark. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Q: Where can you see the animals of Key West Aquarium in the wild?

Pond Slider: Congaree National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Key West Aquarium also live in the parks and cities we cover: Pond Slider (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Congaree National Park), Mesoamerican Slider (about 20% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary) and American Alligator (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Big Cypress National Preserve).

Q: When did Key West Aquarium open and how big is it?

Opened 1934, 0.1 ha. Key West Aquarium, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1934 and covers about 0.1 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 63 species are photographed there.

🇺🇸 United States

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 63 spp. present

The Key West Aquarium is the only public aquarium in Key West, Florida, United States. It is located at 1 Whitehead Street and is marked by Historic Marker 52. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

24.559° N 81.807° W

🎟️ Visit

Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

High

Species present

species

Opened

1934

Size

Small

What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

Trachemys scripta

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Congaree National Park+ 14 more parks

Trachemys venusta

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary+ 10 more parks

LC Endemic

Alligator mississippiensis

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Big Cypress National Preserve+ 3 more parks

Urobatis jamaicensis

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park

Ginglymostoma cirratum

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park+ 1 more park

Chelonoidis carbonarius

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

in Emas National Park+ 2 more parks

Phoenicopterus ruber

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve+ 10 more parks

Agelaius phoeniceus

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Point Pelee National Park+ 55 more parks

Before you go

Where is Key West Aquarium?

United States

Key West Aquarium is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States. Its coordinates are 24.559° N, 81.807° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Everglades National Park, about 122 km away.

What animals can you see at Key West Aquarium?

63 species

Citizen-science photos record 63 species at Key West Aquarium, including Pond Slider, Mesoamerican Slider, American Alligator, Yellow stingray and Nurse Shark. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Where can you see the animals of Key West Aquarium in the wild?

Pond Slider: Congaree National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Key West Aquarium also live in the parks and cities we cover: Pond Slider (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Congaree National Park), Mesoamerican Slider (about 20% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary) and American Alligator (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Big Cypress National Preserve).

When did Key West Aquarium open and how big is it?

Opened 1934, 0.1 ha

Key West Aquarium, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1934 and covers about 0.1 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 63 species are photographed there.