Packing Checklist — Florida Keys Overseas Highway | Miami to Key West | The Stable

The Overseas Highway. US Route 1 through the Florida Keys. is unlike any other road in America. Built on the remains of Henry Flagler's audacious Over-Sea Railroad, it leaps across 42 bridges connecting a chain of coral and limestone islands stretching 113 miles from Key Largo to Key West. The Seven Mile Bridge alone is one of the most photographed roads on the continent.

This is not a road for speed. The pace of the Keys is deliberately slow. the locals call it 'Keys Disease,' and it's contagious. The drive itself is meditative: turquoise water on both sides, pelicans diving, fishing boats bobbing at anchor. But the stops along the way are what make this route extraordinary. world-class snorkeling at John Pennekamp, the quirky charm of Islamorada's fishing culture, the legendary seafood of Marathon, and the anything-goes spirit of Key West.

This route pack captures the full Keys experience: the drive, the food, the water, and the sunsets. It is the ultimate convertible-down, windows-open, salt-air-in-your-hair American road trip.