Editing Key Colony Beach, Florida (section)

==Geography==
The approximate coordinates for the City of Key Colony Beach is located at {{Coord|24|43|28|N|81|1|5|W|type:city}} (24.724515, –81.017928).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>  Most of the city is located on an island formerly known as [[Shelter Key]]; a small part of the city is on [[Fat Deer Key]], where the Sadowski Causeway, the only road entering the city, connects to [[U.S. Route 1 in Florida|U.S. 1]] (the [[Overseas Highway]]) and the city of [[Marathon, Florida|Marathon]], on the east side of the city. Marathon lies to the northwest, north, and northeast of Key Colony Beach, while the [[Atlantic Ocean]] is to the south.

Along the Sadowski Causeway are some charter [[fishing boat]]s and a dockside restaurant called Sparky's Landing. At the south end of the [[causeway]], West Ocean Drive branches off first to the right and East Ocean Drive soon after branches to the left. On West Ocean Drive is the police station, along with the post office and city hall. In the same vicinity is a small park with a fountain and a gazebo. The entire ocean-facing side of West Ocean Drive is lined by various condominium complexes, while the side facing Marathon houses the Key Colony Inn and a par-3 golf course. Starting at the far end of East Ocean Drive, streets are numbered one to fifteen east to west, and run from south to north toward Shelter Bay. The most notable buildings along East Ocean Drive are the Key Colony Beach Motel and the Key Colony Beach Club. At the tip of West Ocean Drive is Sunset Park, the place closest to where a woman was fatally struck by a [[spotted eagle ray]]. Many news reports were recorded from this park overlooking the shallows where the Vaca Cut meets the Atlantic Ocean.<ref name =KCBhistory/>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.65|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|0.44|sqmi|km2}} are land and {{convert|0.21|sqmi|km2}}, or 32.20%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>