Start of the Adams Key Loop Trail, Biscayne National Park
DESCRIPTION
Short nature trail that circles through the wooded area on Adams Key in Biscayne National Park.
TRAILHEAD LOCATION
This trail is semi-circular in shape and thus has two trailheads. One is located between the two homes used by the park Rangers (you can’t miss them), and the other is next to the brown sign that identifies the island as Adams Key.
LENGTH
.5-mile loop
TIME
15 minutes
DIFFICULTY
Easy
POINTS OF CONFUSION
None
TERRAIN
Smooth dirt surface with some grass. The trail is well maintained and not overgrown.
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE
No. Wheels may sink into the dirt surface.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Unless you have nothing better to do, and even then I’d think twice, avoid the Adams Key Loop Trail. In early March, having just come from the Everglades where I rarely saw any mosquitoes—and the Everglades is synonymous with mosquitoes—it never dawned on me that I would need bug repellent on a waterless island in the Atlantic Ocean, but I was literally forced to run through this trail because if I stopped, I was swarmed by the pests. Furthermore, there is absolutely nothing worth seeing. The trail runs through a forest and never comes within sight of the water.
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Last updated on June 30, 2025
