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Cedar Key

Cedar Key on Florida's Nature Coast. Wander the old fishing village on stilts and eat clams.

Wander Cedar Key, a tiny island fishing village that still feels like old Florida, with weathered buildings on stilts over the water and golf carts everywhere. Walk Dock Street, eat clam chowder overlooking the Gulf, and each count the pelicans on the pilings, then stay to watch the sky change over the little islands at sunset. The photo to get: you on the dock with the stilt buildings behind you.

  • Date or adventure
  • Half day
  • Easy
  • Under $20
  • Outdoors
  • Daytime

Good with just you, friends, family, and kids

Dock Street, Cedar Key, Cedar Key, Nature Coast
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Kids' version

Village hunt! Find each thing.

  1. A house on stilts
  2. A pelican
  3. A fishing boat
  4. A bowl of chowder
  5. A selfie on the dock!

Checked November 2026

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About this place

Cedar Key was once a busy port. In the 1860s it was the end of Florida's first railroad across the state, and later its cedar trees were cut for pencils until a hurricane wrecked the mills in 1896. Naturalist John Muir ended his famous thousand-mile walk here in 1867.

When net fishing was banned in the 1990s, local fishermen learned to farm clams instead, and Cedar Key is now one of the biggest clam producers in the country. That's why the chowder is so good.

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