Overview
Stock Island is a town east of Key West in the Florida Keys. Stock Island has a thriving artist community with specific enclaves that encompass artists/shops. Ten marinas and boat yards on the island are home to live-aboard residents, offer transient slips, charters and water sports activities. There are many restaurants and food trucks, a distillery and two craft breweries.
3 places to eat · 1 places to stay
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Plan your trip
Best time to visit & weather
Most comfortable: Nov–May. Summer highs reach about 91°F; winter lows dip to about 66°F. Very hot (Jul, Aug) — plan outdoor time for mornings. Wettest: Sep and Oct. (climate data from nearby Key West)
Blue bars: average daily high and low (°F). Purple columns: average monthly rain and melted snow (inches).
Getting there
- From you: to see whether to drive or fly, and how long it takes.
- EYW Key West International Airport, Key West — 2 mi away. Directions
- MIA Miami International Airport, Miami — 124 mi away (major hub). Directions
Budget & where to stay
No prices are listed for this place yet. See the Sleep guide ↓ for options.
Food for you
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Understand
The community is more residential in character than the tourist-oriented Key West, with a year-round population.
Do
- I Love Stock Island Festival A five-day festival with art and food tours, an artisans' market, activities for kids, entertainment, and a silent auction.
- Walk behind Hogfish to meet the locals (and see some great art)
- Take your morning run through the neighborhood, where you can see how locals without a gazillion dollars really afford to live in the Florida Keys
Eat
Eat El Siboney
This place has fantastic puerco asado, among other things. They have a full liquor bar, plenty of seating, and a cadre of locals who eat here.
Eat Hogfish Bar & Grill
They have kingfish and grits on the menu.
Eat Matt’s Kitchen
As a restaurant in a hotel, yes, it’s a little more tourist-oriented. But the marina at The Perry has liveaboards aplenty, so you’ll still get local flavor here.
Sleep
Go next
- Key West — the southern terminus of the highway, to the west of Stock Island
- Big Pine Key — several keys over to the east; separated from Stock Island by the naval base on Boca Chica Key
Nearby
Key West
City / town · 90 listings · 3 mi away
Big Pine Key
City / town · 11 listings · 25 mi away
Marathon
City / town · 14 listings · 45 mi away
Duck Key
City / town · 1 listings · 54 mi away
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Park · 6 listings · 71 mi away
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