Lower Sugarloaf Key, Florida - Perky's Bat Tower
- Address:
- Lower Sugarloaf Key, FL [Show Map]
- Directions:
- Take I-95 South until it dead-ends into US-1. Take US-1 South into the Florida Keys. At mile marker 17 take a right hand turn onto Bat Tower Road. (Bat Tower road is not marked with a sign, just take the first right hand turn after mile marker 17 sign. Or watch for a large sign on advertising Sugarloaf Airport, airplane rides, Sky diving -- Key West. The un-named road is 4 ft behind it so turn quick.). Veer to the right at the road fork.
- Hours:
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Lower Sugarloaf Key, Florida - Perky's Bat Tower The Bat Tower was built to house bats. A guy by the name of "Perky" decided he wanted to open a resort on , but the mosquitos were so bad he realized that nobody would want to stay there. Perky heard that bats eat lots of mosquitos so he built this tower to attract bats. Perky imported bats which promptly flew away, never to return. [01/01/2001]
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