Lower Sugarloaf Key, Florida -
Perky's Bat Tower
Tall wooden structure is a failed experiment in enviro-bug-control. Mosquito problem, bats imported to solve, bats flew away. Sorry Perky!
- Address:
- Bat Tower Rd, Lower Sugarloaf Key, FL
- Directions:
- Take US-1 South into the Florida Keys. At mile marker 17 take a right hand turn onto Bat Tower Road. (not marked with a sign, just take the first right-hand turn after mile marker 17 sign. Or watch for a large sign advertising Sugarloaf Airport. The unnamed road is 4 ft behind it). Veer to the right at the road fork.
- Hours:
- Daylight hours.
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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, but the mosquitoes were so bad he realized that nobody would want to stay there. Perky heard that bats eat lots of mosquitoes 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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