Cedar Key is a city located in Levy County on the west coast of Florida. It is situated on Way Key, an island about four miles out into the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 60 miles west of Gainesville, Florida. The city is part of the Gainesville Metropolitan Statistical Area and is accessible via State Route 24, which crosses salt marshes and channels on four small bridges to reach the island
. The Cedar Keys are a cluster of small barrier islands on Florida's Nature Coast at the southern tips of the Santa Fe and Suwannee Rivers where they flow into the Gulf of Mexico. Cedar Key itself lies about three miles from the mainland on the Gulf Coast in North Central Florida
. In summary, Cedar Key is an island city on the Gulf Coast of Florida, west of Gainesville, accessible by a single highway crossing marshlands, and known for its natural environment and historic charm
