Keystone Heights, Florida

About Keystone Heights

Keystone Heights is a small town in northern Florida, home to 1,566 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Keystone Heights holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.07 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,464 residents per square mile.

📰 Keystone Heights News Today

• Deputy fatally shoots man who pulled out a gun during roadside encounter related to wellness check in Keystone Heights News4JAX · Sep 22
• Wellness check in Keystone Heights leads to deadly deputy-involved shooting, sheriff's office says firstcoastnews.com · Sep 22
• Keystone Heights man, 55, dies after collision east of Gainesville Mainstreet Daily News Gainesville · Oct 1
• Family responds after Clay County deputy shoots, kills Keystone Heights man WCJB | TV20 · Sep 23
• Three-vehicle crash near Gainesville Regional Airport kills one Gainesville Sun · Oct 1

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Florida headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Keystone Heights Unique

• The only place in America named Keystone Heights — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in northern Florida, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Florida — one of 956 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 13 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Keystone Heights

• Betty's Pizza & Subs — italian
• Blue Water Bay — seafood
• Fryer's Chicken — chicken
• Orange Blossoms - Keystone Heights — breakfast

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Single Vision · Zoo
• Keystone Heights Moon Tree · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Keystone Heights

• Gold Head Branch State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Keystone Beach reviews ★
• Little Rain Lake Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• McDavid Park reviews ★
• Melrose Heritage Park reviews ★
• Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park reviews ★
• Ordway-Swisher Biological Station · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Santa Fe Lake Park reviews ★
• Sesentenil Park reviews ★
• Speedville Community Park reviews ★
• Twin Lakes Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Keystone Heights

• KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY
• KEYSTONE HEIGHTS JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH
• MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• MELROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Keystone Heights

🏘️ Nearby Communities