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If you are bringing a dog, reserve a designated hotel guest room, as Hawks Cay does not accept pets in its villas.

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Morris Lapidus shaped the original hotel's West Indies style, giving the island setting an architectural connection to the Caribbean for design-minded guests.

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Arrive at Calm Waters Spa 15 minutes before your appointment so a late arrival does not shorten your scheduled treatment.

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Hawks Cay Resort

Hawks Cay Resort sits on Duck Key in the Middle Florida Keys, roughly between Key Largo and Key West. Across its 60 acres, the marina, saltwater lagoon, and residential-style villas give the property its shape. Boats leave for the reef and fishing grounds, while back on land the main pool opens just beyond the lobby. This is a substantial island resort, with room for a family vacation built around both time on the water and meals at home in a villa.

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Rooms

  • 292 292

Hotel Style

  • Casual Casual

Leisure

  • Fitness Fitness
  • Pool Pool
  • Spa Spa

Experiences

  • Beach Beach
  • Adventure Adventure

Facilities

  • Wheelchair Accessible Wheelchair Accessible
  • Connecting Rooms Connecting Rooms

Rooms & Suites at Hawks Cay Resort

Hawks Cay Room
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Hawks Cay Room

376 sqft
From 369 USD

Woven chairs surround a small round table outside, with views across the resort grounds. Indoors, geometric headboards and yellow abstract art bring color to pale...

Water View Room
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Water View Room

376 sqft
From 420 USD

Glass doors frame the water view, with yellow art and a geometric headboard against pale bedroom walls. A dresser and writing desk stand elsewhere in...

Water View Lanai Room
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Water View Lanai Room

396 sqft
From 480 USD

At ground level, glass doors open onto a furnished lanai. Two sun loungers sit beneath an umbrella, with the pool just beyond the terrace. Food...

Island View Captain Suite
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Island View Captain Suite

496 sqft
From 531 USD

A sofa and armchair occupy one side of this open studio, with the sleeping area sharing the same room. Pale upholstery contrasts with blue accents...

Family Room
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Family Room

480 sqft
From 590 USD

A ladder climbs beside the bunk, which stands in front of a broad curtained window. An armchair with a patterned cushion occupies a corner of...

2 Bedroom Sunset Village Family Townhome Villa
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2 Bedroom Sunset Village Family Townhome Villa

780–900 sqft
From 603 USD

In Sunset Village, the living and dining spaces sit apart from the bedrooms. An outdoor sitting area extends the home beyond its interior. A bedroom...

2 Bedroom Sunset Village Townhome Villa
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2 Bedroom Sunset Village Townhome Villa

780–900 sqft
From 603 USD

The living room and dining area occupy their own part of this Sunset Village townhome. Selected units have an outdoor balcony, with water or resort-ground...

2 Bedroom Harbor Village Townhome Villa
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2 Bedroom Harbor Village Townhome Villa

750 sqft
From 633 USD

The sitting area and dining space form the center of this Harbor Village townhome, apart from the bedrooms. Its outdoor area can be a balcony,...

2 Bedroom Marina Village Townhome Villa
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2 Bedroom Marina Village Townhome Villa

750 sqft
From 633 USD

A sitting area and dining space form the shared part of this Marina Village townhome. A private outdoor area opens toward the village setting, with...

2 Bedroom Marina Village Family Townhome Villa
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2 Bedroom Marina Village Family Townhome Villa

750 sqft
From 633 USD

Near Hawks Cay Marina, this home has a living space apart from its bedrooms and a terrace outdoors. The village lies close to the boat...

2 Bedroom Harbor Village Family Townhome Villa
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2 Bedroom Harbor Village Family Townhome Villa

750 sqft
From 653 USD

Harbor Village places this home near the marina, with its sitting and dining spaces apart from the bedrooms. A lanai or terrace opens from the...

2 Bedroom Villa
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2 Bedroom Villa

780–900 sqft
From 660 USD

The living room flows into the dining space on the main level, with the bedrooms arranged across two floors. A private outdoor area opens from...

2 Bedroom Premium Villa
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2 Bedroom Premium Villa

780–900 sqft
From 711 USD

Living and dining spaces flow together at the center of the home, with a private outdoor area beyond. One two-queen design has a round dining...

Water View Ocean View Suite
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Water View Ocean View Suite

960 sqft
From 747 USD

Large windows bring the water view into this suite, where the sitting room is apart from the bedroom. A furnished lanai opens from the living...

2 Bedroom Marina Village Villa
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2 Bedroom Marina Village Villa

1,350 sqft
From 750 USD

A screened porch wraps around this one-story home, with the sitting and dining areas indoors apart from the bedrooms. The porch opens the living space...

3 Bedroom Sunset Village Townhome Villa
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3 Bedroom Sunset Village Townhome Villa

1,320 sqft
From 918 USD

Dining and living spaces sit apart from the bedrooms in this Sunset Village home. Its outdoor area faces the water or resort grounds, depending on...

2 Bedroom Hawks Cay Admiral Suite
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2 Bedroom Hawks Cay Admiral Suite

1,400 sqft
From 936 USD

An open living area joins the suite's two sleeping spaces. A grey sectional sofa and two cream armchairs surround a round coffee table. Corner windows...

3 Bedroom Marina Village Villa
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3 Bedroom Marina Village Villa

1,350 sqft
From 948 USD

Living, dining and sleeping spaces share one floor, with a screened porch that wraps around the home. This porch extends the sitting space outdoors. Views...

3 Bedroom Marina Village Townhome Villa
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3 Bedroom Marina Village Townhome Villa

1,320 sqft
From 948 USD

The bedrooms sit apart from the living and dining spaces in this Marina Village home. A balcony or terrace provides space outdoors, with views that...

3 Bedroom Villa
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3 Bedroom Villa

1,300–1,350 sqft
From 949 USD

The living and dining spaces sit apart from the bedrooms, with a balcony or patio opening outdoors. In one two-story design, a blue sofa and...

3 Bedroom Harbor Village Townhome Villa
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3 Bedroom Harbor Village Townhome Villa

1,320 sqft
From 969 USD

The living and dining areas sit apart from the sleeping rooms, with an outdoor balcony in Harbor Village. Its position gives access to the marina...

3 Bedroom Sanctuary Village Villa
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3 Bedroom Sanctuary Village Villa

1,760 sqft
From 989 USD

A garden patio surrounds the outdoor area of this two-story home in Sanctuary Village. Indoors, a living room and dining space sit apart from the...

3 Bedroom Single Level Villa
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3 Bedroom Single Level Villa

1,300–1,350 sqft
From 1’101 USD

A screened porch wraps around the living spaces, with the lounge and dining area flowing together indoors. The bedrooms occupy other parts of the same...

3 Bedroom Premium Pool Home
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3 Bedroom Premium Pool Home

1,640–1,780 sqft
From 1’105 USD

This two-story home has a garden patio and a covered carport. Indoors, the living room opens toward the dining space, with three bathrooms serving the...

4 Bedroom Marina Village Townhome Villa
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4 Bedroom Marina Village Townhome Villa

1,320 sqft
From 1’134 USD

The bedrooms are upstairs, leaving the main living and dining spaces on the lower floor. A private balcony or terrace opens toward Marina Village. The...

Island View Palm Suite
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Island View Palm Suite

960 sqft
From 1’179 USD

The sitting room is apart from the bedroom, with a furnished lanai extending this space outdoors. Views can include the resort grounds or pool, depending...

4 Bedroom Harbor Village Townhome Villa
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4 Bedroom Harbor Village Townhome Villa

1,320 sqft
From 1’184 USD

Living and dining spaces sit apart from the bedrooms, with a balcony facing the water or resort grounds. The view depends on the home's location...

4 Bedroom Sanctuary Village Villa
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4 Bedroom Sanctuary Village Villa

1,760 sqft
From 1’205 USD

A garden patio provides the outdoor living space for this two-story home in Sanctuary Village. The lounge and dining areas sit apart from the bedrooms....

Water View Junior Suite
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Water View Junior Suite

496 sqft
From 1’450 USD

Sleeping and sitting areas share one large room, with a pale sofa, armchair and ottoman grouped beside a blue rug. Glass doors open outdoors, and...

4 Bedroom Premium Villa
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4 Bedroom Premium Villa

1,300–1,350 sqft
From 1’450 USD

The main-floor bedroom sits apart from the sleeping spaces upstairs in this two-story home. Three bathrooms serve the villa, with living and dining areas forming...

4 Bedroom Villa
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4 Bedroom Villa

1,600 sqft
From 1’506 USD

One bedroom is on the main floor, with the master suite upstairs. The living and dining spaces flow together, and three full bathrooms serve the...

Resort King and Resort Double Queen rooms measure 376 square feet and have private balconies overlooking the grounds. The king configuration accommodates two guests, while two queens accommodate four. A Double Queen with Sleeper adds a twin pullout and a fifth sleeping place. Water View rooms retain the same size, with balconies facing the pool and waterway. Their name describes the outlook, not direct access to the shore.

Family Oasis rooms increase to 480 square feet, combining a king bed with bunk beds for a maximum of five guests. Pool Cabana rooms offer a different outdoor arrangement: the 396-square-foot King is adults-only and opens onto a private lanai beside Oasis Cay Pool. The Double Queen version is near the family-friendly Resort Pool and sleeps four. Both put a terrace, rather than an upper-level balcony, beside the room.

The two Admiral's Suites occupy the penthouse category. Each measures 1,400 square feet, has two king beds, and accommodates four guests. Open living spaces lead to a private rooftop terrace, with a telescope supplied for looking toward the waterway or sky. Nautical details carry through the interiors, while the elevated outdoor space gives these suites a markedly different layout from a ground-level Pool Cabana room.

More than 200 private villas extend the accommodation across the resort. Two-, three-, and four-bedroom layouts provide full kitchens, dining and living areas, and private outdoor space. A 900-square-foot, two-bedroom villa with two queen beds also has a queen sleeper sofa and sleeps six. Other two-bedroom layouts pair a queen with twin beds. Single-level versions have wraparound screened porches; many other villas are arranged over two floors.

Three-bedroom villas measure around 1,350 square feet, while four-bedroom categories reach 1,640 square feet. Selected four-bedroom villas and homes accommodate up to ten, with bedding and capacity dependent on the specific category. Private pools belong to selected three- and four-bedroom homes, not to every villa. The Four Bedroom Premium Home with Pool adds three bathrooms, a main-level bedroom, and a covered carport. Its garden patio and living room provide shared space outside the bedrooms.

The Saltwater Lagoon is an enclosed swimming area fed directly by the Atlantic and moving with the tide. Its sandy edge provides the resort's beach setting, rather than a long, open-ocean strand. Guests swim, snorkel, and paddleboard here, with natural water conditions remaining part of the experience.

At the Resort Pool, music, games, and food from Tiki Grill create a lively setting close to the lobby. Oasis Cay Pool is reserved for guests aged 21 and older, with loungers and rentable cabanas. Sunset Pool sits behind Sunset Village, farther into the residential part of the property. These locations give the swimming areas different relationships to the hotel rooms and villas, as well as different age policies.

Hawks Cay Marina has 66 slips and accommodates boats up to 92 feet, subject to the dimensions of the available berth. Fuel, live bait, fish-cleaning stations, and a ship store support boating stays. Trailer parking is reserved for guests with a slip reservation. The docks also serve as the departure point for guided fishing charters, with offshore, reef, and flats fishing drawing on the varied waters around the Middle Keys.

Duck Key Watersports operates from the marina, arranging snorkeling and sandbar outings. The resort's featured excursion combines Coffins Patch Reef with Valhalla Sandbar, bringing reef snorkeling and time on a shallow sandbar into one trip. Better Than Most SCUBA also runs small-group dive charters from Hawks Cay Marina. These excursions are separately booked activities; they are not covered simply by access to the resort's lagoon or paddling equipment.

Salt + Ash, Jeremy Ford's restaurant beside the main pool, centers its cooking on land, sea, and fire. Ingredients include produce from Ford's Farm, with charring and open-fire cooking shaping the menu. Dinner can be taken indoors or outside. Reservations are recommended, and required for parties of eight or more.

Down at the marina, Angler and Ale serves island-inspired food and draft beer beside the docks. Its hook-and-cook service lets anglers bring their catch for the kitchen to prepare. Live music accompanies the waterfront setting.

The Café in the lobby serves counter-style breakfast, coffee, and food to take away, including boxed lunches. Tiki Grill brings salads, sandwiches, and drinks to the main pool. Adults-only Pilar Bar occupies the space beside Oasis Cay Pool, serving sushi, Asian-inspired sharing plates, sake, and cocktails in an open-air setting. It has walk-up service without a reservation requirement.

Calm Waters Spa stands near the resort entrance. The menu includes massages, facials, and side-by-side treatments for couples, with a relaxation lounge for time around an appointment. The fitness center shares the spa building and has cardio equipment, weights, and space for floor exercises. Guests aged 12 through 16 must be accompanied by an adult, and children under 12 may not use the machines. Spa treatments are booked separately.

Cliff Drysdale Tennis manages the tennis and pickleball program. Beginner sessions, doubles-focused drills, and private lessons sit alongside recreational court use. Lessons and equipment rentals carry separate charges.

Pack-and-play beds are available on request, subject to availability; the resort does not provide on-site babysitting. Bell staff can help guests move around the grounds by resort transport, and golf carts can be rented separately.

The Overseas Highway brings drivers to Duck Key at Mile Marker 61. Hotel estimates put Miami International Airport about two hours away, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport around two and a half hours away, and Key West International Airport about an hour away, all subject to traffic. Hawks Cay does not run its own airport shuttle, though local transfer companies serve these airports. The daily resort fee covers pool and lagoon access, court use, the fitness center, and use of resort bicycles, kayaks, and paddleboards.

Why we love this hotel

Why we love this hotel

Publix grocery delivery to the resort helps villa guests stock their kitchen, giving you another way to arrange meals around your plans.

Pool towels are included in the daily resort fee, leaving more space in your luggage for other essentials on a Florida Keys stay.

Tell your server about dietary needs when ordering so the kitchen can guide your choices and make adjustments where possible.

Location of Hawks Cay Resort Duck Key

61 Hawks Cay Blvd, Duck Key, FL 33050, United States

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Weather at Hawks Cay Resort

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What to Know About Hawks Cay Resort

Is Hawks Cay Resort worth it?

Yes. Hawks Cay Resort is worth it for travelers who want a full Florida Keys resort with pools, villas, marina access, spa facilities, and family activities. It is especially strong for families, boaters, anglers, and guests who want a resort base between Miami and Key West.

Where is Hawks Cay Resort located?

Hawks Cay Resort is located at 61 Hawks Cay Boulevard, Duck Key, Florida 33050, United States. The resort sits in the Middle Florida Keys, with access to both the Atlantic Ocean and Florida Bay.

How many rooms does Hawks Cay Resort have?

Hawks Cay Resort has about 374 Caribbean-inspired guestrooms, suites, and villas, based on current Preferred Hotels information. The mix includes traditional resort rooms, suites, and larger villas, so guests should choose by group size, kitchen needs, and view.

What makes Hawks Cay Resort special?

Hawks Cay Resort stands out for its Duck Key island setting, full-service marina, saltwater lagoon, pools, spa, and villa-style accommodations. The resort is built for active Florida Keys vacations, with boating, fishing, snorkeling, tennis, pickleball, family programming, and pool time.

Is Hawks Cay Resort good for families?

Yes. Hawks Cay Resort is very good for families because it offers pools, villas, activities, water sports, bikes, and a relaxed island layout. Families should compare rooms and villas carefully, since villas can provide more space, kitchens, and a stronger home-base feel.

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