Jupiter Island is a barrier island on the coast of Martin and Palm Beach counties, Florida. It is bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the St. Lucie Inlet, on the west by the Indian River, and on the south by the Jupiter Inlet. Jupiter Island originally was two islands, Long Island on the north and Jupiter Island on the south, which were once separated by an inlet in the vicinity of North Jupiter Narrows and what is officially called Peck Lake, but commonly called Peck's Lake.
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The small town of Jupiter Inlet Colony occupies the southern tip of the island.[1]
The village of Tequesta, which is primarily located on the mainland, abuts Jupiter Inlet Colony on the north. In the middle of the Tequesta portion of the island is Coral Cove Park, which is unincorporated.[2]
There are two unincorporated Palm Beach County areas on the island:[3]
The exceptionally wealthy town of Jupiter Island begins at the Palm Beach-Martin county line and extends north to include the southern portion of the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge.[4]
Unincorporated Martin County runs north from the northern Jupiter Island town limits to the St. Lucie Inlet and includes the following:[5]
The principal north-south road on Jupiter Island is Beach Road. Beach Road is also State Road 707, now a county road of each county, and extends from the Tequesta Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway north to Bridge Road in the Town of Jupiter Island, where 707 turns left onto Bridge Road to go to Hobe Sound, via the Hobe Sound Bridge.[6]