games. The inn no longer exists. It burned down in October 1954, and was never rebuilt. However, it did play an important role in transforming Keystone Heights into a popular vacation destination, a status it still holds today. The former property of the inn is now a park in front of City Hall. 1960 to present In 1984, an American sycamore seedling, germinated by the United States Forest Service, was planted at the Keystone Heights Library. The "Moon Tree" traveled with Stuart Roosa, a former U.S. Forest Service smokejumper, aboard the Apollo 14 mission on January 31, 1971. Roosa and his five varieties of seeds orbited the moon 34 times and the resulting seedlings were planted all around the United States and the world. In the early 2000s, the city saw its tourism industry decline as many of its surrounding lakes, which serve as a primary inflow point for the Floridan aquifer, nearly disappeared. Increased rainfall totals in the 2010s have helped in the recovery of many area lakes including Lake Brooklyn and Lake Geneva. The Black Creek Pipeline, a $43.3 million project to pump excess water from Black Creek in central Clay County to Alligator Creek just north of Lake Brooklyn, is expected to further restore lake levels. The project began in August of 2022. In fall of 2021, Keystone Heights served as the host of the internationally-televised Nitro Rallycross North America Championship at the Florida International Rally and Motorsports Park at the Keystone Heights Airport. In April of 2022, Keystone Beach hosted the Motosurf Games, a motorized surfboard racing contest on Lake Geneva that was televised on CBS Sports. Geography Keystone Heights is located in northeast Florida in the southwest corner of Clay County, at (29.787243, –82.033026). The city overlooks the north shore of Lake Geneva. State Road 21 leads northeast (via SR 16) to Green Cove Springs, the Clay County seat, and south to Hawthorne. SR 100 crosses SR 21 and leads north to Starke and southeast to Palatka. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , or 1.16%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,349 people, 515 households, and 374 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 562 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 96.07% White, 0.44%