National Historic Landmark · National Park of the United States · Key West, Florida

Dry Tortugas National Park

National Park in Florida, United States in Key West, Florida. Built 1992. Added to the National Register in 1992, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkBuilt 1992Listed 1992
05 - FT JEFFERSON, Garden and Bush Keys, May 2-5, 2014 (14218928023)08 - FT JEFFERSON, Garden and Bush Keys, May 2-5, 2014 (14198712204)2 people snorkeling the fort wall (50953302648)36 - FT JEFFERSON, Garden and Bush Keys, May 2-5, 2014 (14175669626)
Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · Dry Tortugas National Park

Dry Tortugas National Park is a national park of the United States located about 68 miles (109 km) west of Key West in the Gulf of Mexico, in the United States. The park preserves Fort Jefferson and the several Dry Tortugas islands, the westernmost and most isolated of the Florida Keys. The archipelago's coral reefs are the least disturbed of the Florida Keys reefs.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeSite
Address70 mi. West of Key West, Key West vicinity, FL
CountyMonroe County
ListedOct 26, 1992
Reference number01000228
Built1992
Type of placeNational Park of the United States
Visitors per year56,810
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
Address70 mi. West of Key West, Key West, FL
Websitenps.gov/drto ↗
Coordinates24.62903, -82.87315 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitDry Tortugas National Park · 0 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyGarden Key Campground 0 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Reference

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 01000228. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.