![]() Ideally we would recommend you go and camp for a few nights. Seriously this is one of those locations to add to your bucket list. I will tell you hands down it was worth the money. But you are on a 2 and a half hour boat ride there and back (it’s 70 miles off of Key West), plus they feed you breakfast and lunch. In order to get there you can charter a high speed private boat, take a ferry or seaplane, the ferry that runs from Key West to the Dry Tortugas is called the Yankee Freedom iii. Samuel Mudd, an American physician was imprisoned at the fort on the Dry Tortugas for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Did you know that the fort was used as a prison during the Civil War? I didn’t.Īnother side note on the Fort, when it was used as a prison during the civil war, Dr. The color of the fresh water and marine life is surreal, the conch shells are amazing, the beach is beautiful, and visiting the historic Fort Jefferson, which is located on garden key, was really cool. The island is absolutely beautiful and so peaceful. The Dry Tortugas are a small group of islands composed of coral reefs located in the Gulf of Mexico at the end of the Florida Keys, United States.Īlso, be sure to check out our Florida Road Trip as this is a stop on the route and our Florida Keys Road Trip post. Have you ever wanted to visit the Dry Tortugas National Park in the Keys? From the minute I saw a picture of the Dry Tortugas, part of the National Park Service, I have wanted to go there! It looks absolutely amazing. ![]()
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