Sep 11 2024
Wildlife at Dry Tortugas National Park lives in a world dominated by water. Almost 70 miles west of Key West, seven tiny islands rise from an enormous expanse of shallow tropical sea, coral reef, seagrass, sand, and open ocean. Fort Jefferson may be the park’s most immediately recognizable landmark, but most of the protected landscape—and …
Jun 11 2024
Dry Tortugas National Park protects one of the most remote and unusual landscapes in the National Park System: seven tiny islands surrounded by nearly 100 square miles of turquoise water, coral reefs, seagrass beds, shipwrecks, sea-turtle habitat, migratory bird colonies, and the massive red-brick walls of Fort Jefferson. Located roughly 70 miles west of Key …
