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Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida

Dry Tortugas National Park is a national park in the USA about 70 miles west of Key West in the Gulf of Mexico. The park consists of seven of the westernmost keys and is at the western end of the Florida reef. Fort Jefferson, a massive but unfinished coastal fortress, the largest masonry structure in the Americas, composed of over 16 million bricks is on Garden Key and is part of the national park.
Fort Jefferson served for a time as a remote prison facility. One of its most famous inmates was Dr. Samuel Mudd, who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth following the assassination of President Lincoln. Mudd was incarcerated on the Dry Tortugas for four years, from 1865 to 1869.
Dry Tortugas is unique in its combination of a largely undisturbed tropical ecosystem with significant historic artifacts. The park is accessible only by seaplane or ferry and averages 60,000 visitors each year. The park is best enjoyed as a day trip through Yankee Freedom, the only official ferry service to the park. The ferry leaves at 8 in the morning and gets you into the park by 10. You have 5 hours till 3 to explore the park. Activities include snorkeling, picnicking, birdwatching, camping, scuba diving, saltwater fishing and kayaking. Breakfast and lunch are served in the ferry. There are no facilities within the park and only day use is permitted.
A trip to the Tortugas should be included in any trip the Florida Keys.

Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Sallyport, Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Sallyport, Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Tower Bastion and moat, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Tower Bastion and moat, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Tower Bastion and moat, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Tower Bastion and moat, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Tower Bastion and moat, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Tower Bastion and moat, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Tower Bastion and moat, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Tower Bastion and moat, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Tower Bastion and moat, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Tower Bastion and moat, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Bush and Long Key, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Bush and Long Key, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Garden Key, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Garden Key, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Garden Key, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Garden Key, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Harbor Light, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Harbor Light, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Harbor Light, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Harbor Light, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Parade Ground with the Soldier Barracks foundation, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Parade Ground with the Soldier Barracks foundation, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Parade Ground, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Parade Ground, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Casemates, Infinity, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Casemates, Infinity, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Casemates, Infinity, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Casemates, Infinity, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Casemates, Infinity, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Casemates, Infinity, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Cactus, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Cactus, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Hot Shot Furnace, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Hot Shot Furnace, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Engineers Quarters, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Engineers Quarters, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
15 inch Rodman, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
15 inch Rodman, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 15 inch Rodman, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
15 inch Rodman, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Cuban Chug, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Cuban Chug, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Conch, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Conch, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Conch, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Conch, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Crab, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Crab, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Bird, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Bird, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Conch, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Conch, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Conch, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Conch, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Coral reef, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Coral reef, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Coral reef, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Coral reef, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Coral reef, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Coral reef, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Coral reef, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Coral reef, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Coral reef, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Coral reef, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Door, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Door, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Yankee Freedom, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Yankee Freedom, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Bird, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Bird, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida		 Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida

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