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Feb 23, 2022 · Campsites at Dry Tortugas are available only on Garden Key, where Fort Jefferson resides. Careful planning is essential to enjoy your visit to Dry Tortugas National Park. Campsite Information. Choosing Your Campsite. Campsite Facilities. Camper's Supply Checklist. Campground Regulations. Departure. Transportation: Plan Ahead!
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Things to Know about Dry Tortugas Camping
1. Camping is available year-round. 2. The Garden Key Campground is first-come-first-serve. Overflow camping is available if all the sites are full. 3. While the camping is first-come-first-serve, ferry reservations are required. There are 10 camping ferry tickets per day. This helps regulate the number of campers on the island. Campers must call 800-634-0939 to make their reservation. It is possible to take a private boat out to the Dry Tortugas go camping. 3.1. Yankee Freedom Ferry limits c...
Getting to Dry Tortugas National Park
It isn’t easy or cheap to get to Dry Tortugas. There are only two ways to get to Dry Tortugas: boat or seaplane. Key West Seaplane Adventuresoffers a 4-hours and 8-hour adventures to Dry Tortugas National Park. They do not transport campers to the island. Seaplanes run about $356 per person for a half-day trip. If you are will and have the skill, you could rent a boat and navigate yourself out there or take your own boat. For the non-sailors, the only other option is the Yankee Freedom ferry....
Garden Key Campground
Garden Key Campground is located on Garden Key in the shadow of Fort Jefferson. The camping is primitive camping with an emphasis on the primitive. The campsites all have a grill and picnic table. There is a small amount of shade provided by the shrubs on the island. All of the regular sites are set in the shrubs and there is some privacy. There is no electricity, no water, and no running toilets.
Snorkeling
There are several small reefs just off the beaches. They are a nice snorkel. If the wind isn’t blowing, the old piers are great to snorkel in-between the piers. The piers are covered in mussels so if the waves are more than 2 feet, I wouldn’t get to close. There are some small rock formation about a ¼ mile from the beach which are a nice swim. There aren’t usually currents around the island but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any. Tell someone on shore you are headed out there. The other great...
Explore Fort Jefferson
I would wait until 3:30 pm to explore Fort Jefferson. Around 3:30, the ferry leaves taking 95% of the visitors with it. After that, there are usually between 1 and 30 people depending on how many seaplanes visitors and campers are on the island. For our spring break visit, there were about 10 other campers and a couple of rangers. This is the perfect time to explore Fort Jefferson and get lots of photos without any tourists in them. The rangers offer a guided tour of the fort about 30 mins af...
Go Ghost Hunting
Alas, the fort closes at sunset, but Fort Jefferson is supposedly “haunted.” I found this fact out via one of the park rangers. Earlier in the day, the two engineers (myself and my travel buddy) had noticed a guy with a quadcopter which was odd. Normally drone use is highly restricted in the national parks (they are banned in most parks or you need to apply for a permit). The park ranger told us that the quadcopter was part of the film crew for Syfy channels’ Haunted Highways show. We could h...
Dry Tortugas camping is an incredible experience. There’s no feeling quite like setting up your tent for the night and realizing you are within 50 feet of both a historic 19th-century military fort and a gorgeous beach with crystal-clear water and incredible snorkeling.
Mar 29, 2022 · Complete Guide to Dry Tortugas Camping including campground information, ferry reservations, what can and can't be brought with you, cost, and so much more
Jan 19, 2024 · As the remnants of Tropical Storm Alex shook my tent, I wondered if the decision to camp in Dry Tortugas National Park — a remote chain of seven islands about 70 miles west of the Florida Keys ...
Mar 4, 2022 · Dry Tortugas National Park includes some of the most beautiful coral reefs in the US. Tropical fish are abundant and the snorkeling areas are easily accessed from soft, sandy beaches. A special treat for adventurous people camping at Dry Tortugas with an underwater light is night snorkeling along Fort Jefferson’s moat wall.
