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Feb 23, 2022 · NPS.gov. Park Home. Plan Your Visit. Things To Do. Camping. Plan Your Garden Key Camping Experience. Camping at Garden Key is an incredible experience with amazing star gazing, snorkeling, sunsets, and more! But you must be prepared to camp in this remote location.
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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...
Due to space constraints, the Yankee Freedom is happy to accommodate campers wishing to stay up to 4 days (3 nights). The Official, Real-Time Reservation Calendar For Booking Overnight Dry Tortugas Camping Reservations. Yankee Freedom Is The Official Dry Tortugas National Park Ferry.
Feb 17, 2020 · While a day trip to Dry Tortugas offers its own beauty and seclusion, nothing will compare to camping at Dry Tortugas National Park. Dry Tortugas is notoriously known as one of the best places to camp in the United States. It’s recognized for its natural beauty, historic significance, and remote location, making it a very exclusive campground.
Mar 4, 2022 · Where to Camp. There is only one overnight campground available for Dry Tortugas National Park camping. Located not far from the ferry landing, eight campsites accommodate up to three tents and six people each. Each site is partially shaded by trees and includes a picnic table and a grill for charcoal fires.
Mar 29, 2022 · Dry Tortugas Camping requires planning, an expectation of a wilderness experience, and one epic adventure! I say this is a wilderness experience as you are 70 miles from any piece of civilization in the Gulf of Mexico! Dry Tortugas Camping Guide.
May 8, 2023 · May 8, 2023 / By Yana and Timon. Dry Tortugas National Park lies 70 miles west of Key West, Florida, and is comprised of several small keys, mostly uninhabitable. Camping at Dry Tortugas National Park will give you the chance to visit the main island attraction, Fort Jefferson, which was built in 1847.
