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DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK
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Fort Jefferson on Garden Key. The anchorage is marked at the
bottom of the illustration. The docks are available for temporary tie up
with either your dinghy or boat while you tour the Fort. The commercial
charters dock here when they pull in from Key West with the tourists too.
There is a campground in the area marked "A", and reasonable
snorkeling off the beach there. Lots of tropical fish around the Fort. There
is a nice gift shop in the Fort with normal souvenirs, and also some nice
educational books and materials on the Fort, the Keys and area in general.
Samuel Mudd was imprisoned here after, as a physician, he inadvertently
helped another human being who was hurt, and who he did not know had just
shot President Lincoln. Hence the phrase - your name is Mud!
Be nice to the park rangers here - this is about as isolated as you can
get!!
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Commercial tour boats and float planes are available out of Key West to tour
Fort Jefferson if you don't have or want to take your own boat. Watch the
weather. There is always a possibility of extremely rough seas in the portion of
open ocean crossing to the Tortugas.
For Park information & brochures, write to:
Superintendent, Dry Tortugas National Park, PO Box 6208 Key West, FL 33041-6208
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