Fort Jefferson on Garden Key, Dry Tortugas
A coral-reef atoll of small keys. Fort Jefferson occupies Garden Key. Nearly all of the park is water.
The National Park Service administers Dry Tortugas National Park, about 70 miles west of Key West. Fort Jefferson stands on Garden Key. Nearly all of the park is open water and reef. There is no road. Visitors come by ferry or seaplane. Biscayne, on another plate, is the reef closer to the mainland.
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More islands in Florida: Biscayne National Park.
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The nearest plates, by the miles.
Everglades132 miles · FloridaXXVIII
Biscayne National Park178 miles · FloridaCCCXCIV
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve233 miles · FloridaCLV
Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park352 miles · FloridaCCCLXXI
Ichetucknee Springs State Park369 miles · FloridaCCCLXXII
St. Joseph Peninsula388 miles · FloridaCCCLVI
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge425 miles · GeorgiaCDX
Cumberland Island National Seashore439 miles · GeorgiaCCCXCIslands chapter
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