Dry Tortugas Light, Loggerhead Key

Name: Dry Tortugas Light
Address: Loggerhead Key, United States

#1 among attractions in Loggerhead Key

Top attraction, Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture

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The Dry Tortugas Light is a lighthouse located on Loggerhead Key, three miles west of Fort Jefferson, Florida. It was taken out of operation in 2015. It has also been called the Loggerhead Lighthouse. It has been said to be "a greater distance from the mainland than any other light in the world." ()

Coordinates: 24°38'0"N, 82°55'14"W

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Loggerhead Key United States

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Dry Tortugas Light – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fort Jefferson, Garden Key Light, [[Dry Tortugas National Park]].

3 miE
Forts and castles
Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas National Park
77 min walk • Fort Jefferson is a massive but unfinished coastal fortress. It is the largest brick masonry structure in the Americas, and is composed of over 16 million bricks. The building covers 16 acres.
3.1 miE
Island, Park, Lighthouse
Garden Key Light, Dry Tortugas National Park
78 min walk • The Garden Key Light, also known as the Tortuga Harbor Light, is located at Fort Jefferson, on Garden Key in the Dry Tortugas, Florida. The first lighthouse, started in 1824 and first lit in 1826, was a brick conical tower.
3.3 miE
Fort Jefferson and Windjammer dive site
[[Dry Tortugas National Park]], Dry Tortugas National Park
84 min walk • Dry Tortugas National Park is a national park in the United States about 68 miles west of Key West in the Gulf of Mexico. The park preserves Fort Jefferson and the seven Dry Tortugas islands, the westernmost and most isolated of the Florida Keys.

Dry Tortugas Light, Loggerhead Key

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Loggerhead Key plan & book

Dry Tortugas Light – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas National Park

Garden Key Light, Dry Tortugas National Park

[[Dry Tortugas National Park]], Dry Tortugas National Park