Florida Parks: Explore Dry Tortugas National Park

[@ungrateful-66]

Lived in Florida my whole life and still haven’t visited this place-yet! Most don’t realize how big this state really is with how much there is to see and do on all the coasts.

[@rfarevalo]

sad.

[@nicholastahan7670]

Try to get there mate, you're closer than me in Sydney, Australia.

[@JG-tt4sz]

Several hours of sailing out of key west. Incredibly remote. Fort reeks with history. The birds aren't even afraid of humans.

[@kcm4511]

I'm going in July! I can't wait! I saw pictures of it years ago and forgot about it until I saw a picture again and looked it up. I'll probably leave an update after my trip!

[@cancer9842]

How was your trip?

[@noUGames]

Camping there is def on my bucket list

[@cristinaakolzina6369]

Amazing !!!!

[@barbarael]

The nature looks amazing!

[@iwonadziegielewska]

Thank You 😊

[@a7xfanben]

Looking forward to going there someday!

[@johneason6540]

Yes, WOW 👏 😍

[@TheGuccibane]

It's that time of year where I start watching Florida videos as the misery slowly returns

[@oscarmolinaoutdooradventur1648]

Wow beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Doitnow7]

Amazing place

[@melindabanksisom8781]

🤩 WoW!!

[@javacup912]

Though I try to avoid heavily populated tourist atractions, I'm hoping to visit Dry Tourtugas next year on my sailboat as a stop on my way to the Caribbean, and stay a couple of days.

[@jesusgomez2303]

❤ amazing

[@PinHive]

Aye its Curtis! Go Curtis!

[@anonpers0n]

what i want to know is can i sail up to it on my 25ft boat drop anchor and dinghy ashore?

[@88arakvita]

WOW . So beautiful my friend told me about this gem 💎 . Greetings from Minneapolis MINNESOTA 🙏🏼🙏🏾🙏🏿

[@jaynafutch5000]

In the middle of nowhere largest masonry structure protecting nothing lol

[@aroseyglow]

Who was camping ⛺️ there?

[@Paul-lm5gv]

If so far from land what did it protect? Couldn't enemy ships just sail around it?

[@stefandjurachkovitch8624]

Perhaps important prisoners?

[@Stad122]

TLDR: Waterways. The depths of the waterways around the island proved ideal for docking and launching line ships (basically the types of ships that make up the bulk of a navy.) The island was also a hardpoint in the gateway to the Gulf of Mexico, so someone else controlling it would force the US navy to go on the offensive into the Carribean should it have been required to do so. Instead, once the Spanish-American war kicked off, ships docked and landed here and in other bases along the Keys, and didn't have to worry about potential flanking fleets.

[@EFFINJERK84]

Can you go on your own boat?

[@GregsGameRoom]

The park and fort itself looks amazing, but what were they thinking building it in such a remote location?! Seems pretty terrifying.

[@Lifted0311]

fort was designed to protect coastal waterways and shipping lanes

[@REPR100]

Politicians have been wasting money for centuries

[@UConnForLife]

Think it was originally an anti-piracy type thing.

[@Kigoz4Life]

2:32 bottom of the screen is a square formation of rocks equally spaced out? how did that get there. or what is it? 3

[@stephaniemamatree5973]

I went here in 2000. It was beautiful. They tell u don’t swim in the mote..imagine my surprise while swimming around the island then seeing a tourist slashing around swimming in it. It has a ton of bacteria from when they dumped human waste etc in it🤢🤮..

[@cynthiaYOLO]

I don't think they have a case of negligence. The pt is prone to any infection given the current pt dx. How come the pt has PIV instead of Midline or PICC. I don't know what kind of IV meds she was receiving, I suspected a potent drugs that shouldn't been administered PIV, this could cause a potential for skin infection.

[@markboudreaux868]

Haven’t done it yet but want to soon 👍

[@zhoulouisni10001]

👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏

[@helveticalouie]

Is there WiFi on the fort? 😆

[@drew-ql1tn]

No wifi or cell service

[@rfarevalo]

"unique" means one of kind. You should never say "very unique". That phrase makes little sense yet people say it all the time like "mass exodus" and other terms.

[@stefandjurachkovitch8624]

Sharks in the water?

[@sinju77]

yes nurse sharks

[@area777th]

Is it haunted? Lol

[@MVP2.1]

Gay

[@321gates]

Keep it to yourself.

[@lisal7841]

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[@kenolee9169]

Im from Florida, never herd of this place