09/18/2023
Fort Jefferson - Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida.
Fort Jefferson is the dominate feature of Garden Key, taking up about 85% of the small island. Visitors can explore the fort on their own from sunrise to sunset utilizing a self-guided tour route that starts from the Dry Tortugas Visitor Center inside the fort.
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 (6.5 ha).
The fort is located on Garden Key in the lower Florida Keys within the Dry Tortugas National Park, 68 miles west of the island of Key West.
