Dry Tortugas, a park situated 70 miles west of Key West in the Gulf of Mexico, is more than a whopping 99% underwater. As an underwater area, maintenance and safety are actually more complicated than ...

I love learning more about the history of our National Parks! How they were formed, why they became National Parks, and who had an impact on creating them. Today we are diving into the history of Dry ...

History of Dry Tortugas National Park Ponce de Leon was the first European to discover Dry Tortugas on his discovery trip in 1513. While there, Ponce de Leon caught 160 sea turtles and when he ...