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Dry Tortugas National Park
Operating Hours & Seasons
 

The park is open all year.

Ft. Jefferson on Garden Key is open during daylight hours; closed at dark.

Loggerhead, East and Middle Keys are open year-round during daylight hours.

Bush Key is closed to visitors February through September to protect nesting Sooty and Noddy Terns.

Hospital and Long Keys are closed all year.
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Sooty Tern in Flight  

Did You Know?
Between the months of March and September, some 100,000 sooty terns will come to nest on the islands of the Dry Tortugas. They are joined by brown noddies, roseate terns, double-crested cormorants and brown pelicans.

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Last Updated: July 24, 2006 at 22:37 EST