Dry Tortugas National Park
Dry Tortugas National Park is a national park in Monroe County, Florida. It is open 24 hours a day, year-round.
Current notices posted by the managing agency. Checked Oct. 5, 2026.
- Closure: Current Alerts and Conditions Be sure to review the Alerts and Conditions below before and during your visit for additional, up-to-date information on closures, cautions, and other current park conditions. Since July 15, 2026.
- Closure: Seasonal Closure: Bush Key Visitors may only access the harborside of Bush Key through Fall 2026 to protect nesting Sooty Terns, Brown Noddies, and Magnificent Frigatebirds. Boaters must maintain a distance of 100 feet from the island's mean low tide. Since May 27, 2026.
- Closure: Sections of moat wall closed until Winter 2026 Sections of the moat wall that were damaged by Hurricanes Helene and Milton (2024) are undergoing repair and reinforcement. For your safety, please follow posted signage and do not cross any barricades.
Check current closures and fire restrictions for Dry Tortugas National Park on the managing agency's own page.
Dry Tortugas National Park map
Dry Tortugas National Park boundary from USGS PAD-US or the managing agency, simplified for display. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.
Fire restrictions
This unit's own agency alerts list no fire restriction as of Oct. 5, 2026. We do not check a statewide fire-order feed for FL, so that is not a statement that no order exists, and not a green light for a fire. Check with the land manager and your county before you light anything.
County and local burn bans may also apply on private, state, or county land nearby. On federal land, follow the land manager's order; off it, follow the strictest county or local rule that applies. When both touch your trip, obey both.
Common questions
- Entrance costs $15 per person on foot or bicycle. Interagency (America the Beautiful) passes are accepted. The park takes no cash: pay by card or buy a pass online.
- Yes. Dry Tortugas National Park is open 24 hours a day, year-round.
- Sites cost $15 a night.
Fees, passes, and hours
Entrance costs $15 per person on foot or bicycle. Interagency (America the Beautiful) passes are accepted. The park takes no cash: pay by card or buy a pass online.
Dry Tortugas National Park is open 24 hours a day, year-round.
Sources: nps.gov, checked 2026-09-30; nps.gov, checked 2026-09-30.
Camping in Dry Tortugas National Park
Sites cost $15 a night.
Source: nps.gov, checked 2026-09-30.
Getting there
- Nearest town: Key West, 69.1 miles
Source: www2.census.gov, checked 2026-09-30.
Public lands next to Dry Tortugas National Park
- National wildlife refugeGreat White Heron National Wildlife Refuge is 3 miles away, straight line between the two boundaries.
Measured between the units' boundaries as mapped in USGS PAD-US. Distances are straight line, not driving.
- nps.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- www2.census.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- nps.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- nps.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- nps.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- nps.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
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