The Everglades & Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve encompasses Everglades National Park and which national park in the United States about 68 mi west of Key West in the Gulf of Mexico?
Dry Tortugas National Park Dry Tortugas National Park is a national park in the United States about 68 mi west of Key West in the Gulf of Mexico. The park preserves Fort Jefferson and the seven Dry Tortugas islands, the westernmost and most isolated of the Florida Keys. The archipelago's coral reefs are the least disturbed of the Florida Keys reefs.
Garden Key Light The Garden Key Light, also known as the Tortuga Harbor Light, is located at Fort Jefferson, on Garden Key in the Dry Tortugas, Florida. The first lighthouse, started in 1824 and first lit in 1826, was a brick conical tower. The lighthouse and its outbuildings were the only structures on Garden Key until construction started on Fort Jefferson in 1846. Construction continued until 1861, but the fort was never completed.