Fact sheet · Southeast
Dry Tortugas National Park
Unit code DRTO. Figures retrieved 2026-11-06. Official alerts, fees, and closures are not copied here.
- States on the system list
- Florida
- Guide region
- Southeast. Editorial grouping of the state that contains the centroid, or the first listed state when the point is offshore.
- Anniversary-table date
- October 26, 1992
Table note: proclaimed Fort Jefferson National Monument 1935
- Gross area acres
- 64,701.22
NPS fee acres: 61,481.22. Report date September 30, 2026. Gross area is not the same column as fee ownership.
- Boundary centroid
- 24.6458, -82.8741
Containing shoreline polygon: not inside a 1:110,000,000 state polygon. Not an entrance.
- Recreation-visit record
- Highest monthly mean is in June, July, or August
Highest mean: June. Lowest mean: October. Mean annual total across complete years: 73,331 (10 complete years).
The monthly record
| Month | Mean | Lowest year | Highest year | Years in the mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6,040 | 4,236 | 7,673 | 10 |
| February | 5,681 | 1,313 | 7,349 | 10 |
| March | 7,022 | 3,674 | 8,055 | 10 |
| April | 6,561 | 200 | 8,225 | 10 |
| May | 7,014 | 308 | 10,012 | 10 |
| June | 7,328 | 4,389 | 8,969 | 10 |
| July | 6,833 | 3,928 | 8,286 | 10 |
| August | 6,038 | 3,971 | 7,087 | 10 |
| September | 4,933 | 176 | 6,382 | 10 |
| October | 3,987 | 233 | 6,789 | 10 |
| November | 5,749 | 3,901 | 6,964 | 10 |
| December | 6,147 | 1,286 | 7,957 | 10 |
How to use this fact sheet
This is a fact sheet. Every figure is tied to the sources under it. It is not a trail guide, a fee table, or a conditions report.
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Nearest other national parks
Distances are great-circle miles between boundary centroids. They are not road distances or travel times.
- Everglades National Park — about 128 straight-line miles between boundary centroids.
- Biscayne National Park — about 176 straight-line miles between boundary centroids.
- Congaree National Park — about 645 straight-line miles between boundary centroids.