Garden Key Lighthouse — Attraction in Florida

We visited on a Tuesday in late December 2024 via the Yankee Freedom Ferry.

The Garden Key Lighthouse was just okay. To the point I didn't really take many pictures of it. What was amazing was when you turn around while next to it. The view out into the water and over Bush key is absolutely amazing. I would've just sat there for awhile if we had more time.

I would not recommend if you're not into heights. It is very high up and there are no guardrails. Make sure you watch young children up here.

We did not do the large group tour with the ferry and decided to explore on our own. There was just one other couple here when we were exploring so it was easy to get nice shots without a million people in...

Stunning Garden Key Light House was one of three lighthouses slated to be constructed in the Florida Straits in 1824. It's amazing the housing for the keepers. It's a two-story duplex for the principal and an assistant keeper, and a whose top floor served as living quarters for a second assistant keeper and whose ground floor was used as a communal kitchen. Other structures at the station included a two-story, freestanding brick oil house, and two brick cisterns, which collected the rainwater from the roofs of the two dwellings.Visit this wonderful Key...

As the structure is metal and painted black, the Garden Key lighthouse provides a unique and contrasting element to Fort Jefferson. If visiting Dry Tortugas National Park and Fort Jefferson, make a point to check this out.

Do note, as of June 2017, the lighthouse and nearby staircase is undergoing renovations and, thus are not accessible...