Details for Benchmark: TZ0055

N 24° 37.692 W 082° 52.336 (NAD 83)

Altitude: 72

Coordinates may not be exact. Altitude is VERTCON and location is ADJUSTED. (more info)

Location:
In MONROE county, FL View Original Datasheet
Designation:
GARDEN KEY LH
Marker Type:
lighthouse
Setting:
setting not listed - see description
Stability:

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Found it 3/27/2018 2 Sonians found TZ0055   Visit Log

Found awhile ago.
Found it 1/17/2018 tugies found TZ0055   Visit Log

Found while visiting here - is under repair.
Found it 1/17/2018 tugies found TZ0055   Visit Log

Found while visiting here. Its under repair.
Found it 11/17/2016 Bocco found TZ0055   Visit Log

We found this while touring the fort.
Found it 2/20/2016 oboegary & delaware hiker found TZ0055   Visit Log

Came by ferry for the lighthouse
Found it 1/4/2016 CuteLilFuzzyMonkey found TZ0055   Visit Log

Found while visiting the lighthouse out on tortugas.

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Found it 4/7/2015 SpacekittyXD found TZ0055   Visit Log

Found while visiting the fort!

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Found it 12/22/2014 BomberNaviGuesser found TZ0055   Visit Log

Found it while visiting Fort Jefferson today.

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photoGarden Key Lighthouse at Fort Jefferson
Found it 12/18/2014 Foxendail found TZ0055   Visit Log

Recovered together with gott18 on our four week vacation which, amongst others, brought us to Florida.
Found it 12/18/2014 gott18 found TZ0055   Visit Log

Found it :-)

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Found it 2/10/2014 Team Rumble found TZ0055   Visit Log

beautiful lighthouse on this iland
Found it 2/4/2014 Walkabout 44 found TZ0055   Visit Log

This lighthouse was hard to miss! Photo attached.

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photoOne of many great views of the lighthouse
Found it 11/18/2013 dasbeak found TZ0055   Visit Log

Can't miss this one...

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photoTDZ0055
Found it 7/26/2013 Pirate 4 Hire found TZ0055   Visit Log

Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas

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Found it 3/16/2013 COL413 found TZ0055   Visit Log

Great!

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Found it 3/16/2013 hfogg found TZ0055   Visit Log

Visiting this historical nat'l park and geocaching. LightHouse still there in great condition. -hfogg(VA)

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Found it 3/6/2013 rawash found TZ0055   Visit Log

Visited Dry Tortugas with Beburn. Beautiful and amazing that such a large structure stands in the Gulf. Would love to come back and camp for a couple of nites.
Found it 2/19/2013 hzoi found TZ0055   Visit Log

Recovered in good condition.

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Found it 12/18/2012 AThrillofTheHunt found TZ0055   Visit Log

Kind of hard to miss this one! Pretty much stands out from the fort! Lighthouse in good condition considering the extreme weather conditions at times!

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photoTZ0055 Panaramic View
Found it 9/20/2011 Samshipmate found TZ0055   Visit Log

Still standing. My 600th benchmark.
Found it 11/19/2010 derPathe found TZ0055   Visit Log

Found it
Found it 8/2/2009 Aquarius204 found TZ0055   Visit Log

Visiting light house.
Found it 8/2/2009 TaxLady907 found TZ0055   Visit Log

Wonderful trip out to the island, and snorkeling while there. Disappointed that the rangers didn't have a nice stamp for the lighthouses for my passport book though.

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photoDry Tortugas Light above fort
photoAtop the fort looking out to sea.
Found it 5/31/2009 ChapterhouseInc found TZ0055   Visit Log

two lighthouse so close to each other. see waymarks for additional pics....

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Found it 3/1/2009 Parkerz found TZ0055   Visit Log

Still Standing Tall Above the Fort!

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photoFort Jefferson Lighthouse
Found it 2/10/2009 WM1973 found TZ0055   Visit Log

Al's sister & husband took us here and we had fabulous time at fort. While we walking around the fort I looked down saw this benchmark in the middle of the moat wall.

Found it 6/16/2008 Team Wheaties found TZ0055   Visit Log

Found on a walk of the Fort. My son's Boy Scout Troop camped at the Fort for 3 nights. It was a great experience and I would love to come back with the rest of the family. My son is the second from the left in the picture.

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photoFlorida Trip 2008 128
Found it 9/12/2007 Jaded found TZ0055   Visit Log

Out visiting the Fort!
Found it 12/9/2006 Blueye found TZ0055   Visit Log

Found on visit to garden key.

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photoLighthouse on Garden Key
Photo of the current lighthouse taken from site of the old lighthouse.
Found it 10/5/2006 hunterKat found TZ0055   Visit Log

Found on brief guided tour by ferry crew.

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photoTZ0055 - Garden Key LH
Found it 5/10/2006 MtElmo found TZ0055   Visit Log

Linda and I located this one on our approach to Fort Jefferson.

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photoLighthouse under repair.
Found it 10/4/2005 brerfrog found TZ0055   Visit Log

Found with eltural on our honeymoon trip!
Found it 10/4/2005 eltural found TZ0055   Visit Log

Found this while visiting the fort. It's a nice structure, but is dwarfed by the active lighthouse a few miles away.

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Found it 8/23/2005 LSUMonica found TZ0055   Visit Log

Found as described.

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photoTZ0055 Garden Key LH

Documented History (by the NGS)

1/1/1901 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
1/1/1917 by CGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1917 (JHH) STATION STILL IN EXISTENCE.
1/1/1938 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1938 (ERM) NO ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION. DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS--STATION IS THE BALL APEX OF THE ABANDONED LIGHT ON GARDEN KEY, LOCATED ON THE SE BASTION OF FORT JEFFERSON ON THE INNER EDGE OF THE FORT. STRUCTURE IS OF STEEL RESTING ON TOP OF THE BRICK FORTIFICATION. THE LANTERN WAS REMOVED SOME YEARS AGO AND AS THE CENTER OF THE ORIGINAL LANTERN MAY BE EASILY ESTABLISHED FROM THE BASE STUDS, THE INSTRUMENT WAS SET UP IN THE CENTER OF THE LANTERN GALLERY WHERE THERE IS AMPLE ROOM. THE STRUCTURE IS IN FAIR CONDITION.
1/1/1960 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 (KSU) THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED. A CIRCULAR STEEL PLATE, 1.6 FT IN DIAMETER, FASTENED TO THE STEEL FLOOR OF THE LANTERN GALLERY SHOWS EVIDENCE OF THE BASE STUDS MENTIONED IN THE 1938 RECOVERY NOTE. THE WINDOWS OF THE LANTERN GALLERY CANNOT BE REMOVED WITHOUT DESTROYING THE FRAMING. THEREFORE, THE STATION WAS OCCUPIED ECC. ON THE BALCONY OF THE NEXT LEVEL BENEATH THE LANTERN GALLERY.
1/1/1961 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1961 (EHS) THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED BY E.R.M. IN 1938.
11/21/1991 by NOS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE 1991 THE LIGHTHOUSE IS LOCATED ON GARDEN KEY IN THE DRY TORTUGAS ON THE EAST BASTION OF FORT JEFFERSON. THE LIGHTHOUSE IS A CONICAL TOWER PAINTED BLACK. THE LIGHTHOUSE IS LOCATED 70 MI (112.65 KM) WEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA.

Control Text

  • The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in May 1991.
  • The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.)
  • The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections.
  • The geoid height was determined by GEOID99.

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