Dry Tortugas sighting maps
13 sightingsLoggerhead Sea TurtleCaretta carettaMost seen 7 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
12 sightingsGreen Sea TurtleChelonia mydasMost seen 9 AM–5 PMSighting map
11 sightingsGreat White HeronArdea herodias occidentalisMost seen 7 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
102 sightingsMasked BoobySula dactylatraMost seen 7–11 AM & 3–6 PMSighting map
65 sightingsBrown BoobySula leucogasterMost seen 9 AM–6 PMSighting map
12 sightingsRed-footed BoobySula sulaMost seen 5–7 PMSighting map
445 sightingsMagnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificensMost seen 9 AM–5 PMSighting map
20 sightingsOspreyPandion haliaetusMost seen 7–11 AM & 4 PMSighting map
36 sightingsPeregrine FalconFalco peregrinusMost seen 7 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
80 sightingsGreat BarracudaSphyraena barracudaMost seen 7 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
45 sightingsTarponMegalops atlanticusMost seen 7 AM & 6 PMSighting map
151 sightingsBrown PelicanPelecanus occidentalisMost seen 7–11 AM & 3–7 PMSighting map
20 sightingsGreat Blue HeronArdea herodiasMost seen 6–9 AM & 4–8 PMSighting map
13 sightingsGreat EgretArdea albaMost seen 6–9 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map
96 sightingsRoyal TernThalasseus maximusMost seen 7–11 AM & 3–7 PMSighting map
337 sightingsSooty TernOnychoprion fuscatusMost seen 7–9 AM & 4–8 PMSighting mapEach map shows where a species has been reported across Dry Tortugas. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.

The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Dry Tortugas Tour Guide
Dry Tortugas, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Dry Tortugas National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this place
Loggerhead Key and Dry Tortugas Light“You're approaching Loggerhead Key, the park's largest island, with Dry Tortugas Light rising above the sand.”
Plays as you drive up to Loggerhead Key in the Parkwolf Dry Tortugas Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- A Prisoner Treats the Epidemic
- Life Among the Seagrass
- Too Heavy for the Scrap Dealer
- The Reef Cleaning Station
- 16 audio storiesacross Dry Tortugas’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Green Sea Turtle, Great White Heron, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 2 trails, 21 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive

