Loggerhead Key News Today

Wildfires, drought, sea level rise, more frequent and intense storms, and warming oceans are sometimes destroying and occasionally improving or allowing cultural resources to emerge at national park units.

Neither the theft of four casks of whale oil nor the bombardment by a patriot raiding party during the Revolutionary War were able to permanently darken the Sandy Hook Lighthouse, a stout, eight-sided structure that continues to warn vessels off the shoals of Raritan Bay.

Dry Tortugas National Park is 99% underwater, but the only thing better than its snorkeling is its stargazing.

1886: Former lightkeeper at Loggerhead Key in the Dry Tortugas and Inspector of Customs at Key West Benjamin H. Kerr killed himself after having grown increasingly despondent over a cancer

A Cuban migrant who jumped overboard during an attempt to reach the Florida Keys spent nearly 24 hours in the water before being rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard.

What to know about the case.

Florida Keys, island chain, Monroe and Miami-Dade counties, southern Florida, U.S. Composed of coral and limestone, the islands curve southwestward for about 220 miles (355 km) from Virginia Key in the Atlantic Ocean (just south of Miami Beach) to Loggerhead Key of the Dry Tortugas in the Gulf of

Could the historic St. Johns River Lighthouse at the edge of Naval Station Mayport be opened to the public, or even moved? Advocates hope so.

Many undervalued national parks barely see any boots compared to the headliners we all know and love. These gems may be under your nose.

The string of about 44 islands dangling south from the Florida Peninsula is a world all its own, featuring natural beauty, fishing and historic spots.