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The calendar for the 2024-25 school year is set. The first day of school in Miami-Dade schools will be Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, and the final day of classes will be Thursday, June 5, 2025, the ...
Official ferry and transportation services to the Dry Tortugas include the Yankee Freedom III catamaran, private vessel chartering and seaplane services. Other methods of visiting the Dry Tortugas include chartering of authorized and approved private vessels. There are no road connections to Dry Tortugas, and cars cannot access the islands. [47]
The service is a licensed National Park Service concessioner, [1] and the only provider of scheduled ferry access to the Dry Tortugas for a ten-year term through 2020. [2] Built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, the Yankee Freedom III catamaran is powered by twin Caterpillar, Inc. 3412 engines that give the ferry a maximum speed of 30 knots. [3]
The Miami-Dade County School Board approved the 2023-24 school calendar, which for the first time recognizes Eid al-Fitr, a holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, Islam’s holiest month.
Fort Jefferson is a former U.S. military coastal fortress in the Dry Tortugas National Park of Florida. It is the largest brick masonry structure in the Americas, [2] [3] covering 16 acres (6.5 ha) and made with over 16 million bricks. [4]
The ferry departs daily at 10am and 11am for a 4 hour trip; 3 hours on the island and 30 minutes travel each way. On Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday there is also a 2pm ferry. Ferry tickets are $45.00 for adults 12 and up, $25.00 for youth ages 3–11, and free for those under age 3.
Loggerhead Key is an uninhabited tropical island within the Dry Tortugas group of islands in the Gulf of Mexico. [3] At approximately 49 acres (19.8 hectares) in size, it is the largest island of the Dry Tortugas. [3] [4] [5] Despite being uninhabited, the island receives visitors, such as day visitors and campers. [3]
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