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Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park: Traveler Reviews

Southard St on Truman Annex, Key West, FL 33041
305-292-6713
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Ranked #20 of 83 attractions in Key West
Type: Beaches, Historic Sites, State Parks
Activities: Fishing, Watching sunrise/sunset
Traveler Description: Fort Zachary Taylor Beach is the best beach in Key West. (If you are looking for prestine, white sand, you don't want Key West...)  The beach is... more »
Useful Information: Activities for older children, Activities for young children
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Coventry, Connecticut
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63 reviews 63 reviews
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27 helpful votes 27 helpful votes
“Good fort, great walk”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed February 14, 2013

Love to walk around this park and enjoy the cruise ships channel plus the natural rock formations. Park is clean and well laid out. Lots of good historic stuff plus they host the annual outdoor sculpture exhibit. Super nice beach as well!

Visited February 2013
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Frederick, Maryland
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12 reviews 12 reviews
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5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
“WOW, wish we'd discovered this two trips ago!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 13, 2013

Kind of a long walk, next time we'll take a pedicab but it's a lovely spot. Two chairs and an umbrella for 30 bucks. Awesome way to spend the afternoon!

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new york, new york
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36 reviews 36 reviews
5 attraction reviews
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13 helpful votes 13 helpful votes
“Nice place to relax”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed February 13, 2013

We stopped by the beach one afternoon. It was a great beach to just sit and relax. There are benches and barbecues and a food stand (not great but it's something). The view is what made me happy. Beach itself was rocky, but I was warned about that before hand.

Visited February 2013
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Lockport, IL
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28 helpful votes 28 helpful votes
“only OK”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed February 12, 2013

we were told by locals this was the best beach and very quiet.....yes it was pretty quiet but thats about all I liked about it. First, its kinda had a weird entrance, the beach was very rocky--had to leave your shoes on all the time, hard to find a place to put your towel and lay out with so many rocks...very uncomfortable, the water was pretty but it seems liked after a few feet it dropped off.....we did not go to the fort so I cannot comment on that, they do have a little smack bar there so that was good...it cost $2.50 to get in..not bad...I would not go back!

Visited February 2013
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Kansas City, Missouri
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“Amazing beach!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 12, 2013

Third trip to Key West and first time I heard about this beach! Well worth the admission into the park for the scenery, soft sand, umbrellas and milepost markers!

Visited January 2013
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