Fort Zachary Taylor State Park is one of the state parks located at Key West. It is located at Southwest corner of Key West island. Within the state park, there is a historic fort that has been there for hundreds of years. On the South side of the park, there is a beautiful beach with crystal clear ocean water. It is also not far from Key West Mallory square and only takes about 25 minutes to walk to here. Thus many people drop by to see the fort when visiting Key West.
We walked to Fort Zachary Taylor State Park from Mallory Square early in the morning around 9AM. It was already very hot this morning with high humidity in the air, thus walking to the park was already making us to sweat. While we were walking to the park, we came across this public water park. It was quite interesting and we figure that kids will love to play there.
The entrance fee to Fort Zachary Taylor State Park was $2.50 per person. It was not that expensive. We first visited the fort on the right hand side of the state park. It was very quiet in the morning and we were the only people in the fort. There were stairs the went all the way to the rooftop where we can see the ocean on the far side. The old cannons were still there as well. The fort however, was smaller than what we expected. We only spent around 15 minutes there and headed to the beach.
As we got to the beach, we saw several people taking yoga lesson there under the tree. It was quite a scenery with beautiful beach and nice breeze. The sand on the beach was white sand and the water was crystal clear. The only down side is that it was not soft sand on the ocean bed and thus it was painful walking in the water.
There were also few hiking trails within the state park, but we were so exhausted from the humidity and decided not to do it.
Overall, Fort Zachary Taylor State Park was an interesting place to visit, but it was definitely not a must visit attraction at Key West.
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