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Trumbo Point

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Today, Trumbo Point is primarily used for military housing and is the site of the former Bachelor Officers Quarters (BOQ), now known as Navy Gateway Inns & Suites. NGIS is the tallest building on the island of Key West, a three-wing highrise. Trumbo Point also contains a restaurant, bar &
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The U.S. Navy acquired Trumbo Point from the Florida East Coast Railway in 1917. The base was originally a Navy seaplane base and was later used by helicopters. The taxi ramps can still be seen descending into the water on the north side of the large, pink concrete pad where hangars were once
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Trumbo Point was a man-made addition to the island of Key West. It was built around 1912 to accommodate a shipping port for the
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The base can be entered through Trumbo Gate off the intersection of Palm Avenue and Peary Court Road in the civilian sector.
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lounge, vacation rental villas for active and retired military personnel, a pool and water park.
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Trumbo Point is inaccessible to non-DoD affiliated or non-USCG affiliated civilians without
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as seen from the north. The Bachelor Officers Quarters can be seen on the left.
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Key West Heritage House Museum and Robert Frost Cottage
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is a section of the northwest corner of the island of
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Key West, Florida
Florida Keys
Key West Naval Air Station
U.S. Navy
Florida East Coast Railway
Overseas Railroad
Fleming Key
"Flagler's Train Terminal"
NAS Key West: Base Guide & Directory
Archived
Wayback Machine
Aerial color image from Google Maps
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Key West
Fleming Key
Sigsbee Park
Stock Island
Sunset Key
Trumbo Point
Neighborhoods
Key West Historic District
Truman Annex
Monroe County School District
Key West HS
The College of the Florida Keys
Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea
The Armory

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