Trumbo Point is a section of the northwest corner of the island of

Key West, Florida Key West ( es, Cayo Hueso) is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Sigsbee Park, Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Isla ...

in the lower

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. It is one of several bases comprising the

Key West Naval Air Station Naval Air Station Key West , is a naval air station and military airport located on Boca Chica Key, four miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Key West, Florida, United States., effective 2007-10-25 NAS Key West is an air ...

. Trumbo Point is inaccessible to civilians without

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clearance. 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

Florida East Coast Railway The Florida East Coast Railway is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida, currently owned by Grupo México. Built primarily in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century, the FEC was a pr ...

and was the terminus of the

Overseas Railroad The Overseas Railroad (also known as Florida Overseas Railroad, the Overseas Extension, and Flagler's Folly) was an extension of the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West, Florida, Key West, a city located beyond the end of the Florida peninsula ...

. Construction was done by the Trumbo American Dredging Company, with Howard Trumbo serving as the main engineer of the project. 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 located. 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 & lounge, vacation rental villas for active and retired military personnel, a pool and water park.NAS Key West: Base Guide & Directory
The base can be entered through Trumbo Gate off the intersection of Palm Avenue and Peary Court Road in the civilian sector. The northernmost portion of

Fleming Key Fleming Key is an island off the northwest corner of the island of Key West, Florida in the lower Florida Keys. It is roughly long by wide. It is connected to the island of Key West by the Fleming Key Bridge (Mustin Road), having of clearanc ...

(accessible only from Trumbo) is home to the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare School's Underwater Warfare Center, the US Army Special Operations Scuba School.

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{{coord, 24.563542, -81.792794, display=title Neighborhoods in Key West, Florida