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Fakahatchee ferns

Everglades

Anhinga Trail

Great egret flying over a lily-dotted swamp

Everglades National Park  |  Royal Palm Hammock
( 25.381913, -80.609572 )      0.8 miles

For most visitors, the Anhinga Trail is their first glimpse into Everglades National Park. It’s short, and the alligators are right there: hard to miss

Bayshore Loop

Bayshore Loop

Everglades National Park  |  Flamingo
( 25.136218, -80.948397 )      1.3 miles

Providing a walk through the mangrove-lined edge of Florida Bay and the unique coastal prairie habitat within a short loop, the Bayshore Loop takes you what’s left of the fishing village of Flamingo.

Bear Lake Trail

Bear Lake Trail

Everglades National Park  |  Flamingo
( 25.173847, -80.922019 )      3.5 miles

Paralleling the former Homestead Canal, the Bear Lake Trail takes you on a journey through tropical hammock and mangrove forests along a road scooped from the canal diggings.

Biking the Southern Glades Trail

Cyclists standing next to mountain bikes in dirt parking area

October 10, 2020    John Keatley

Taking a ride through the Everglades on one of Miami-Dade’s most remote offroad bike trails made for “Bill and John’s Most Excellent Adventure.”

Bobcat Boardwalk

Bobcat Boardwalk

Everglades National Park  |  Shark Valley
( 25.755800, -80.766400 )      0.3 miles

The 0.3-mile Bobcat Boardwalk at Shark Valley is a popular destination in winter and spring to see migratory and nesting birds.

Chapel Trail Park Nature Preserve

Chapel Trail Nature Preserve

Davie      ( 26.029029, -80.412720 )      0.8 miles

Preserving 450 acres on the edge of Pembroke Pines, Chapel Trail Nature Preserve makes an excellent birding destination as well as an easy-to-reach sampler of Everglades flora and fauna

Christian Point Trail

Christian Point Trail

Everglades National Park  |  Flamingo
( 25.151817, -80.918367 )      4.2 miles

The Christian Point Trail is one of the more challenging trails in Everglades National Park, leading you deep into the mangrove forest along Florida Bay.

Coastal Prairie Trail

Coastal Prairie Trail

Everglades National Park  |  Flamingo
( 25.136883, -80.948650 )      11.2 miles

Ready for a wilderness challenge? On the Coastal Prairie Trail, battle mosquitoes, unrelenting sun, and deep and sticky marl mud to camp at remote Clubhouse Beach.

Coral Springs

Ferns in Parkland

From green beans to grassy lawns: Coral Springs is a planned community created northwest of Fort Lauderdale in 1963 in pine flatwoods and farmland in the Everglades

Eco Pond

Eco Pond

Everglades National Park  |  Flamingo
( 25.139185,-80.93742 )      0.5 miles

One of the best destinations for birding in Everglades National Park, Eco Pond sits near the end of the Main Park Road in Flamingo, with a 1/2 mile trail around it.

Grassy Waters Preserve

Grassy Waters Preserve

West Palm Beach      ( 26.808785, -80.169667 )      1.1 miles

Protecting a sheet flow of rainfall moving steadily southward and parallel to the Atlantic Ocean, Grassy Waters Preserve bears a striking resemblance to the Everglades – because it is.

Gumbo Limbo Trail

Gumbo Limbo Trail Everglades National Park

Everglades National Park  |  Royal Palm Hammock
( 25.381913, -80.609572 )      0.4 miles

At Royal Palm Hammock in Everglades National Park, the Gumbo Limbo Trail is a gentle paved path that gets you up close and personal with a tropical hammock and its oolite holes.

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