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Activities: Hiking
Info: State: Florida Location:...
Activities: Hiking
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: One-Way: 2.6 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Moderate
Usage: Moderate
Description: The Rowdy Bend Trail is a 2.6-mile one-way Hiking and biking trail. The trail is located less than three miles north of Flamingo along Main Park Road. The Rowdy Bend Trail is an old roadbed through a thick buttonwood forest. The well traveled dirt road only extends several hundred feet before the Rowdy Bend Trail splits off to the right. The Rowdy Bend Trail ends at the Snake Bight Trail. You can take the Snake Bight Trail back to Main Park Road, returning a little north of Rowdy Bend Trailhead, or down to Florida Bay. It offers sights of open coastal salt prairie rich in bird and animal life.
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Activities: Hiking
Info: State: Florida Location:...
Activities: Hiking
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: One-Way: 1.6 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy
Description: The Snake Bight Trail heads south from the trailhead for 1.6 miles reaching the shore of Florida Bay. It is an easy walk through a tropical hardwood hammock. This is a good hike for bird watching, especially on the boardwalk at the end of the trail. Bicycles are permitted all the way to the boardwalk. About half way down the trail, you’ll see where Rowdy Bend Trail enters on the right. The Rowdy Bend Trail is a 2.6-mile route along an old roadbed through a thick buttonwood forest. It leads back to Main Park Road. This is a challenging bike loop by traveling Main Park Road back to Snake Bight Trail parking area.
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Activities: Hiking, Fishing
Info: State: Florida ...
Activities: Hiking, Fishing
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: Round Trip: 0.5 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Trail Surface: Boardwalk
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy
Description: Located several miles north of Flamingo along Main Park Road, the West Lake Trail is a self-guided boardwalk trail wandering through a forest of white mangrove, black and red mangrove and buttonwood trees to the shore of West Lake. These mangroves here and throughout southern Florida act as hurricane barriers and protect inland areas from the brunt of storms. The mangroves also serve as a nursery for marine life including shrimp, crabs, lobsters, oysters and fish. The groping roots provide abundant protection from hungry creatures including raccoons, opossums and birds. Alligators are abundant. This trail is handicapped accessible.
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Activities: Hiking
Info: State: Florida Location:...
Activities: Hiking
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: Round Trip: 0.5 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy
Description: The Anhinga Trail is a self-guided trail that winds through a sawgrass marsh. This trail is one of the most popular in the park and is named for the ever-present distinctive bird, the anhinga. Wildlife sights extend beyond the anhinga. You’ll also see alligators, turtles, herons, egrets and many other birds, especially during the winter. The anhingas are easy to spot. They are an upright-perching water bird approximately 3 feet long. They are black and their long slender necks extend above the freshwater surface. It is easy to understand why the bird has the nickname, “snakebird.” They are fascinating to watch feed, with their long dagger-shaped, serrated bill catching fish then flipping it into the air and gulping it down. Look for these birds congregating in thick vegetation.
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Activities: Hiking
Info: State: Florida Location:...
Activities: Hiking
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: Round Trip: 2 miles
Trail type: Loop
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy
Description: The Bayshore Loop meanders along the shore of Florida Bay. From this trail, you can see remnants of a former outpost fishing village. Begin this hike at the Coastal Prairie Trailhead at the back of loop “C” in the Flamingo Campground. Veer left at the trail junction to access the bay. Many types of wading birds can be spotted fishing near the water’s edge.
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Activities: Hiking
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Activities: Hiking
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: One-Way: 1.6 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy
Description: The Bear Lake Trail is 1.6 miles one-way. The trail is located off Bear Lake Road approximately two miles north of Flamingo. This hike is a short trek through a dense hardwood hammock mixed with mangroves. There are more than 30 different types of trees in this area. Because of this, this is an excellent place to observe woodland birds. The trail ends at Bear Lake. To return, trace your steps back to the parking lot. The trail does not circle the lake.
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Activities: Hiking
Info: State: Florida Location:...
Activities: Hiking
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: Round Trip: 0.5 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Trail Surface: Boardwalk
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy
Description: Located near the Shark Valley Visitor Center, the Bobcat Boardwalk Trail provides scenic views of the typical Everglade sawgrass sloughs and tropical hardwoods. This particular area is lush with Everglade plant life as depicted on the interpretive signs. The trail is actually a boardwalk over a marsh. By arriving early in the morning, you’ll have a better chance at seeing wildlife along this busy well-worn walkway. The Bobcat Boardwalk Trail is a good complement to the loop road leading to the wildlife observation tower that provides a panoramic view into the sawgrass prairie.
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Activities: Hiking
Info: State: Florida Location:...
Activities: Hiking
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: One-Way: 1.8 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy
Description: The Christian Point Trail traverses open prairies, mangrove swamps and coastal flats giving a varied view of the many types of terrain in this section of the park. The trail travels one way for 1.8 miles to the shores of Snake Bight. The trail stops at the shore and mangroves surrounded the ending point so you cannot walk along the shore. This trail is located about one mile north of the busy burg of Flamingo. This rustic path begins in dense buttonwoods full of air plants. The beautiful environment is populated with a variety of raptors.
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Activities: Hiking
Info: State: Florida Location:...
Activities: Hiking
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: Round Trip: 7.5 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Moderate
Usage: Moderate
Description: The Coastal Prairie Trail is a little less traveled than the other trails in this area due to its location and Length. The trail begins at the rear of Flamingo Campground Loop C. From here it leads into a beautiful mangrove forest of buttonwoods. This wide route was once an old road servicing commercial fishermen and farmers. Hiking along the coast provides beautiful, expansive views of clear waters and open sky. Hiking several miles “in” affords better opportunities to see the park’s wildlife than some of the shorter trails found in Flamingo. Although fast hikers can make the 15-mile round trip in one day, that doesn’t allow time to watch the sun set across the water, or listen to the waves gently lapping at the beach, or enjoy the breeze that sways the coconut palms (remains of a failed plantation). Primitive camping is permitted when first obtaining a permit. Permits are available at the visitor centers.
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Activities: Hiking
Info: State: Florida Location:...
Activities: Hiking
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: Round Trip: 0.5 miles
Trail type: Loop
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy
Description: The Eco Pond Trail is a very short 0.5 mile looping walk to a freshwater pond. The trail is located across from the Flamingo Visitor Center on Main Park Road. The Eco Pond is a great area to view to a wide variety of wading birds, songbirds and other wildlife. You can frequently see alligators cruising the pond. Eco Pond has a ramped viewing platform that is often used by bird watchers at sunrise and sunset. Those are among the best times to take the stroll along this path and enjoy the wildlife.
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Activities: Hiking
Info: State: Florida Location:...
Activities: Hiking
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: Round Trip: 0.5 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Trail Surface: Paved
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy
Description: The Gumbo-Limbo Trail is a self-guided, paved trail that meanders through a shaded, jungle-like hammock of gumbo-limbo trees, royal palms, ferns and air plants. You’ll also see native orchids and long trailing woody vines reminding you of a lush Caribbean environment. This beautiful hammock is rather dense at times, inviting all types of swarming insects. You should apply bug spray. An interesting note about this paved, wheelchair accessible route is that you’ll see remains of the destruction done by Hurricane Andrew. Be sure to look for the sideways surviving gumbo-limbo trees that have sent out new roots. These tropical trees tend to be highly resilient.
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Info: State: Florida Location:...
Activities: Hiking
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: One-Way: 1 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy
Description: The Guy Bradley Trail is a 1-mile trail that travels between the campground amphitheater and the Flamingo Visitor Center. You can ride your bike or amble along this path that follows the shore of the Florida Bay. In addition to the scenery, keep your eyes open for birds and butterflies, which frequent the area along the shore of Florida Bay.
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Activities: Hiking
Info: State: Florida Location:...
Activities: Hiking
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: One-Way: 7 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Moderate
Usage: Moderate
Description: There are more than 28 miles of connecting trails winding through the pine forest around Long Pine Key Campground. The first is the Long Pine Key Nature Trail is a continuous 7 mile trail that runs west from the campground to Pine Glades Lake along the main park road. It is open to hikers and bicyclists. The Old Ingraham Highway is also open to bicycles. It runs 11 miles south and west from near the Royal Palm Visitor Center and with two overnight campsites along the way. There have been reports of sightings of the endangered Florida pantherin this area.
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Info: State: Florida Location:...
Activities: Hiking
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: Round Trip: 0.5 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy
Description: The Mahogany Hammock Trail is a self-guided boardwalk trail meandering through a dense, jungle-like hardwood hammock. This trail is less than 0.5 miles round trip. The lush vegetation along this trail includes gumbo-limbo trees, air plants, moss, ferns, lichens and the largest living mahogany tree in the United States. Mahogany trees were once plentiful throughout this area but harvesting by early settlers has thinned their numbers. This trail is handicapped accessible.
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Activities: Mountain Biking, Road Cycling
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Activities: Mountain Biking, Road Cycling
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Apalachicola National Forest
Length: Round Trip: Mountain/Dune Trail:7.5 Miles Biking Portion: 4.5 Miles
Trail Surface: Paved
Best Season: All Seasons
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy
Description: Munson Hills offers two loops amidst sand dunes stemming from a shoreline that has long since vanished. Munson Hills are sand dunes associated with a shoreline located here a million years ago. The sandhills form a foundation for a towering longleaf pine forest intermixed with ponds and wetlands. Frequent burning of the longleaf pine-wiregrass community creates this unique ecosystem. Before roads became part of the area, the fires naturally spread after summer lightning storms. Plants and animals, such as wiregrass and gopher tortoises, have adapted and evolved with fire. Wiregrass is so closely tied to the natural fire cycle that it will only produce seed after a late spring or summer fire. For a spectacular display of new plant growth and flowers, visit a longleaf wiregrass area a few months after a fire. Keep an eye out for the purple blazing star, yellow colic root or perhaps a rare orchid. Most ponds are dry at some time during the year so they do not support fish, but you can find many salamanders, frogs and snakes! Watch for deer and fox squirrels throughout the forest. Notice the many gopher tortoise burrows in the sand near the bike trail. These tortoises are protected by the State because their burrows provide homes to as many as 40 other animals, including the endangered eastern indigo snake. The endangered red-cockaded woodpecker may be seen foraging on the pine trees above the trail.
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Activities: Hiking
Info: State: Florida Location:...
Activities: Hiking
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: One-Way: 11 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Moderate
Usage: Moderate
Description: There are more than 28 miles of connecting trails winding through the pine forest around Long Pine Key Campground. The first is the Long Pine Key Nature Trail is a continuous 7 mile trail that runs west from the campground to Pine Glades Lake along the main park road. It is open to hikers and bicyclists. The Old Ingraham Highway is also open to bicycles. It runs 11 miles south and west from near the Royal Palm Visitor Center and with two overnight campsites along the way. There have been reports of sightings of the endangered Florida panther in this area.
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Activities: Hiking
Info: State: Florida Location:...
Activities: Hiking
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: Round Trip: 0.3 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy
Description: Located half mile down the popular tram road from the Shark Valley Visitor Center, the Otter Cave Trail carries you into a Caribbean hardwood hammock with sights of gumbo-limbo and stranger fig. The Otter Cave Trail is a short Hiking path offering glimpses of wildlife which are more prevalent early in the morning before the bulk of the visitors enter the region. The name Otter Cave is a little misleading since there is not a cave along this trail but you may see otters. Markings along this rough limestone trail are poor so watch your direction. This trail tends to be flooded during summer. This trail is a good complement to the loop road leading to the wildlife observation tower.
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Activities: Hiking
Info: State: Florida Location:...
Activities: Hiking
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: Round Trip: 0.3 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Trail Surface: Paved
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy
Description: The Pahayokee Overlook Trail is located twelve miles from the main entrance along Main Park Road. This is a very short, paved trail above a wetland leading to an excellent wildlife viewing spot. The trail is and handicapped accessible. Sights of the expansive sawgrass prairie give way to alligators and abundant birdlife.
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Activities: Hiking
Info: State: Florida Location:...
Activities: Hiking
Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: Round Trip: 0.5 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 7 feet
Elevation Change: 7 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy
Description: The Pineland Trail is a short half mile one-way hike, located about seven miles from the main park entrance. The trail offers examples of lush Caribbean pine, which is native to the Everglades. The pines are abundant on the limestone keys. Along this trail, you’ll also see saw palmettos and wildflowers. This trail has one of the highest elevations within the national park, about seven feet above sea level. Eventually, the pines in this area will become a part of the hammock. This trail is handicapped accessible; though narrow and uneven in places where roots have pushed the pavement up.