Flamingo Marina is the only place inside ENP to buy soft drinks and snacks once you leave Florida City. Fuel is available here for boats but not for cars, so depart with a full tank. The marina can accommodate more than 50 boats with a maximum draft of 4 feet. Electric and water hookups available. To explore the mangrove canals...

The Gulf Coast Visitor Center serves as the gateway for exploring the Ten Thousand Islands, the mangrove maze that extends from Lostman’s River to Cape Romano. The region is accessible only by boat. Located 5 miles south of Highway 41 (Tamiami Trail) on State Road 29 in Everglades City, the Gulf Coast Visitor Center includes educational displays, orientation films, brochures, and...

The most popular Shark Valley attraction is the 2-hour, open air motorized tram tour. The ride, with park trained naturalists, provides a comfortable view of the birds, gators, deer, turtles, and other animals that inhabit the Shark Valley prairie. The drive starts on the zig-zag East Road featuring 4 “borrow pits” (quarries) used to build this road section. The deep water...

U.S. 41, which crosses the Everglades to link Miami and Naples, is better known as the Tamiami Trail (pronounced “tammy-ammy”). The main access route from the Homestead section of ENP to the Shark Valley and Gulf Coast sections. The Tamiami Trail, considered of Florida’s most scenic drives, takes its name from the contraction of Tampa and Miami, which U.S. 41...

The Ten Thousand Islands region of Everglades National Park contains one of the largest stands of protected mangrove forest in the Western Hemisphere.This is area is part of a transition zone between the freshwater marsh areas of the mainland Everglades and the salt water region of the Gulf of Mexico. The maze of mangrove islands is an important nursery for...