Recreation Centers & Community Sports Facilities · Homestead
Everglades National Park
- Parking available
- Wheelchair accessible parking
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
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- Location
- Homestead
- Languages
- English
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Overview
Everglades National Park was established in 1947 as the first national park created for its biodiversity. Managed by the National Park Service, it protects 1.5 million acres of wetland, forest, and marine habitats, along with the native plants and animals that live there. The park spans three South Florida counties: Monroe, Miami-Dade, and Collier. With several international designations, it provides a major source of drinking water for South Florida residents and recreational opportunities for all.
Park Entrances
The park has three separate entrances that do not connect with each other inside the park. The main entrance on State Road 9336 in Homestead leads to the Royal Palm and Flamingo areas. The Shark Valley entrance is on U.S. 41, the Tamiami Trail, in Miami, and the water-based Gulf Coast entrance is in Everglades City. Boaters and paddlers can also enter the park through its coastal boundaries and waterways.
Visitor Centers
The park operates the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center at the main entrance near Homestead, the Royal Palm Visitor Center, the Guy Bradley Visitor Center in Flamingo, the Shark Valley Visitor Center, and a temporary Gulf Coast Visitor Center.
Landscapes and Wildlife
Visitors can see alligators, crocodiles, wading birds, turtles, and fish, as well as landscapes ranging from sawgrass marshes to the mangroves of Florida Bay. Nine Mile Pond, along the Main Park Road, marks the meeting point of marsh and mangrove environments and the dividing line between freshwater and saltwater.
Accessibility
All five visitor centers are wheelchair accessible and have van-accessible parking. Several short trails with paved or boardwalk surfaces are wheelchair accessible, including the Anhinga, Gumbo Limbo, Pineland, Mahogany Hammock, West Lake, and Bobcat Boardwalk trails and the Pa-hay-okee Overlook. Both frontcountry campgrounds offer accessible campsites and restrooms, and the Pearl Bay Chickee is the park's one backcountry campsite accessible to visitors with mobility impairments.
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Photo: Public domain - Everglades National Park, public domain
Photo: Public domain - Everglades National Park, public domainProducts & services
Park Entrance
7-day entrance passes: $35 per private vehicle or vessel, $30 per motorcycle, and $20 per person entering on foot, by bicycle, or by paddle craft. An annual park pass is $70. Non-U.S. residents pay an additional $100 per person. Payment is by credit or debit card only.
Ranger Programs
Ranger-led guided trail walks and amphitheater programs, offered mostly during the winter season, with limited programs in summer.
Ranger-Guided Field Trips
Curriculum-based day, overnight, and virtual programs for schools.
Guided Tours
Tours by park partners and concessioners, including boat tours from Flamingo and Gulf Coast, the Shark Valley tram tour, and three authorized airboat operators along the Tamiami Trail.
Camping
Long Pine Key and Flamingo frontcountry campgrounds, plus backcountry campsites in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness, which require a permit year-round.
Outdoor Activities
Biking, bird watching, boating, canoeing and kayaking, fishing with a Florida fishing license, geocaching, and hiking.
Visitor Centers
Five visitor centers offering park orientation and information; snacks and beverages are sold at the Ernest F. Coe and Royal Palm visitor center bookstores and the Flamingo marina store.
Accessibility Services
Wheelchair-accessible visitor centers and trails, wheelchairs on loan at four visitor centers, wheelchair-accessible tours, accessible campsites, assistive learning devices, and a TDD line for visitor information.
Location
40001 State Road 9336, Homestead, FL, 33034-6733
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