Everglades National Park was designated in 1947 and sits at ... from the highway and through sawgrass prairies and tight mangrove tunnels, and eventually ends near Chokoloskee.

The Everglades ecosystem once stretched across a mosaic of wetlands ... Just a one-hour drive south of Miami, it’s also the largest marine park in the National Park System and boasts the longest ...

Coastal parks and their marshy mangrove ecosystems throughout the state serve as the frontline defense ... Doing so will bring new, clean water to the area, once again reducing wildfire frequency and ...

We traveled the 90-mile or so road from Miami, along pine forests, cypress swamps, sawgrass marshes, and ponds to this final ...

The Florida Everglades, described by writer Marjory Stoneman Douglas as "a river of grass," are comprised of sawgrass marsh punctuated by cypress swamps and mangrove forests – an ecosystem ...

Canoe Trips are a National Park Bucket List experience in Everglades NP. Don't worry you don't have to paddle 99 miles to ...

Welcome to Everglades National Park, one of the nation's great ecological treasures. It has about 1.5 million acres and sits in three counties — Miami Dade, Monroe and Collier. This is where ...

Spanning 1.5 million acres of wetland across South Florida, Everglades National Park is a worthwhile daytrip for outdoor enthusiasts visiting Key Largo. There are multiple entrances into the park ...

Pennekamp, a former newspaper editor for the Miami Herald and noted Everglades ... in addition to mangroves and various types of birds. Visitors can enjoy the park in a number of ways.

South Florida's Everglades National Park is one of the largest national ... Bioluminescent algae come alive at night, mangroves make channels for canoe trips that feel like magic, and dirt roads ...