A boardwalk leads into Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, which occupies around 13,000 acres in the western Everglades. - Peter W. Cross for VISIT FLORIDA
If you don’t see an alligator during an Everglades visit, especially when traveling through Big Cypress National Preserve, you’re doing something wrong. - Peter W. Cross for VISIT FLORIDA
Fakahatchee Strand is a wild and beautiful 7,000-acre preserve in the western Everglades. - Peter W. Cross for VISIT FLORIDA
Take the tram on the 15-mile Shark Valley loop in the Everglades if you want to get close, but not too close, to a lot of alligators. - James Branaman for VISIT FLORIDA
The Smallwood Store was a frontier outpost for Gladesmen, Seminole Indians and other Everglades denizens. - Peter W. Cross for VISIT FLORIDA
The Smallwood Store was a frontier outpost for Gladesmen, Seminole Indians and other Everglades denizens. - Peter W. Cross for VISIT FLORIDA
The rising sun outlines campers on the Pearl Bay Chickee and illuminates the beauty of Hell’s Bay. - James Branaman for VISIT FLORIDA
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