Best Hiking Trails in Everglades National Park

Overview

Everglades National Park protects the southern twenty percent of the original Everglades in Florida. The park is the largest tropical wilderness in the United States, and the largest wilderness of any kind east of the Mississippi River. An average of one million people visit the park each year. Everglades is the third-largest national park in the contiguous United States after Death Valley and Yellowstone.

Getting Started

Enter the park through the Gulf Coast Visitor Center near Everglades City or through the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center near Florida City. Directions are available here: https://www.nps.gov/ever/planyourvisit/directions.htm
The staff can provide you with a park map and help you find hikes, camping locations, and canoe trails.

When to Go

The park is open year round. Visitor center hours are listed on the website. The best time to visit is in the winter when the heat and mosquitos are not bad.

Permits

Entrance fees are posted on the National Park Service website - https://www.nps.gov/ever/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm.
Permits are required for some activities - https://www.nps.gov/ever/planyourvisit/permitsandreservations.htm