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Activities: Hiking

Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: Round Trip: 0.5 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Trail Surface: Boardwalk
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy

Description: Located near the Shark Valley Visitor Center, the Bobcat Boardwalk Trail provides scenic views of the typical Everglade sawgrass sloughs and tropical hardwoods. This particular area is lush with Everglade plant life as depicted on the interpretive signs. The trail is actually a boardwalk over a marsh. By arriving early in the morning, you’ll have a better chance at seeing wildlife along this busy well-worn walkway. The Bobcat Boardwalk Trail is a good complement to the loop road leading to the wildlife observation tower that provides a panoramic view into the sawgrass prairie.

Activities: Hiking

Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: Round Trip: 0.5 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 7 feet
Elevation Change: 7 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy

Description: The Pineland Trail is a short half mile one-way hike, located about seven miles from the main park entrance. The trail offers examples of lush Caribbean pine, which is native to the Everglades. The pines are abundant on the limestone keys. Along this trail, you’ll also see saw palmettos and wildflowers. This trail has one of the highest elevations within the national park, about seven feet above sea level. Eventually, the pines in this area will become a part of the hammock. This trail is handicapped accessible; though narrow and uneven in places where roots have pushed the pavement up.

Activities: Hiking

Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: Round Trip: 0.3 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy

Description: Located half mile down the popular tram road from the Shark Valley Visitor Center, the Otter Cave Trail carries you into a Caribbean hardwood hammock with sights of gumbo-limbo and stranger fig. The Otter Cave Trail is a short Hiking path offering glimpses of wildlife which are more prevalent early in the morning before the bulk of the visitors enter the region. The name Otter Cave is a little misleading since there is not a cave along this trail but you may see otters. Markings along this rough limestone trail are poor so watch your direction. This trail tends to be flooded during summer. This trail is a good complement to the loop road leading to the wildlife observation tower.

Activities: Hiking

Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: One-Way: 1.6 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy

Description: The Bear Lake Trail is 1.6 miles one-way. The trail is located off Bear Lake Road approximately two miles north of Flamingo. This hike is a short trek through a dense hardwood hammock mixed with mangroves. There are more than 30 different types of trees in this area. Because of this, this is an excellent place to observe woodland birds. The trail ends at Bear Lake. To return, trace your steps back to the parking lot. The trail does not circle the lake.

Activities: Hiking

Info:
State: Florida
Location: Everglades National Park
Length: Round Trip: 0.5 miles
Trail type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 0 feet
Maximum Elevation: 5 feet
Elevation Change: 5 feet
Best Season: Spring, Fall, Winter
Difficulty: Easy
Usage: Heavy

Description: The Anhinga Trail is a self-guided trail that winds through a sawgrass marsh. This trail is one of the most popular in the park and is named for the ever-present distinctive bird, the anhinga. Wildlife sights extend beyond the anhinga. You’ll also see alligators, turtles, herons, egrets and many other birds, especially during the winter. The anhingas are easy to spot. They are an upright-perching water bird approximately 3 feet long. They are black and their long slender necks extend above the freshwater surface. It is easy to understand why the bird has the nickname, “snakebird.” They are fascinating to watch feed, with their long dagger-shaped, serrated bill catching fish then flipping it into the air and gulping it down. Look for these birds congregating in thick vegetation.