Spotlighting Alligators At Night, Homestead, Florida
Some activities defy rational justification. Going out into the Everglades, alone, at night, to spotlight alligators is one of them. Further more, this trip isn?t turning out to be as simple as planned. I?ve spotlighted plent... trails.com
Everglades National Park Area, Homestead, Florida
As intriguing as other regions of Florida are, with their springs, sinkholes, caverns, historical forts, tropical fish, and high sand dunes, the Everglades is the state at its most exotic. Many people think of the Everglades ... trails.com
Canoeing The Everglades, Homestead, Florida
The Wilderness Waterway skirts the western edge of the 1.4-million-acre Everglades National Park. We launched outside the park at Turner River so we could explore a narrow, eight-mile stretch not open to larger boats. It?s ou... trails.com
Other Outings In The Everglades, Homestead, Florida
Everglades National Park is one of the nation?s largest national parks, second only to Yellowstone. Although the Wilderness Waterway is the most challenging of all the Everglades? outdoor activities, you?ll find plenty of oth... trails.com
Long Pine Key Nature Trail (Gate 4 To Gate 8) And Mosier...
Long Pine Key is the principal upland area of Everglades National Park and encompasses about 20,000 acres of pine rockland habitat interspersed with more than 120 tropical hardwood hammocks. Long Pine Key is periodically bise... trails.com
Miami-dade County Parks And Preserves: Castellow Hammock Park...
If you are an urban explorer, there are some fine parks and preserves worth visiting in the Metropolitan Miami area. The Miami-Dade Parks Department manages more than 10,000 acres of natural areas, which contain remnants of h... trails.com
Everglades National Park, Shark Valley: Shark Valley Trail,...
If you are a bird-watcher, you will want to hike or bike slowly, with frequent stops, to take in the variety of birds that can be seen here. Typical birds to look for include common moorhens, egrets, herons, anhingas, red-win... trails.com
Royal Palm Hammock: Ahinga Trail, Gumbo Limbo Trail, Old...
This area gets its name from the royal palm (Roystonea regia), a tall majestic palm that is native to Florida. Early explorers and botanists used these towering royal palms as landmarks to find Royal Palm Hammock long before ... trails.com
Along The Park Road - Everglades National Park, Miami, Florida
Includes: Anhinga and Gumbo Limbo Trails, Pinelands Trail, Pa-Hay-Okee Overlook Trail, Mahogany Hammock Trail, West Lake Trail, Long Pine Key. It?s possible to walk the 45-mile length from the visitor center at the main park ... trails.com
Gumbo-limbo Trail
General Description This self-guiding, paved trail meanders through a shaded, jungle-like hammock of gumbo-limbo trees (Bursera simaruba), royal palms (Roystonea elata), ferns, and air plants. Also, you see native orchids ... wildernet.com
Pineland Trail
General Description The Pineland Trail is located about seven miles from the main park entrance. It offers examples of a lush Caribbean pine forest, native to the Everglades. The pines are abundant on the keys, which are c... wildernet.com
Royal Palm Hike: Anhinga Trail, Florida City, Florida
Although less than a mile, the Anhinga Trail is probably the park?s singular most popular walk. It starts as a paved trail that?s actually part of the old highway built in 1916 from Homestead to Flamingo. The narrow ribbon of... trails.com
Pinelands Short Loop, Florida City, Florida
This 0.4-mile trail loops through a forest of slash pines (also called Caribbean or Dade County pine), the only pine species found in the Glades. They grow in a karst landscape known as a rocklands environment. Soft Miami lim... trails.com
Rock Reef Pass, Dwarf Cypress Forest, Pa-hay-okee Overlook...
Tourists from mountainous regions always get a laugh when they see the signs that read ROCK REEF PASS?ELEVATION 3 FEET and DWARF CYPRESS FOREST - ELEVATION 4 FEET. There are no trails at Rock Reef Pass except for a short, ele... trails.com
Florida Atlantic Beaches: Miami Area Beaches, Miami, Florida
Through the exclusive shops of Bal Harbor, well known as the favorite shopping district of the hoi polloi, and the condos of Surfside, public beaches are hard to find on A1A. But then, just when you might begin to despair, a ... trails.com
Miami Area, Miami, Florida
Miami is an international city. It?s not only the business capital of the Caribbean Islands, but also a playground for wealthy European, Central American, and South American travelers. Miami attracts more foreign visitors tha... trails.com
South Beach: An Art Deco Getaway, Miami, Florida
Even if you live or are vacationing nearby, South Beach is still a neon-hot destination for a quick escape. With the nation?s largest Art Deco historic district, the trendiest of accommodations options, creative chefs in vari... trails.com
Getting Wrecked In Miami, Miami, Florida
At first, the outline of the big ship is hazy and indistinct. As we swim closer, it slowly becomes a massive, shadowy apparition. This tanker rests in ninety feet of water, so it is shrouded in perpetual twilight even on the ... trails.com