Everglades National Park
Florida
Tonight
🌗 46% moon
8 h fully dark
Hikes
Easy
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Crowds
moderate
Open today
Open
Entrance
$35
Current Alerts and Conditions Including Smoke Impact Updates
Be sure to review the Alerts and Conditions page before and during your visit for additional, up-to-date information on closures, cautions, and other current park conditions.
Official NPS alert →Smoke Impacts
Smoke from wildfires in the area may impact visibility along U.S. Highway 41 and Krome Avenue. Drivers should use caution and be prepared for changing conditions.
For entrance fees, we accept digital passes and credit/debit cards
Digital passes or credit/debit cards are the ONLY method of payment at all fee collection areas. Pre-paid digital passes are available online and may be purchased in advance.
Official NPS alert →Roadwork may cause delays on US 41/Tamiami Trail
Current roadwork is ongoing along the park's northern boundary on US Highway 41/Tamiami Trail to raise the road for Everglades Restoration benefits. Drivers may experience up to 15-minute delays and should watch for personnel, equipment and slow downs.
Established in 1947 as the first national park created for its biodiversity, Everglades National Park protects 1.5 million acres of wetland, forest, and marine habitats and the native plants and animals that call it home. With several international designations, the park provides a major source of drinking water for local residents of South Florida and recreational opportunities for all.
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Entrance fees
$35.00 — Entrance - Private Vehicle
$30.00 — Entrance - Motorcycle
$20.00 — Entrance - Per Person
$0.00 — Entrance - Education/Academic Groups
$300.00 — Commercial Entrance - Motor Coach
$200.00 — Commercial Entrance - Mini-bus
$125.00 — Commercial Entrance - Van
$100.00 — Nonresident
Hours & seasons
Everglades National Park is open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Park entrance is always open but staffed from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Generally open:
winterspringsummerfallHours are reported by the park — verify before you go.
📞 3052427700
✉ ever_information@nps.govConditions
Quietest months (fewer crowds): Sep, Oct
Typical crowds: moderate
Weather now: ⛅ Partly cloudy, 91°F
☁️ 93°/78°
🌦️ 87°/74°
🌦️ 94°/76°
Typical monthly recreation visits · NPS avg 2023–2025 — orange months are the quietest by crowds.
Quietest months
Relative crowds by month — lighter is quieter; ringed months are the calmest by crowds.
Jan
84%
Feb
90%
Mar
100%
Apr
73%
May
53%
Jun
55%
Jul
66%
Aug
55%
Sep
39%
Oct
32%
Nov
60%
Dec
77%
Log a sky reading
Measured the sky with an SQM meter or app? Add your reading (16 = city glow … 22 = pristine). Opt in under “Travelers like you” to share it on the community leaderboard.
Things to do
Ten Thousand Islands Boat Tour
Fishing in the Everglades · 3 mi
Shark Valley Tram Tour · 25 mi · Tours are approximately 2 hours
Biking at Shark Valley · 15 mi · Bikers should allow for at least 2-3 hours to bike the entire 15 mile (24 km) loop. Wildlife viewing and a stop at the Shark Valley observation tower can add additional time to any biker's trip.
Birding at Flamingo · Depending on whether you take advantage of the boat tour or rental services offered by the Flamingo Adventures concessionaire, your time birding could be anywhere from one to a few hours, and in some cases an entire afternoon or day. Camping opportunities can expand your birding by multiple days.
Birding Snake Bight Trail · 1-2 hours on land<br /> 3-4 hours on water<br /> <br /> <i></i>Exploring Snake Bight can be done as either a hike on land or a paddling trip on the water. Paddling trips can take multiple hours depending on tides. Check tide forecasts at Flamingo before launching; tides at Snake Bight are roughly two hours behind those at Flamingo.
🟢 Birding Along the Anhinga Trail · Depending on how much wildlife you see and how many stops you make, walking the Anhinga Trail can take between 45 minutes to two hours.
🟢 Flamingo Boat Tours · 38 mi · Boat tours are approximately 90 minutes
Campgrounds
Flamingo Campground ↗ · 274 sites · first-come · hookups · dump station
Long Pine Key Campground ↗ · 108 sites · first-come · dump station
Visitor centers
Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center
Guy Bradley Visitor Center (at Flamingo)
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Visitor Center (Gulf Coast)
Shark Valley Visitor Center
Accessibility
2 accessible campground(s)
86 audio-described place(s)
Reported by the park — verify before you go.
Parking
Shark Valley Parking Lot
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
By the numbers
A visual read on Everglades National Park — its character, trails, sky, and weather.
Park fingerprint
How this park scores across the dimensions travelers care about.
Trail difficulty
Difficulty mix across this park's trails.
3-day forecast
Daily high and low temperatures (°F).
People & stories
Figures tied to Everglades National Park — each spans a cross-park journey.
Charles Matthias Goethe
— Charles Goethe, C.m. Goethe, EugenicsPassport stamps
Mark the stamps you've collected — they show in your memory and along your routes.
🎫 Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center
🎫 Guy Bradley Visitor Center (at Flamingo)
🎫 Historic Nike Missile Site
🎫 Marjory Stoneman Douglas Visitor Center (Gulf Coast)
🎫 Shark Valley Visitor Center
Places to see
3-in-1 Trail
audioAlligator Creek Campsite
audio
Anhinga Trail
audio
Bayshore Loop Trail
audio
Bear Lake Trail
audio
Bobcat Boardwalk Trail
audio
Borrow Pit Trail
audio
Broad River Campsite
audio
Camp Lonesome
audio
Christian Point Hiking Trail
audioClubhouse Beach
audio
Coastal Prairie Trail
audioAudio & media
🎧 Audio recording of American alligator ↗transcript
🎧 D ↗transcript
🎧 Eastern Screech Owl ↗transcript
🎧 A ↗transcript
🎧 Birds ↗transcript
🎧 Alligator ↗transcript
🎧 Amphibian Chorus ↗transcript
🎧 Another Unknown Amphibian ↗transcript
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Learn more
Every year, the National Park Service benefits from the extraordinary contributions of dedicated volunteers. Meet the six recipients of the 2012 Hartzog Awards honoring that service.
Meet the recipients of the 2015 Freeman Tilden Awards, the highest National Park Service honor for interpretation, and learn more about their exciting programs.
Learn the invaluable contributions of the 2016 Hartzog winners, celebrating excellence in volunteerism.
Meet the national and regional winners of the 2017 Freeman Tilden Award; the National Park Service's highest award for excellence in interpretation.
Few employees have left as visible a mark on National Park Service (NPS) exhibits as John A. Segeren. His work has been enjoyed by generations of park visitors who never knew his name but appreciated his intricate wood carvings and playful animal figures displayed in parks throughout the system. A master woodcarver described by former President Lyndon B. Johnson as "a legacy to this country," Segeren carved out his own place in NPS history.
Ezra B. Thompson was a well-respected commercial photographer, lecturer, government employee, and contractor. He was also the first employee to make motion pictures for the US government. His films and other media were shown everywhere from international expositions to local libraries with equal amazement. For more than 40 years he used his cameras to capture the spectacular and the ordinary. How is it then that his negatives ended up in an estate sale in the 1970s?
Humor is a form of commentary that often reveals serious truths. Cartoonists combine artistic talents with razor-sharp wits to shine light on political and social issues. In most cases, those artists are external observers. In the National Park Service (NPS), employees in the 1960s to 1980s drew cartoons, published in official newsletters, that provide unique insights into NPS organizational culture, working conditions, and employees' concerns—many of which still exist today.
Historically jesters were associated with royal courts, not national parks. Yet for a brief period in the late 1950s the National Park Service (NPS) had its own ranger caricature to speak truth to power. Part mountain man stereotype and part voice for field staff, “One Lick R. Evergreen” wore an exaggerated ranger uniform, attended conferences, and submitted comments to NPS newsletters.
Ranger School
Park-grounded courses you can learn with the Ranger.
"Algae: It Feeds, Kills and Dies" Plant Activities: 4-6th Grade
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"Alligator Hole Eco-Drama" Wildlife: 4-6th Grade
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"Animal Olympics" Wildlife: 4-6th Grade
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"Break the Chain" Don't Let It Loose: 5-8th Grade
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"Build A Bird Nest" Wildlife: 4-6 Grade
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"Camouflage Critters" Wildlife: 4-6 Grade
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"Celebrity of the Slough" Plant Activities: 4-6 Grade
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"Chaos to Order" Everglades ABCs: 3rd Grade
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"Circle Round and Round" Everglades ABCs: Kindergarten
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"Create a Community" Environment: 4-6th Grade
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"Create a Food Chain" Wildlife: 4-6th Grade
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"Create a National Park" National Parks: 4-6 Grade
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