Dade County Parks and Rec Areas Travel Information (Homestead, FL)

Beyond the River of Grass to Mangrove Coast: Everglades National Park East Entrance to Flamingo An 80-mile, paved, round-trip meander within famed Everglades National Park. The drive winds south past pinewoods, sawgrass prairie, and tropical hardwood hammocks, into mangrove swamp and coastal pra... Florida City, FL

Canoeing the Everglades 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... Homestead, FL

Everglades National Park - Adventures Everglades National Park is all about wildlife and unique natural beauty in one of the few relatively unspoiled places left in Florida. Even if you are not a birder, it is hard not to be impressed and... Florida City, FL

Everglades National Park - Overview Everglades National Park is all about wildlife and unique natural beauty in one of the few relatively unspoiled places left in Florida. Even if you are not a birder, it is hard not to be impressed and... Florida City, FL

Everglades National Park - Sightseeing Everglades National Park is all about wildlife and unique natural beauty in one of the few relatively unspoiled places left in Florida. Even if you are not a birder, it is hard not to be impressed and... Florida City, FL

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Everglades National Park Area (Distance: 0.8 mi) 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...

Homestead, FL - Family Trips - length:unknown

Royal Palm Hammock: Ahinga Trail, Gumbo Limbo Trail, Old Ingraham Trail, and Research Road - Hole-in-the-Donut (Distance: 10.5 mi) 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 ...

Homestead, FL - Hiking - length:23.5 mi

Along the Park Road - Everglades National Park (Distance: 10.8 mi) 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...

Miami, FL - Hiking - length:unknown

Royal Palm Hike: Anhinga Trail (Distance: 10.8 mi) 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 Flami...

Florida City, FL - Hiking - length:0.8 mi

Royal Palm Hike: Gumbo Limbo Trail (Distance: 10.8 mi) A much shorter walk, this totally land-based loop winds through a dense moist forest that is truly jungle-like. The trail is named for the tropical gumbo limbo tree that grows only in South Florida, C...

Florida City, FL - Hiking - length:0.5 mi

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Keys Gate Keys Gate Golf Club Public, 18 holes 6505 yards, par 72 3.1 miles from center of Dade County Parks and Rec Areas

Redland Redland Golf & Country Club Public, 18 holes 6631 yards, par 72 4.7 miles from center of Dade County Parks and Rec Areas

Palmetto Palmetto Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 6713 yards, par 70 13.4 miles from center of Dade County Parks and Rec Areas

Briar Bay Briar Bay Golf Course Municipal, 9 holes 3966 yards, par 31 14.2 miles from center of Dade County Parks and Rec Areas

Calusa Calusa Country Club Public, 18 holes 7203 yards, par 72 15.0 miles from center of Dade County Parks and Rec Areas

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