The Everglades National Park encompasses 1.5 million acres in southern Florida between the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. Visitors can enjoy outdoor activities like hiking, fishing, camping, and boating. The park features diverse ecosystems like cypress forests, prairies, and estuaries that are home to alligators and various plant and animal species. It was established as a national park in 1947 to protect the land after much of the Everglades was drained for agricultural use.
2. The Everglades is located in
the United States
The park encompasses 1.5
million acres in southern
Florida
The Atlantic Ocean and the
Gulf of Mexico are on either
side.
3. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO IN
THE EVERGLADES
FISHING
You can fish on the many
ponds and lakes in the
Everglades
HIKING
There are many short
hikes you can go on or
you can take a longer hike
with a guide
CAMPING
There are two drive up
campgrounds and a
number of backcountry
campsites in the park.
4. BOATING IN THE EVERGLADES
Florida Bay has over ½ million
acres of protected waterways
You can Kayak, Canoe, fish and
enjoy a boat ride.
You can rent a Airboat to explore
the inland marshes of the
Everglades
7. MICRO ECOSYSTEMS OF THE
EVERGLADES
• Cypress Forests
• Prairies
• Hardwood Hammocks
• Pinelands
• Estuaries
8. VISITOR DEMOGRAPHICS BY AGE TO THE
EVERGLADES
Age Group
11
25
35
49
15 and younger
16-48
46-70
70 and over
9. PERCENTAGE OF U.S VISITORS BY STATE
State
# of individuals
% of U.S. visitors
% of total visitors
Florida
472
34
30
N.Y.
95
7
6
Michigan
80
6
5
Illiniois
63
5
4
Minn
54
4
3
California
49
4
3
Pennsylvania
49
4
3
Ohio
46
3
3
Wisconsin
42
3
3
10. HISTORY OF THE EVERGLADES
The Everglades was established as a national park in 1947
before that, early settlers drained most of the flow from Lake
Ocheekobee for farmland.
The Seminole Indians once controlled most of the area surrounding
and including the Everglades.
11. WHY WOULD I WANT TO VISIT THE
EVERGLADES?
Hike through the Mangrove Swamps
See an American Alligator
Boat through the hundreds of miles of
different waterways in the Park
See a real swamp
See all of the tropical plants and birds
Hinweis der Redaktion
The everglades has a large variety of snakes, birds, and mammals that are native to Florida and some that are not like the Burmese python, which is having an adverse effect on the native species.
Everglades national Park has many different ecosystems within the confines of the park. The everglades also has many large swamps within these different ecosystems