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Williams Ochopee National Roadside Park Scenic Faka Union East Halfway Trail Bay River Gulf Rd Daniels Creek Burns Lake Monument Canoe Trail l Pt Coast i Water Conservation a Lake Fakahatchee Burns 27 29 r T Bay Visitor T Tamiami Trail Area 3A E Dade-Collier N e Center EVERGLADES CITY o Training and BarronRiver n Kirby Storter Transition Airport Water Conservation s a Oasis Visitor Center s Chokolos C Roadside Park 821 HIALEAH 95 a kee Monroe Area 3B P r B e 41 e ay iv Station he r R tc e Midway ha rn ka Tu Fa Round 997 Key s Picnic s Sandfly Pa ss Key a t P Island CYPRESS es y CHOKOLOSKEE 112 W e T K Florida's Turnpike Indian Key H Sunday Bay n O Chickee Miami a i U BIG CYPR ESS NATIONAL PRESERVE International d S n Airport I Kingston A Sunday Bay N r Key ve D ss Ri a P ass z Lopez 836 ey P ope Miccosukee 836 e K L River W e L Le Jeune Rd sk bit o Cultural lo b i o o Ra l Oyster Bay p Center MIAMI ok d Tree Snail h Turtle Key e R Pinecrest Tamiami Trail C r oad (scenic drive) Hammock Lumber Key House n 41 41 Hammock e Huston Bay Rabbit Key s Bay s Mitchell Landing W Sweetwater r a 826 Crate e t Bay Chickee Miccosukee 1 I iv e Loop Road Shark Valley S R r Reserved Key n w Last Huston Bay Education L o A st a Area Visitor Center u Center N H The y Fresh water flowing into the park D Deer Island Bobcat Boardwalk S Watson Otter Cave Hammock Trail is engineered. With the help of er Pavilion Duck Place iv Chevelier pumps, floodgates, and retention Key R SOUTH Rock am Bay PINELAND ponds along the park’s boundary, h ( 874 MIAMI Cove at the Everglades is presently on life t CORAL Darwins o Ch Cannon Bay Gun Rock support, alive but diminished. l Storter Bay Place l GABLES Pt Opossum Key N Kendall Drive Chatham r 94 o Tram Tour Tram Bend a H d KENDALL Mormon Key ) G Gopher Key Alligator Dads U Crab Key Bay Bay Bight O URBAN Observation Krome Avenue Kendall-Tamiami Snake Key L Executive Airport Plate Creek Bay Plate Creek Tower DEVELOPMENT ZONE New Turkey Key Bay S Turkey Key Chickee HARDWOOD Buzzard Key Lostmans Lostmans Five Bay Five Bay HAMMOCK R North Plover Key E Two Island Bay Mullet Bay GULF OF MEXICO Plover V Key Onion Key I Chekika Richmond Drive R Bird Key SW 168th Street Authorized Park Boundary Alligator Pt K 997 Rocky Creek Wood Third Bay R BISCAYNE Key Bay Willy Willy A Big Hog Key Second H Bay Lostmans Bay S BAY AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL ver First ns Ri DEVELOPMENT ZONES 1 Lostma 821 Lostmans Bay Key Rodgers River FRESHWATER SLOUGH Bay Chickee Black Pt KEY Waterway South Florida National Parks McLAUGHLIN BISCAYNE T Highland he Lake Cu Pt toff EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK Okeechobee B Homestead NATIONAL H Highland roa ig Beach d Homestead Air Reserve h R Camp Lonesome FRESHWATER Airport la E Ri Base n RIV ver PARK d D MARL PRAIRIE B A e O a R Broad River c B er v Dante Fascell Intracoastal h Wood Ri HOMESTEAD Big Visitor Center North Ave 137th SW Canal Drive Cypress Pa-hay-okee Pinelands National Overlook SW 328th Street h Preserve ek nc Rock Reef Creek Cre ra ad r B Pass Long Pine ro h H te ry FLORIDA CITY B ort arn Ot e N ey ok Key Biscayne R o Ernest F. Coe Turkey Point R Lo RIVE R Pine n National Y g P Power Plant E Harney Canepatch i Visitor Center RN Glades n Park A River Chickee TARPON e Park Elliott EVERGLADES Lake H BAY Entrance Park Headquarters Key COASTAL Station Card Sound Road NATIONAL Key Trail Rubicon PARK MARSH 9336 Keys Dry Mangrove Tortugas Graveyard Fire Cache Pt Long National Shark Pt R Caesar Creek E Sisal Arsenicker Creek Park IV r Daniel Beard Hidden Lake R ve Pond Key i Center Royal Palm Totten K R Education AR Key SH Shark River Chickee Ficus Center Anhinga Trail Old PONCE DE LEON n Pond Gumbo Limbo Trail Rhodes so Key BAY t r r Habitat a e e W iv v restoration R i R area r th Broad Creek ive r R Watson River North River o Shark N Chickee Chickee Mahogany Old Ernest D Wilderness Waterway River Island ark The Sh Cutoff Hammock Ingraham Coe Card N Oyster U Angelfish Key tle O Lit Pt S A well–marked inland water and overhanging foliage in Bay Sweet Bay Oyster Roberts River Pond D some areas. The route takes Bay Chickee CYPRESS 1 R route runs from Flamingo to s A Chickee t C Everglades City. Sequentially a minimum of six hours with WHITEWATER r e H Bay b numbered markers guide you an outboard motor or seven W o G i R along its 99 miles (160 kilo- days by canoe. One-day MANGROVE ld Lane Bay U Toll bridge e Paurotis Joe River r Chickee meters). Boats over 18 feet round trips are not advised. B n Pond O ig Chickee e S s L (6 meters) long or with high Campsites are available on C a s re b Mud Bay S e le Nine Mile Pond cabins and windshields the route; backcountry per- k Pearl Bay Middle Key Midway W Hells Bay Chickee should not attempt the route mits are required. Keys a Chickee R Short Key CROCODILE HAWKTurtle CHANNEL Reef C te because of narrow channels A rw Hells Bay Nine Mile Pond O Manatee LAKE a L NATIONAL y Canoe Canoe Trail Main Turtle Harbor P J Lard Can Bay O o Y WILDLIFE E e Trail Key G REFUGE R R A iv West Lake Noble Hammock A T d er Joe Bay un BARNES SOUND L Carysfort Restrooms Canoe Trail So g Coe Visitor Center to Areas in the Park Northwest Cape on Reef South Joe L 905 Little River Chickee Thursday Trout Blackwater Royal Palm 4mi 6km Cove Pt Tarpon Creek Cuthbert Davis C Wes Alligator Sound r JOHN Long Pine Key 6mi 10km t Lake Lake Bay Cove o Largo Little Fox Lake Coot Bay ss Seven K Pt PENNEKAMP Pinelands S e Y 7mi 11km Middle Fox Lake Pond Canoe Trail Snipe Pt y E A Coot Bay Henry Palm ay Pa-hay-okee Overlook 13mi 21km Cattail Snake Bight Trail Long Lake Lake ira B Deer Key K CORAL REEF Middle B East Fox Lake Mud Lake Lake ade Mahogany Hammock Lakes L Alligator e M STATE PARK 20mi 32km Cape Canoe Trail Mrazek Pond Middle ittl C E Creek L The Paurotis Pond 24mi 39km Canal O Homestead Canal Monroe Lake Duck Boggies La A Gator Lake Garfield The Lake Key Nine Mile Pond k S Snake Bight Eagle Key Blackwater 27mi 43km Middle e T Bear Lake Bight Rattlesnake Key A Lungs B West Lake 31mi 50km Cape In L Bear Lake Tern Key o Sound g P Buttonwood Canal Rowdy Bend Trail g ra R Porpoise Rankin Santini Terrapin gy Flamingo Visitor Center 38mi 61km h A Madeira Pass Key North Nest Key K 1 a IR Canoe Trail Flamingo Pt Bight Bight Bay e m I (impassable) Christian Point Trail Shark Bay y Florida Bay Ranger Station 38mi 61km E Pt Otter Derelict l Prairie T Key Terrapin Lake Key Nest Keys Porjoe Key The Elbow Chekika 26mi 42km oasta rail Key Crocodile d C Flamingo Pt un El Radabob Umbrella Mosquito Madeira So Shark Valley Visitor Center 50mi 80km Pt o Eco Key Big Pt rg Key East Joe Visitor Center Pt Whaleback Key La Gulf Coast Visitor Center 92mi 148km Bradley Pond Rankin Key Key Cape Clubhouse Key Kemp Triplet Black Park Key John Pennekamp Coral Reef East Cape Beach Key Buoy Key Keys Canal Dump Keys Betsy Shell Key Buttonwood Murray Key Camp Key Keys Sound State Park Visitor Center Samphire Club Cormorant Key Keys Bob Keys Middle Ground Oyster Keys Frank Palm Key Key Catfish Key Key Curlew Key Roscoe Key Swash Keys Coe Visitor Center to Other Areas End Key Brush Keys Florida Bay Ranger Station KEY LARGO Russell and Science Center Homestead 11mi 18km Clive Key Buttonwood Key Keys (between mile markers 98 and 99) Miami International Airport 45mi 72km Pelican Jim Foot Key Keys Bottle Key Pt Charles Key West 135mi 217km Authorized Park Boundary Dildo Key Bank Coon Key Manatee Key First National Bank Dildo Key Dead Terrapin Key Whipray Basin Stake Key Johnson Key Low Key Carl Ross Key Whipray Calusa Keys Rodriguez Topsy Keys Key French Reef Sandy Key Key Message to Boaters Man of War l Cluett Key Corinne Key ne Key Sid Keys n b Allen Captain Key ha Key Bo Do not use this map for navi- are closed to landings unless C ar gation. For safe boating, Na- otherwise designated. Com- f W Pollock Keys Molasses Reef o FLORIDA BAY FLORIDA KEYS tional Ocean Survey charts mercial fishing is prohibited an Spy Key Oxfoot Bank M Crane Keys Tavernier are indispensable.
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