![]() ![]() There are picnic tables and restrooms.Ī few more miles and on your right you’ll come to H.P. The half-mile boardwalk is accessible to wheelchairs and strollers and takes you into the cypress swamp. We’ve seen an otter cross the road here, humping across the highway with its weird gait.Īlong the Tamiami Trail: Birds at Shark Valley, Everglades National Park (Photo: National Park Service)īack on Tamiami Trail, continuing west, you’ll pass Monument Lake campground on your right and then, on your left, the Kirby Storter boardwalk and picnic area, another good stop along the trail. The thick cypress swamp hugs the highway’s edges and, if you don’t have somebody driving on your bumper, it’s worthwhile to slow down and take it in. This stretch of Tamiami Trail that runs through the Big Cypress National Preserve is designated as a scenic highway. You can also take a five-minute walk through a pretty cypress forest behind the studio. While his original photographs are expensive, his gallery offers affordable calendars and posters. Butcher’s studio overlooks a scenic pond, where alligators and wading birds frequently appear, seeming to pose for pictures.Ī stop at the studio is a great opportunity to view Butcher’s work in the setting that inspired it. Butcher is a renown photographer whose large-scale black-and-white photos are designed to make the viewer feel like he is at the center of the photo, surrounded by the amazing beauty of the Everglades. (Photo: David Blasco)Ī few miles west of the entrance to Loop Road is Clyde Butcher’s Big Cypress Gallery, 52388 Tamiami Trail. Here’s more from Florida Rambler on Loop Road.Īlong the Tamiami Trail: Clyde Butcher’s Gallery in Big Cypress. Today, people travel Loop Road for a different kind of wild life - it’s a great place to spot alligators, birds, deer and even otter in a wild off-the-beaten-track setting. For many years it was Florida’s version of the wild west. It’s an old gravel road with a colorful history it has always attracted folks averse to civilization and its rules. Your next opportunity for a side trip is Loop Road, a 26-mile road through the Big Cypress National Preserve that will take at an hour or two hours to explore. ![]() The Miccosukee Indian Village and Gift Shop, also just west of Shark Valley on the south side of the road, is a commercial attraction. The restaurant on the north side of the road offers a varied menu, including some native American favorites, such as fry bread. Just west of Shark Valley are two Miccosukee Indian attractions. If you choose not to pay that hefty national park admission for a short visit, you can have an excellent Everglades experience along the Tamiami Trail by taking advantage of several free or inexpensive areas detailed below. Coming from Miami, these are all before you come to the Everglades National Park entrance.īicyclists ride past a gator at the Shark Valley section of Everglades National Park, reached via the Tamiami Trail. The National Park Service authorizes three airboat tour companies inside Everglades National Park: Coopertown, 22700 SW 8th St., Miami, (305) 226-6048 Everglades Safari Park, 26700 SW 8th St., Miami, (305)226-6923 and Gator Park , 24050 SW 8th St., Miami, (305) 559-2255. 41 and Krome is home to the casino operated by the Miccosukee Indians.)īeyond the casino, the road passes several opportunities for air boat tours. 41) begins in downtown Miami at Brickell Avenue and for many miles it is Calle Ocho, running through the heart of Miami’s historic Cuban community.Ībout 20 miles west of downtown, at Krome Avenue, the city is behind you and the road heads into the Glades. How to make the most of driving the scenic Tamiami Trail If you’re visiting South Florida and want an Everglades experience, a day exploring along the Tamiami Trail is a suitable substitute for a day in Everglades National Park, as long you take your time, walk the boardwalks and visit a state park or Big Cypress National Preserve visitor center along the way. The bridges, opened in 20, are part of the largest construction project in the history of the National Park Service. (You’ll also drive across 3.5 miles of bridges designed to return natural water flow to Everglades National Park. (Photo: Bonnie Gross)īut the Tamiami Trail gets you closer to the scenery, and it offers several outstanding stops along the way. Along the Tamiami Trail: Great blue heron and a great white egret at Shark Valley entrance to Everglades National Park. ![]()
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