4Everglades National Park
This national park in Florida is the nation’s largest subtropical wilderness. It spans an area of 1.5 million acres. Why go see the alligators, American crocodiles, birds, manatees, panthers, turtles, and other Everglades residents in the Spring?
It’s the weather! In the Spring, it is warm, but it isn’t hot and humid. It’s a big place and has three different entrances.
The main entrance is near Homestead at the informative Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center. If you’re based closer to Naples, enter at the Gulf Coast Visitor Center. Your third option is the North Entrance, Shark Valley.
While you can take a tram tour from the Shark Valley entrance, the more athletic travelers may bicycle to the 45-foot-high Shark Valley Observation Tower. Spring’s also a great time for camping, canoeing, fishing, and kayaking.
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