The Everglades is called the “River of Grass,” because it's a rare subtropical wilderness unlike anywhere else on Earth.

Everglades National Park spans more than 1.5 million acres of South Florida. Visitors may enter from Miami, Homestead or Everglades City, near Naples, by land, and should note that the park’s ...

Welcome to Everglades National Park, one of the nation's great ecological treasures. It has about 1.5 million acres and sits in three counties — Miami Dade, Monroe and Collier.

In South Florida, Everglades National Park spans 1.5 million acres of watery grasslands, and is home to myriad birds, mammals, and yes, alligators. Beginning in the 1920s, Miami residents began ...

Everglades National Park was designated in 1947 and sits at the southernmost portion of the state. Plan for the coming winter. Although the Everglades lies in a subtropical climate, ...

Spanning 1.5 million acres, or more than 2,300 square miles, the park is second among national parks only to Yellowstone, with 9,250 square miles. The East Everglades expansion in 1991 added more ...

Those who associate wide-open wilderness areas with the Western United States likely haven’t been to Everglades National Park. The Florida park stretches across 1.5 million acres and protects ...

The Everglades are much bigger than just what's designated as the national park. Some people consider the Everglades to be the 16-county region overseen by the South Florida Water Management District.