Florida Bay · Road trip
Flamingo
End of the park road on Florida Bay: marina, visitor center, lodge and wildlife. About an hour each way from Homestead.
Drive from Cape Coral: 3 hr 41 min · 223 milesGoogle driving route, no traffic — expect longer in season. Same time the trip planner and driving map use.
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History in brief: A tiny fishing, farming and plume-hunting settlement at the tip of the mainland, now the Florida Bay hub of Everglades National Park. Read the timeline
Events
- Birding Bonanza ranger bird walk (dry season)Dates TBC (dry season, roughly Nov–Apr) · TBC · Time TBA — check the organizerGuy Bradley Visitor Center, Everglades National Park · Source
More on the official Florida Keys events calendar.
Eat & drink
- Flamingo Lodge and Restaurant 4.6★ (176)1 Flamingo Lodge Hwy, Homestead, FL 33034, USADirectionsWebsite
Things to see
- Everglades National Park Institute at Flamingo 4.9★ (59)1 Flamingo Lodge Hwy, Homestead, FL 33034, USADirectionsWebsite
- Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center 4.7★ (2935)40001 State Hwy 9336, Homestead, FL 33034, USADirectionsWebsite
- Everglades National Park 4.6★ (13514)Everglades National Park, FLDirectionsWebsite
- Guy Bradley Visitor Center (at Flamingo) 4.4★ (1674)1 Flamingo Lodge Hwy, Homestead, FL 33034, USADirectionsWebsite
Boats & marinas
- Flamingo Marina 4.5★ (835)1 Flamingo Lodge Hwy, Homestead, FL 33034, USADirectionsWebsite
Places from Google (4★+ with 50+ reviews). Hours and details change — call ahead.