Sunday, February 24, 2013

Everglades National Park - Ernest Coe Visitor Center


In early February, 2013, we visited the Everglades National Park.  Our first stop was at the Ernest Coe Visitor Center near Homestead, Florida.  The visitor center has a display area, theater, gift shop and helpful rangers and volunteers.  The movie, as usual, was an excellent depiction of the park.

Outside the east end of the visitor center is a man-made pond created during construction to raise the building foundations above the surrounding area.  A second building with park offices is behind the visitor center.

Just beyond the visitor center is the fee collection area.  The fee is $10 per vehicle and is good for seven consecutive days.

Visitor Center entrance

Office Building

Borrow pit with agricultural fire on the horizon

Great Egret

Aquatic vegetation

The park website is http://www.nps.gov/ever/index.htm.

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