Everglades National Park | Anhingha Trail, Gumbo Limbo Trail, Royal Palm Visitor Center
Join me for a moment of zen at Everglades National Park in south Florida! We explore the popular Anhingha Trail, as well as the more secluded Gumbo Limbo Trail. We see alligators and beautiful sunning aningha’s, and bask in nature’s bounty! I visited the Everglades on Black Friday,” as is my tradition to escape the city each year on this day! Last year, I visited the Florida Keys and called it “blue Friday,” this year I visited the Everglades and called it, “green Friday!” I hope you enjoy this green Friday with me for a little off the beaten path nature walk! Thank you for watching, please share your thoughts in the comments!
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Everglades National Park - The Anhinga Trail and Alligators Video (Everglades, Florida)
We decided to try and see some alligators (as we were in Florida afterall!), so it seemed the best place to visit was The Everglades and The Anhinga Trail seemed to have a good rep online! Needless to say, we saw a fair few gators on the way! They give you free vulture car-protecting tarps in the parking lot lol! Apparently they love rubber! Damn vultures, they'd eat anything!
The Everglades (or Pa-hay-okee) is a natural region of tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin and part of the neotropic ecozone. The system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River, which discharges into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee. Water leaving the lake in the wet season forms a slow-moving river 60 miles (97 km) wide and over 100 miles (160 km) long, flowing southward across a limestone shelf to Florida Bay at the southern end of the state. The Everglades experience a wide range of weather patterns, from frequent flooding in the wet season to drought in the dry season. Writer Marjory Stoneman Douglas popularized the term River of Grass to describe the sawgrass marshes, part of a complex system of interdependent ecosystems that include cypress swamps, the estuarine mangrove forests of the Ten Thousand Islands, tropical hardwood hammocks, pine rockland, and the marine environment of Florida Bay.
Human habitation in the southern portion of the Florida peninsula dates to 15,000 years ago. Before European colonization, the region was dominated by the native Calusa and Tequesta tribes. With Spanish colonization, both tribes declined gradually during the following two centuries. The Seminole formed from mostly Creek people who had been warring to the North; they assimilated other peoples and created a new culture. After being forced from northern Florida into the Everglades during the Seminole Wars of the early 19th century, they adapted to the region and were able to resist removal by the United States Army.
Migrants to the region who wanted to develop plantations first proposed draining the Everglades in 1848, but no work of this type was attempted until 1882. Canals were constructed throughout the first half of the 20th century, and spurred the South Florida economy, prompting land development. In 1947, Congress formed the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project, which built 1,400 miles (2,300 km) of canals, levees, and water control devices. The Miami metropolitan area grew substantially at this time and Everglades water was diverted to cities. Portions of the Everglades were transformed into farmland, where the primary crop was sugarcane. Approximately 50 percent of the original Everglades has been developed as agricultural or urban areas.
Following this period of rapid development and environmental degradation, the ecosystem began to receive notable attention from conservation groups in the 1970s. Internationally, UNESCO and the Ramsar Convention designated the Everglades a Wetland Area of Global Importance. The construction of a large airport 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Everglades National Park was blocked when an environmental study found that it would severely damage the South Florida ecosystem. With heightened awareness and appreciation of the region, restoration began in the 1980s with the removal of a canal that had straightened the Kissimmee River. However, development and sustainability concerns have remained pertinent in the region. The deterioration of the Everglades, including poor water quality in Lake Okeechobee, was linked to the diminishing quality of life in South Florida's urban areas. In 2000 the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan was approved by Congress to combat these problems. To date, it is the most expensive and comprehensive environmental restoration attempt in history, but its implementation has faced political complications.
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Everglades, Florida, United States 2002 - aligators, Anhinga trail
Everglades National Park is a U.S. National Park in Florida that protects the southern 20 percent of the original Everglades. In the United States, it is the largest tropical wilderness, the largest wilderness of any kind east of the Mississippi River, and is visited on average by one million people each year. It is the third-largest national park in the lower 48 states after Death Valley and Yellowstone. It has been declared an International Biosphere Reserve, a World Heritage Site, and a Wetland of International Importance, one of only three locations in the world to appear on all three lists.
Another video Everglades, part 1
Everglades National Park - Anhinga Trail
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On the Everglades Trail, part 1
The Everglades Trail is a project initiated by Wilderness Graphics, Inc., the Florida Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, the Friends of Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. The Trail was introduced by U.S. Senator Bob Graham and created with the support of Office of Greenways and Trails, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Department of Transportation Environmental Management Office, with the assistance of Visit Florida and participation of local, state, and federal agencies.
This 300-mile auto tour route connects people with the nature and history of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem through twenty sites offering accessible opportunities for people to explore the natural wonders of their public lands.
For more info, trail map and links:
This film won the 2004 Telly Award in the categories of half-hour documentaries.
Pam Forrester of Three Star Production in cooperation with Wilderness Graphics and the South Florida Water Management District poduced this video. Marvin Cook of Wilderness Graphics served as the executive producer.
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To find the costs of literature reprinting and trail maintenance needs, an educational and entertaining 2-disc enhanced CD set was produced and released in January 2004. Proceedings from the sale of this CD set will be used to support Trail expenses. One CD features interesting stories narrated by CBS Sunday Morning anchor Charles Osgood, as well as interviews with people who live and work in the region. Jimmy Buffet and eleven other talented Florida muscians contributed songs for the second CD, providing diverse musical interpretations of the Everglades. See:
Everglades National Park-Anhinga Trail, Florida
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Anhinga Trail in Everglades National Park (1080p)
Sights along the Anhinga Trail in Everglades National Park in Florida. The Anhinga Trail is probably the best hike/walk in the park, especially during the dry season in winter. Huge numbers of alligators, birds, and other wildlife are easily seen here.
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Purple Galinule. Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park, Florida. 27 November 2012
Everglades, Mangrove trail, Florida, United States
Mangrove trail, Everglades, Florida, Unites States 2002, Mrazek Point, before hurricane Katrina
At West Lake, the Mangrove Trail loops through a forest that has seen its share of hurricane-related damage, from salty mud flats deposited by Hurricane Donna to the storm surges of 2005 from Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma. Yet this walk still leads you through a shady tunnel, showcasing the protector of Florida’s coastline, the mighty mangrove.
Everglades, Flamingo, Florida, United States
Eco Pond, Flamingo, Everglades National park, Florida, United States 2002 - bird watching, marina shore, before hurricane Katrina.
One of the perennial destinations for birding in Everglades National Park, Eco Pond sits near the end of the Main Park Road in Flamingo. During the 2005 hurricanes, a wave of salt water washed across the landscape, changing the pond’s salinity, affecting the wildlife living there. This loop still provides excellent birdwatching and wildlife sightings, but birds no longer blot out the sky while they jostle for a roost at dusk.
Eveglades Flamingo
#OneHourWalk The Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park
A Nature Trippin’ #OneHourWalk along the Anhinga Trail – Witness an abundance of birds, gators and more along this popular self-guiding and accessible 0.8 mile trail that winds through a sawgrass marsh, near the Royal Palm Visitor Center in Everglades National Park. Join the #OneHourWalk movement at OneHourWalk.com
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Everglades, Florida, United States 2002 - Royal Palm center, Anhinga trail, bird watching
Everglades National Park is a U.S. National Park in Florida that protects the southern 20 percent of the original Everglades. In the United States, it is the largest tropical wilderness, the largest wilderness of any kind east of the Mississippi River, and is visited on average by one million people each year. It is the third-largest national park in the lower 48 states after Death Valley and Yellowstone. It has been declared an International Biosphere Reserve, a World Heritage Site, and a Wetland of International Importance, one of only three locations in the world to appear on all three lists.
Another video Everglades, part 2
A New Day on the Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park - 1/20/17
Clips from just before sunrise until about 90 minutes after on 1/20/17. Included:
colorful sky
green heron
alligator
purple gallinule
great blue heron
purple gallinule
great blue heron
alligator
black vulture
Everglades National Park - Anhinga Trail
Anhinga Trail is full of wild life. It's a short trail but you get to see a lot of birds and Alligators.
Anhinga Trail in Everglades
Alligators, birds and the sound of wildlife on the Anhinga Trail in Everglades National Park, Florida. More photos at
2-6-17 - Mahogany Hammock Trail, Everglades National Park, Florida
Day 31 - Bruce takes the Mahogany Hammock Trail in the Everglades National Park, Florida.
Music: Secret Conversations by The 126ers uploaded from YouTube free music library.
2-6-17 - Pa hay okee Trail, Everglades National Park, Florida
Day 31 - Bruce walks the Pa hay okee Trail in the Everglades National Park, Florida.
I don't know why but Bruce always wants to park in the sun so that is why he is backing up to put the van in the shade.
Music: Red Hot Son by JR Tundra uploaded from YouTube free audio library.
Royal Palm
Royal Palm is one of the most popular places to visit in Everglades National Park. Just 15 miles away from south Miami, it features the Anhinga Trail and the Gumbo Limbo Trail. The Anhinga Trail winds through Taylor Slough and a sawgrass prairie. The Gumbo Limbo Trail is a self-guided paved trail winding through a subtropical hardwood hammock.
Everglades National Park Tour
Driving through Everglades National Park. Seeing crocodiles, alligators and wildlife.
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Everglades Recreation - Inspired by Nature
Coming this fall, Everglades Recreation Complex! Inspired by Everglades National Park, you’ll love everything about this complex thanks to the picture-perfect setting and natural beauty of the area.