Big Cypress National Preserve Tours 2019 - Discover Everglades
Discover the Everglades, Big Cypress National Preserve on Tamiami Trail (US41) and Loop Road Scenic Drive in Florida. See famous places, alligators, birds and the beautiful wildlife here.
Be sure to stop by the Great Cypress Visitor Center, Oasis Welcome Center, Ochopee Post Office, H.P. Williams Roadside Park (great place to watch alligators) and the Loop Road. All are off Tamiami Trail. Sights you will see no place else.
Take in the original sounds of the breathtaking nature and wildlife. No boring chit chat, only original Sounds. Enjoy.
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Big Cypress National Preserve
Wonderful area with lots to do. Be sure to start at the Big Cypress Swamp Welcome Center. Manatee, alligator, tons of birds, Hiking, camping & star gazing. Love it :)
Big Cypress Swamp Welcome Center
The ranger was super nice and informative and gave us an overview of the map. It’s definitely worth a stop inside. There's a boardwalk along the canal where gaters are too.
Ochopee Post Office
Smallest Post Office in the United States
Stop, read the plaque, and maybe mail a postcard. It's cute, and one of those You were there places. There is really the smallest Post Office in USA, just 5 sq m, with a kind postman sitting inside, ready to stamp and to send your card from this very special, tiny and unique Post Office.
H.P. Williams Roadside Park
We stop by this park every year on our annual trip to the Everglades. The alligators never disappoint! It's right on the highway, easy to park. There are always nice birds and fish too. Definitely stop there!
Big Cypress Oasis Visitor Center
Great place to stop on the 41 ,stretch your legs and view the alligators .Small visitor centre with interesting postings of animals and birds sighted in the area .
Loop Road Scenic Drive
Loop Road is an absolute must for any photographer and film-maker. If you want to see some remarkably gorgeous spots, take the drive! Of the 24 miles, a good 12 to 15 of them are rather unremarkable and you just need to get through them. This is a wonderful drive if you want to see the Everglades up close and personal.
You will see alligators and birds in their natural habitat. We saw a big gator on the street :) So watch out.
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Thanks for watching. Enjoy. See you there, Alex
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Big Cypress National Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)
Freshwater to the Sea
The freshwaters of the Big Cypress Swamp, essential to the health of the neighboring Everglades, support the rich marine estuaries along Florida's southwest coast. Protecting over 729,000 acres of this vast swamp, Big Cypress National Preserve contains a mixture of tropical and temperate plant communities that are home to a diversity of wildlife, including the elusive Florida panther. Read More:
America's Everglades - The largest subtropical wilderness in the United States
Everglades National Park protects an unparalleled landscape that provides important habitat for numerous rare and endangered species like the manatee, American crocodile, and the elusive Florida panther.
An international treasure as well - a World Heritage Site, International Biosphere Reserve, a Wetland of International Importance, and a specially protected area under the Cartagena Treaty.
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Swimming Alligators (2) at Big Cypress Swamp Welcome Center, Ochopee Florida
More of the very active gators we saw when we stopped at the visitors center today. The large gator you will see chewing, apparently had recently caught a great blue heron and still had one wing hanging out of his mouth.
Big Cypress Preserve - Alligators catching fish by Oasis Visitor Center Boardwalk
The gators were quite active during our last visit at the Preserve. This boardwalk at the Oasis Visitor Center is one of the best places to see alligators, during the dry season they are always there.
Manatee at Big Cypress Swamp visitor center, Everglades
The visitor center is accessible from the Tamiami Trail, US41, and often has Manatee swimming in the waterway at the back of the center, viewable from a boardwalk.
Manatees At the Big Cypress Swamp Visitor center.
These Manatees were just relaxing and eating, right off the board walk. Very easy to see.
But we first found them by listening for when they exhaled! Really nice site!
5 Manatees at least, with two mothers and babies.
Search for Oil In Big Cypress Preserve
NO NO NO NO NO !!!!!!!!!! We venture out into nature A LOT , one thing I have noticed over the past few years is the dwindling Cypress Forest in Florida ... WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN IF THEY START DRILLING
The freshwaters of the Big Cypress Swamp, essential to the health of the neighboring Everglades, support the rich marine estuaries along Florida's southwest coast. Protecting over 729,000 acres of this vast swamp, Big Cypress National Preserve contains a mixture of tropical and temperate plant communities that are home to a diversity of wildlife, including the elusive Florida panther.
The park service is seeking public comment on the request through July 17 and will use responses in crafting a study on the environmental impacts of the operation.
we must preserve the environment or having oil is worthless please share and CONTACT THE NPS ASAP (website listed above)
Write to -
big cypress national park
33100 Tamiami Trail East Ochopee, Florida 34141
Oasis Visitor Center (239) 695-1201
Big Cypress Swamp Welcome Center (239) 695-4758
Administrative Offices (239) 695-2000
Fax (239) 695-3901
ONLY WHEN ALL THE TREES HAVE DIED AND THE RIVERS HAVE BEEN POISONED WILL WE REALIZE WE CANT EAT MONEY
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takes user submitted videos combined with professional editing to provide tent and RV campers with a first person view of a campground or RV park. Mitchell's Landing Campground in Big Cypress National Preserve near Ochopee Florida offers primitive hookup RV and tent camping in a rural area of the park. Open year round. A popular campground for airboat recreation users. Campers can enjoy direct access to the airboat trails with the Big Cypress off-road vehicle permit. This is the perfect campground to experience historic Loop Road and Old Florida. Music Licensed From MusicBakery.com
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In this video, we leave the Collier-Seminole State Park just outside of Naples Florida and head east on US41 aka the Tamiami Trail.
We explore a few things along the way including the smallest post office in the United States, in Ochopee, FL.
We make a brief stop at the Oasis visitors center in the Big Cypress National Preserve and check out a few alligators.
After overnighting at the Miccosukee Indian Casino just outside of Miami, we turn south towards the Florida keys and roll over to Bahia Honda State Park.
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Big Cypress National Preserve Field Trip
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Manatees (Trichechidae) Pod Swimming in the Warm Waters
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Discover the rich culture and the stories of the western everglades and explore the mosaic of plants and animals that thrive in the diverse environment of Big Cypress National Preserve. Find out the recent events happening in the preserve and tour the area through photos.
The Florida manatee is a gentle giant and one the most beloved mammals in South Florida. It is actually Florida's state marine mammal. This unique animal is a subspecies of the West Indian manatee. The two are distinguished from one another because of the different physical locations in which they can be found. Florida manatees are prevented from intermingling with West Indian manatees by the Florida current.