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Everglades National ParkMahogany Hammock Trail
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Everglades National Park
Mahogany Hammock Trail

Trail Length:  0.5 miles (800 meters) round trip

Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes

Bicycles Allowed:  No

Trail Description:  This self-guiding boardwalk trail meanders through a dense, jungle-like hardwook "hammock."  Lush vegetation includes gumbo-limbo trees, air plants, and the largest living mahogany tree (Swietenia mahogani) in the United States.

Directions to Trail:  Twenty miles (32 km) from the main park entrance/Ernest Coe Visitor Center.



 
Mahogany Hammock Trail
Strolling along the Mahogany Hammock Trail
 
Mahogany Hammock Trail
Entrance to the Mahogany Hammock Trail
Wood Stork  

Did You Know?
A pair of endangered wood storks need about 440 pounds of fish during a breeding season to feed themselves and their young. Everglades National Park serves as an important nursery ground for raising their chicks.

Last Updated: August 30, 2007 at 11:17 EST