• Boardwalk Everglades National Park

    Everglades

    National Park Florida

Motors

Motor Prohibited: (In all No Motor areas engine must be removed from tran­som)
-All freshwater lakes, including Paurotis and Nine Mile Pond.
-Noble Hammock and Hells Bay Canoe Trail (from the road to Lard Can).
-Long Lake to the mouth of Garfield Bight. *Note* Watercraft with engines of 6 horsepower or less are permitted on West Lake, but not beyond.
-Little Henry, Henry, Monroe, Middle and Seven Palm Lakes.
-All inland creeks and lakes north of Long Sound, Joe Bay and Little Madeira Bay except for the ponds and lakes associated with Taylor River.
-Coot Bay Pond, Mud Lake and Bear Lake.
-The Homestead Canal and all small lakes along the canal.
-All associated small lakes on Cape Sable inland from Lake Ingraham.

Motor Restrictions: (Operation of a vessel in excess of 5 mph prohibited) Everglades City Area
-Alligator Creek, Plate Creek, Halfway Creek, Gopher Key Creek where marked, and between Wilderness Waterway Markers 86 & 87. Key Largo Area
-Marker 42 Creek, the Boggies, Shell Creek, Nest Key as posted and McCormick Creek.
Flamingo Area
-Florida Bay and Whitewater Bay boat basins.
-Tarpon, Avocado, and North Prong Creeks.
-Buttonwood and East Cape Canals were marked.
-Shoreline of Florida Bay east of the marina as posted

Did You Know?

Sawgrass Prairie

The Everglades used to span from Lake Okeechobee in central Florida all the way down to Florida Bay. Now only 25% of the historic Everglades remains, which is being protected by the National Park.