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Everglades National ParkVisitors on the West Lake Trail
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Everglades National Park
West Lake Trail

Trail Length:  0.5 miles (800 meters) round trip

Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes

Bicycles Allowed:  No

Trail Description:  This self-guided boardwalk trail wanders through a forest of white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa), black mangrove (Avicennia nitida), red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), and buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus) trees to the edge of West Lake.

Directions to Trail: Seven miles (11km) north of the Flamingo Visitor Center on the main park road.

 
West Lake Trail
Visitors with a ranger along the West Lake Trail
 
West Lake Trail
An aerial view of the West Lake Trail boardwalk
Indigo Snake  

Did You Know?
Of the 27 species of snakes in Everglades National Park, only four are venomous – the cottonmouth, the diamondback rattlesnake, the dusky pygmy rattlesnake, and the coral snake. The snake to the left is the non-venomous, endangered Indigo Snake.

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Last Updated: July 24, 2006 at 22:37 EST