The Entrances

Everglades National Park has three entrances from land and one main entrance area with facilities from the water. These are:

• Gulf Coast Visitor Center, on the northwest tip of the Park
• Shark Valley Visitor Center, on the northern central edge of the Park
• Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center, on the eastern edge of the Park
• Royal Palm Visitor Center, just a few miles inside the Homestead entrance to the Park, after Ernest Coe Visitor Center
• Big Cypress National Preserve Visitor Center, in Big Cypress National Preserve, next to Everglades National Park
• Flamingo Visitor Center, on the southern coast, accessible by water and via Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center

Each of these entrances and visitor centers offers a different angle on the Everglades, and depending on where you’re driving from, and what you plan to do, each one offers different activities as well.