Everglades National Park

The National Park is a 1.5 million acre park in Miami, Florida. The park is home to many wildlife including the Florida Panther, West Indian Manatee, and the endangered leather back turtle. It costs between eight to fifteenth dollars for a single person and twenty five dollars for a motor vehicle for entry to the park. The Everglades is in the southern portion of Florida and is a wetlands of the tropical variety.

The Everglades ecosystem is only found in the National and no where else on the planet. Efforts to have to the Everglades land converted into a National Park were initiated by Ernest Coe in 1928 and finally his plans passed legislation in 1934. Due to the parks size it has three entrances and is spread over three cities.