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Everglades National Park
Gumbo Limbo Trail

Trail Length:  0.5 miles (800 meters) round trip

Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes

Bicycles Allowed:  No

Trail Description:  This self-guiding, paved trail meanders through a shaded, jungle-like hammock of gumbo limbo trees (Bursera simaruba), royal palms (Roystonea elata), ferns, and air plants.

Directions to Trail:  Starts from the Royal Palm Visitor Center, four miles (6 km) from the main park entrance/Ernest Coe Visitor Center.

 
Gumbo Limbo Trail
The flaky bark of a gumbo limbo tree
River of Grass  

Did You Know?
The Everglades is not the proverbial swamp many people consider it to be. It is technically a river, flowing southwest at the slow rate of about a quarter mile per day.

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