Everglades, Florida

About Everglades

Everglades is a tiny community in southern Florida counting 396 people who proudly call it home.

Officially, Everglades is an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.92 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 430 residents per square mile.

📰 Everglades News Today

• It spans over 1 million acres, contains rare creatures and is the only place on Earth where two watery, deadly apex predators clash BBC Wildlife Magazine · Aug 17
• Askar, Dandiya to face off for newly redrawn Congressional District 22 Marco Eagle · Aug 18
• A huge AI datacenter is planned near Mar-a-Lago. The Everglades could pay the price The Guardian · Aug 12
• Portion of Krome Avenue closed as brush fires burn in SW Miami-Dade NBC 6 South Florida · Aug 14
• Everglades shield Florida from hurricanes with 'first line of defense' Gulf Coast News and Weather · Aug 13

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Everglades Unique

• The only place in America named Everglades — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Deep South Florida location — tropical climate and no winter to speak of.
• Positioned in southern Florida, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 17 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Everglades

• Island Cafe
• Wildman;s Pizza, Pasta, & Pythons — pizza
• Camellia Street Grill
• Captain Morgan's Seafood Grill Corp — seafood
• City Seafood
• Dulces Cafe (café)
• Gator Express Cafe (café)
• Triad Seafood Market & Cafe

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Museum of the Everglades · Museum
• Wooten's airboat · Attraction
• Airboat Rides · Attraction
• Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk · Attraction
• Capt Mitchs Airboat Tours · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Everglades

• Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• McLeod Park reviews ★
• Ron Slutter Memorial Garden · Garden reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Everglades

• EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Everglades

🏘️ Nearby Communities