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   SandyBottom
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   I'm taking some of my kayaking club on a trip in the Everglades next week, starting from Everglades City. Does anyone know a place we might camp nearby so we can get sites first thing when Ranger Station opens.  

   thanks,

   Dawn

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   Chekika
   Member

   A couple yrs ago, a friend and I could not get any sites we wanted that day, so we signed up for sites starting the next day, and camped overnight along Tamiami Trail at Monument Lake.  Not close, but we had our permit so we were not in that much of a hurry on our launch day.  Coordinates for Monument Lake road: Lat  25.865071°, Lon -81.113984° according to Google Earth.

   Keith

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   Macatawa
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   Posted 7 years ago #
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   Paddlemaker
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   <font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1"><font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1">I also have stayed at Monument Lake,  and one of us went and to the permits,  then met everyone at the Turner River put in and paddled down the turner river.   The trip begins off of US 41 in Big Cypress National <font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1"><font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1">Preserve. The river winds its way through a variety  <font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1"><font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1">of habitats, from the fresh water of the cypress <font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1"><font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1">swamp, through sawgrass prairies, to saltwater <font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1"><font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1">mangrove forests. Along the way paddlers will <font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1"><font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1">encounter a series of challenging mangrove tunnels,  <font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1"><font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1">quiet, sheltered lakes, and the flow of a river <font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1"><font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1">influenced more by tides than gravity. The trip <font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1"><font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1">terminates in the salt water of Chokoloskee Bay.

   <font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1"><font face="NPSRawlinson" size="1">Savannah Dan and I have also stayed at the Glades Haven Marina  -  they rent very nice cabins,  it is right accross the street from the national park HDQ. 

    

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   Posted 7 years ago #
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   Paddlemaker
   Member

   who knows what happened.  I said that we have stayed at monument lake as well,  then put in on the turner river and paddled down to the park. 

   we have also stayed at glades haven marina,  they rent cabins.  it is right accross the street from the park HDQ.

   Posted 7 years ago #
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   GatorBaitsMate
   Member

   We usually stay at Collier Seminole State Park. It is on 41 and about a half hour from Everglades City.
   You can get reservations at Reserve America

   GatorBaitsMate

   Posted 7 years ago #

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