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Started 5 years ago by SandyBottom
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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 5 years ago #
Chekika
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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 5 years ago #
Macatawa
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Posted 5 years ago #
Paddlemaker
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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 Preserve. The river winds its way through a variety of habitats, from the fresh water of the cypress swamp, through sawgrass prairies, to saltwater mangrove forests. Along the way paddlers will encounter a series of challenging mangrove tunnels, quiet, sheltered lakes, and the flow of a river influenced more by tides than gravity. The trip terminates in the salt water of Chokoloskee Bay.

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.



Posted 5 years ago #
Paddlemaker
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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 5 years ago #
GatorBaitsMate
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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

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