I just signed up for the Everglades Park admission fee. This is for cars as well as boaters! The annual fee is $55. The Seven day pass is $30 for a boater. The web site is: nps.gov/ever/plan-yourvisit/fee-charge-faqs.htm
New Everglades Park fees $55
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MrMako
MemberI think it is per private boat. Yes Tribers will need it from now on. You have to have a photo ID with you in the park. There is a CQ code (?) block thingy on your receipt. You can make a hard copy like I did, or download to your phone. They make a good point that there is limited cell service in the ‘glades. I folded my receipt up, put my photo ID over on the edge and then photo copied the whole thing. Then a trip to Post Net to have it laminated. I live in the Keys and travel through the park a couple times a year. So I did the year long pass. But you can pay for a 7 day pass and designate when the 7 days start.
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This is new but you will have to comply. Our event permit does not cover these fees. They are up to you.
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If I read this right, it's $15 for a week via Paddlecraft. Is that right?
I live up in MD so an annual pass is't needed (I would if the money stayed in the park but it doesn't)
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BeaV
MemberChesapeakeTJAM- Yes that's the way I see it too. It stated "human-powered paddlecraft". For those who pop up a sail on their otherwise nomally paddled craft....I don't know how they define that.
Simple process- they make it so simple to pay more taxes.
I printed my "pass" and then shrunk it down really small.
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MrMako
MemberI just got off the phone with folks at the Park. Basically, in the past only people who arrived by car paid to get in the park. Now anyone who travels through Park waters has to pay an intrance fee. The way I understand it is, if you already have a National Park Pass or Senior Park Pass it covers the intrance fee for the Everglades. She warned again that you have to be able to present it to a Ranger if requested, so have a copy on your person. I don’t think it matters what kind of craft you are on. Just that you have entered the park and need to prove you paid an entrance fee. Wish I had known about the Senior Pass. There is also a Lifetime Senior pass which is better yet. Considering that entrance fees are due to go up next year.
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IronBob
MemberSenior Pass for Tribers 62 and older. I have mine. Info: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/senior-pass-changes.htm
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Thanks for the heads up,
I assume Flamingo is part of the EGN park and we need it even if all we do is pull in to the check point.
Cost for a not quite old enough 7d was $30. Happy to pay it is it helps keep up the park.
KW
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MrMako
MemberKW: That is correct, anybody transiting through Everglades Nation Park (ENP) WATER’s are required to have the pass. Don’t forget you will entering ENP getting into and out of Checkpoint 2 at Choko. From what I understand this park pass is actually good in any National Park during it’s time frame. Seniors at 62+ get it cheaper.
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Almost the entire Florida Bay is also Everglades national Park too. Us Keys residents are more than a little worked up about the new regs
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Jarhead
MemberI was at the ENP Everglades City visitor center yesterday to buy a pass. The uniformed man at the desk, in the presence of other uniformed park personnel (not sure if they were rangers) told me that, unfortunately, since the big storm of storm of Sep 2017, they are unable to handle money at that visitor center, and could not sell me a pass. He found out that I wanted it just to sail through the park waters and he said not to worry about if, they're not enforcing that new regulation until maybe later in the year or next year. He said not enough people know about it and they're just not ready to stop boaters passing through. He also said I could get the permits on line if I still want one.
I want to stress that this man was not the Secretary of the Interior or Director of ENP--he was just evidently the highest authority in the room at the time, but other heads were bobbing up and down in agreement with what he said.
I plan to get a permit on line if it's easy, just to be safe. Parks are almost always underfunded and I don't mind paying for them.
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danceswithmullet
MemberWill be traveling through the park the next few days in the ketch. I am going to risk it and play dumb. I like to stop and walk on north Cape but with unseasonably warm weather and the bugs at the house as a guage I may skip it. The horseflys there don't bite, they take biopsies! DWM
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DWM, Northwest Cape is usually a very lonely place. MidCape, just south 4.5 mi, has better fishing and a bit more activity. We were there 10 days ago and only a group of 4 kayakers were camped nearby--they were around the point so we didn't really see them unless we went looking. With us included there were 9 people at MidCape. The west-facing shore has the easiest access. Beautiful sunsets to match.
Keith
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danceswithmullet
MemberYep! Lonely is the point. I take a couple 7-10 day solo trips a year on the ketch and basically avoid people. Makes me weird I guess but if I go the whole time without talking to a stranger that's fine with me . I stopped at another "lonely place" in the middle keys last night and ended up with 4 nice snapper in 1/2 hour of fishing . No I am not telling where but there are still a few lonely places left. I have also never seen law enforcement in these areas, not enough people to make it worthwhile I guess. The park is a big place and the few times I have made contact with law enforcement in the busier areas was because they were looking for someone. If I were to use the park for more than a rest stop I would definitely feel obligated to get the pass, but just navigating through the bounderies kind of goes against the freedom of navigation feeling I have lived with if that makes any sense. DWM
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If I were to use the park for more than a rest stop I would definitely feel obligated to get the pass, but just navigating through the bounderies kind of goes against the freedom of navigation feeling I have lived with if that makes any sense. DWM
same way I feel by casually strolling over the boundry and back in less than 30 minutes - the actual boundry is less than 1/4 mile from the end of my creek so i'm technically in the evergades nearly every time i venture out.
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