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

• Drought devastated wading bird nesting season in Everglades National Park WUSF · Oct 10
• Florida’s most destructive invader seems to be replanting the Everglades ecosystem as it hunts Earth.com · Oct 10
• Airboat operator killed in collision in the Everglades ID'd, FWC says NBC 6 South Florida · Oct 3
• Conditions ripe for bites in 'Mosquito City' SW FL and will be for weeks Naples Daily News · Oct 7
• María Corina Machado, Everglades Trust endorse María Elvira Salazar for re-election in CD 27 Florida Politics · Oct 8

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Florida headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

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 · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 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

🌤️ Current Weather

Full forecast →

Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Everglades

🏘️ Nearby Communities