Flamingo
Marina
Flamingo Marina, open year-round, can accommodate more than 50 boats
with electric and water hookups. The channel will accept a four foot
maximum draft. Boat fuel is available for sale.
Boat Ramps
Boat ramps are located at Flamingo, West Lake, and Little Blackwater
Sound on Key Largo. There is also a Park Service ramp next to Outdoor
Resorts on Chokoloskee Island, and a canoe ramp at the Gulf Coast
Visitor Center.
Boat
Launch
Fees
A boat launch fee will be charged beginning May 1, 1997. This fee will be
charged to all vehicles entering the park with boats, including canoes,
kayaks, and power boats. It is a per boat charge:
Keys and beaches of Florida Bay
With the exception of Carl Ross Key, Little Rabbit Key, North Nest Key,
and Bradley Key (during daylight hours only), all keys and beaches in
Florida Bay are closed to protect nesting and rookery areas. The waters
immediately adjacent to Porjoe, Sandy Key, and the Tern Keys, as
posted. The moats and internal creeks, as posted, associated with the
Buchanan Keys.
Northeast Florida Bay
Closed areas include: Little Madiera Bay, Taylor River, East Creek, Mud
Creek, Mud Bay, Davis Creek, Joe Bay and its easternmost portion,
commonly called Snag Bay, and all creeks and back bays inland from the
northern shoreline of Long Sound to U.S. Highway 1.
Other areas
Rogers Bay Rookery; the small group of islands at the southeast entrance
to Gaskin Bay, known as Indian Key Rookery; and Cuthbert Lakes with
attendant rookery.
Pavillion Key
Landing is allowed only on the northern most sand spit. The rest of the key
is closed.
Other areas may be posted closed by order of the Park Superintendent. These closed areas represent less than 1% of the total park area. The rest of Everglades National Park is open for your enjoyment.
Motors
All motors are prohibited on all freshwater lakes; Mud, Bear, East Fox,
Middle Fox, Little Fox, and Gator Lakes; Homestead Canal; all
associated small lakes on Cape Sable inland from Lake Ingraham;
Cuthbert, Henry, Little Henry, Seven Palm, Middle, Monroe, Long, and
the Lungs Lakes; Alligator Creek from the shoreline of Garfield Bight to
West Lake; all inland creeks and lakes north of Long Sound, Joe Bay, and
Little Madeira Bay except those ponds and lakes associated with Taylor
River; Bear Lake, Noble Hammock, Coot Bay Pond and Mud Lake
canoe trails; Raulerson's Marsh (near Lake Ingraham); the Hells Bay
canoe trail from the trailhead to the mouth of the creek at Lard Can
campsite bay; and from the creek at the southeast end of West Lake (into
Long Lake) through to the mouth of Alligator Creek at Garfield Bight.
Water craft with engines of 6 horsepower or less are permitted on West
Lake.
No Wake
Zones
Operation of a vessel 5 mph (8 kph), or creating a wake, is prohibited in:
Gulf Coast Area
Alligator Creek, Plate Creek, Halfway
Creek, and between Wilderness Waterway
markers #86 and #87.
Flamingo Area
Freshwater and saltwater boat basins,
Tarpon Creek, Avocado Creek, North
Prong Creek, Coot Bay Canal, Buttonwood
Canal, and East Cape Canal.
Key Largo Area
Marker 42 Creek, the Boggies, Shell Creek, Nest Key, and McCormick
Creek.
Boating
Impacts
Propeller damage to seagrass beds is harmful to the marine environment.
Be extremely careful when navigating in shallow waters.
Water Skis
and
Personal
Watercraft
The towing of persons by vessels utilizing water skis, hydra slides, knee
boards or other similar types of equipment is prohibited so that manatees,
crocodiles, and nesting birds will not be disturbed.
The operation of "personal watercraft" also known as "wet bikesŪ", "jet skisŪ", and other trade names, is prohibited.
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