Name: Gumbo Limbo Trail
Rating: 3.7

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Family Friendly Kids will love the lush woodlands this trail has to offer.

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Travel along the Gumbo Limbo Trail for an immersive experience in the hardwood hammocks that populate so much of Everglades National Park.

Starting at the Royal Palm Visitor Center, travel south along the trail through expansive royal palms, gumbo limbo trees, bromeliads, and ferns. Take your time along this short loop, basking in the shade provided by these towering testaments of time.

It's not often that you can find shelter from the hot Florida sun while in the Everglades, so enjoy it while you can!

Flora & Fauna

Royal palm, gumbo limbo trees, bromeliads, and ferns are abundant along this shady, woodland trail.

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Land Manager: NPS - Everglades National Park

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Trail Ratings

3.7 from 7 votes

#5

in Everglades National Park

#15078

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3.7 from 7 votes

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Trail Rankings

#5

in Everglades National Park

#133

in Florida

#15,078

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Everglades. with permission from danhester

Jun 16, 2016 near Florida…, FL

An alligator basking on the edge of the water off the Anhinga Trail.

Dec 8, 2016 near Florida…, FL

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Nov 4, 2023

Tom Herr

I did this loop twice today,once before sunrise and once in the light of day. Enjoyable forested hike with many namesake trees on a narrow paved trail 0.8mi

Mar 13, 2023

Olga Norwood

Jan 21, 2023

Ashley Young

With Jordan Josh emma Kim dad Joshua 0.4mi

Jan 14, 2023

Leah Walsh

0.4mi — 0h 30m

Nov 30, 2022

Jake Hofstetter

Mar 8, 2022

Ted Gould

Mar 5, 2022

Christine Roselli

Dec 19, 2021

Haden Smith

0.4mi

Feb 29, 2020

Olivia Koster

Alligators and crocs!

Jul 13, 2019

Tom Reifenberg

Excellent trail for seeing the hardwood hammock ecology in action! Fairly narrow with a few tree limbs that might get in the way of tall folks 0.4mi

Feb 28, 2019

Dmytro Panchenko

Feb 13, 2019

Joel Lawson

Dec 27, 2018

Tim Rowland

Dec 26, 2018

August Huang

Nov 4, 2018

Kim Claros

Dec 25, 2017

Chris McCloud

Done as part of 4.5 days in Everglades NP as part of FL trip in winter 2016 with Jiaxin Wei.

Oct 7, 2017

Wie Yusuf

Dec 2016

Mar 28, 2017

Mike Maxwell

Jan 15, 2017

Rachael Pahl

1mi

Dec 25, 2016

Chris McCloud

Done as part of stop at Everglades during Florida swing with Jiaxin December 2016-January 2017

Oct 14, 2016

Kyle Roberts

Very short trail. Less mosquitoes than the Coastal Prairie Trail.

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Gumbo Limbo Trail

“A short, paved loop through a classic Everglades hardwood hammock. ”

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