Big Cypress National Preserve
Nature Preserve · Ochopee, Florida
Seven hundred and twenty thousand acres of cypress swamp, wet prairie and pine island north of the Everglades, and the first National Preserve ever created — a designation invented in 1974 specifically to protect this land while allowing hunting, oil leases and the traditional use of the Miccosukee and Seminole. It is the core of Florida panther habitat and one of the darkest skies east of the Mississippi.
33100 Tamiami Trail East, Ochopee, Florida, 34141, United States
Preserve open 24 hours year-round with no entrance fee. Visitor centres keep daytime hours.
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