Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Florida State Park · Copeland, Florida
The Amazon of North America — a cypress and royal palm swamp holding the greatest concentration of native orchids and bromeliads anywhere on the continent, including the ghost orchid that made it famous through The Orchid Thief and the film Adaptation. It is the largest state park in Florida and most of it is standing water you can only enter by wading.
137 Coastline Drive, Copeland, Florida, 34137, United States
Open 8:00 a.m. until sundown, 365 days a year. Ranger-led swamp walks run in the dry season only and must be booked in advance.
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