Royal Palm Visitor Center

Royal Palm Visitor Center is located within the Everglades National Park near Homestead in Florida and is approximately 75 miles from Miami. It is located about four miles west of the main park entrance at the Ernest Coe Visitor Center. The Visitor Center is open all year round from 8am to 4.15pm and is a starting point for two of the parks trails.

Visitors to this center can learn more about the park's unique ecosystems through recorded messages. In addition to this there are books, postcards and insect repellant for sale here as well as snacks and soft drinks available from a vending machine. Food and drink are not permitted on the trails that begin from this visitor center, but the insect repellant is recommended for hikers especially in the summer.

The Anhinga Trail is a 1,200 meter self guiding round trip through sawgrass marsh and enables hikers to see alligators, turtles, anhingas, herons, egrets and other birds. The Gumbo Limbo Trail also starts here and is just a 600 meter round trip taking visitors through a hammock of gumbo limbo trees, royal palms, ferns and air plants. The nearby Ernest Coe Visitor Center often has exhibitions showcasing the work of local artists.