Buttonwood Canal

Buttonwood Canal is located at the Everglades National Park near Homestead, Florida and is approximately 75 miles from Miami. The manmade canal is near the Flamingo Visitor Center and marina, which is approximately 38 miles from the nearest park entrance by the Earnest Coe Visitor Center. The canal is a scenic area for visitors to explore by boat and is part of the 160 kilometer Wilderness Waterway stretching from Everglades City and Flamingo.

The canal is an ideal setting for boat tours or canoeing and exploring the mangrove lined waterway. Whilst paddling along the canal visitors will see various species of birds and possibly also some alligators. Visitors can rent canoes and motorboats from the Flamingo Marina, which is open from 7am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 6am to 7pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Anyone taking out a motorboat will be able to get fuel from the marina each day between 7am and 6pm. The Visitor Center is open daily from 9am to 4.30pm and has various interpretive displays as well as maps of the canoe trails in the area. Nearby there are hiking trails and campsites available and provisions can be purchased from the marina store.