Flamingo Visitor Center

Flamingo Visitor Center is located in the Everglades National Park near Homestead in Florida and is approximately 75 miles from Miami. The center is approximately 38 miles south of the nearest park entrance at the Ernest Coe Visitor Center and has various educational displays, informational brochures and back country permits. It is open daily from 9am to 4.30pm but the lobby is open 24 hours for self-registration to back country sites.

There are campgrounds near the visitor center including the Flamingo Campground, which has 234 drive-in sites, three walk-up group sites and 40 walk-up sites. Cold water showers, two dump stations, picnic tables and grills as well as an amphitheater for winter programs are available at the campground. Staff at the center can provide useful information on the activities available in the area including the hiking and canoe trails, as well as plenty of saltwater fishing opportunities.

Near the visitor center is a marina with restrooms, boat ramps as well as a store where houseboats, canoes, kayaks and bicycles can be rented and food and drink can be purchased. Boat tours of the area can be booked here too. The marina store is open 7am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 6am to 7pm at weekends, whilst fuel can be purchased every day between 7am and 6pm.