pa-hay-okee trail

SusanTz

Near the road were a variety of birds including a stork, rosie spoonbills,a snowy egret, ibis, and blue heron, also an alligator. It was a quiet area with grasses and dwarf cypress. The drive takes only a few minutes and the overlook trail is short as well. Well worth going to see so many birds in one spot.

sycha

Boardwalk leads to "river of grass", which was nice to see. Otherwise, not much along the short 0.2 mile trail.

BriantheLionTauranga

This is only ten minutes drive from the Royal Palms Visitor Centre.A short walk that gives a great perspective of the flat Sawgrass area.Great outlook. Well worth the effort to check it out.

Agog84

Another distinct ecosystem in the Everglades yet in opposing contrast from the wacky weirdness of Mahogany Hammock’s jungle-like tropical plants, instead a wide open sea of sawgrass swayed and soothed in golden tones of honey, rust and chartreuse and extended as far as my eyes could see. On this easy boardwalk trail, time and place stood still. The sun hung lower in the sky and the birds became active again. Peace and tranquility mesmerized me, but I had to keep moving and get to the Anhinga Trail before sunset! As the ecosystem began to change again, one last glance at a snowy egret surveying its “river of grass” domain perched on a winter bare dwarf bald cypress with wispy rust leaves still clinging. And then a Tricolored Heron stopped me dead in my tracks, made me jump out of my car, snap its picture and kindle hope that future generations will get to appreciate this timeless, graceful habitat.

susalcarp

Of the walks/stops we did in the Everglades this is one I could have skipped. A bit interesting to see what everything looked like untouched but that was it...a bit. Tween children lost interest and wanted to stay in car for stops after this one.

ChakWalk

The whole park is lovely and intriguing. Unique ecosystem. And the topography screams accessibility, since there are so many boardwalks here. Plus Florida is so flat. At least here Stop at every opportunity! Would love to go back.

scoutdreams

Like the other trails in the area, this boardwalk trail is worth the walk. It is not that long and the views are what defines E.N.P.

Bunmaster2014

This is a short boardwalk trail that can be traversed end to end in only several minutes. It provides a nice panorama over open country. My wife and I took our time on the trail, stopping to take pictures. It was a nice diversion from our drive down to Flamingo.

WendyvD

Short (0,25 mile), easy but really nice boardwalk, really worth to do, especially if you want to do more shorter walks.

464rickp

This was a great trail to let you enjoy the vastness and serenity of ENP. Good view of one of the many ecosystems that make up the park.

KSo75

This is a quick trail. Took us about 5 minutes to walk through. You do see a great observation of the area.

mouseHerts

This is quite a short trail, no more than a 20 minute walk. There was not much wildlife to see but it does give you a good perspective of the Everglades and the way people existed in the difficult environment.

286AnnD286

We enjoyed our walk. There was a boardwalk and it was easy. If your time is limited, I would skip this one and do others such as Mahogany and West Lake Trail.

Bradford7050

Like all the trails in the Everglades Pa-hay-okee was very well done and quite educational. If you can take your time and stop along the way and listen and sense the relentless stillness and majesty of the area this is a good place to do it.

Swegnson

This is an easy trail (wheelchair accessible from the left side access) to a lovely overlook. This is a learning about the Everglades stop not a wildlife viewing area. Best aspect for us was that we could get close to sawgrass and understand why it is called that (be very careful, the stuff is deadly sharp).