Tamiami Trail (US 41 Everglades)
Naples → Miami, FL · ~80 miles (Everglades crossing) · 1 day
The Tamiami Trail is the southern end of US 41, the two-lane road completed in 1928 to link Tampa and Miami — and its famous stretch runs dead-straight across the Everglades and Big Cypress, an alligator-filled canal at its shoulder.
Good to know: Two-lane road with wildlife on the shoulders — slow for alligators and birds. Summer brings heat, downpours, and mosquitoes; Shark Valley’s lot fills early.
Straight through the River of Grass.
Few drives put you this deep in the wild: gators sun on the canal banks, wading birds stalk the sawgrass, and cypress swamp lines the road for miles.
States on this route
The signature stops
What to pull over for.
01Shark Valleya 15-mile loop and observation tower in the gator-thick Everglades — open the guideFL02Tamiami Trail bridgeselevated spans that restored natural water flow to the EvergladesFL03Big Cypress National Preservecypress swamp and the scenic Loop Road detourFL04Fakahatchee Strandthe “Amazon of North America,” famed for wild orchidsFL05Naples to Miamithe gateway cities bookending the crossingFLPlan the drive
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