I was returning from New Years weekend camping in Everglades National Park in what I intended to be a fact finding return trip home. I have traveled US 41 so many times but find myself relying on a fuzzy memory to try and remember where things are.  Thus, I decided to write things down this time. Below are a list of camping areas, national and state park centers, boardwalks, eateries and other miscellaneous stops.  I still could not resist taking photos in Big Cypress National Preserve off Loop Road.  FYI Loop Road is CLOSED until at the earliest sometime in February.  You an can enter the first 2 miles of Loop Rd. from the Collier County side and reach the Gator Hook Swamp Head Trail (5 mile marked roundtrip swamp trek) and Loop Road is blocked after that.  From the Dade County side you can enter Loop Road all the way till the Big Cypress boardwalk, housing and office.  So, you can reach both free camping areas from the Dade County side, Mitchell's Landing and Pinecrest. 

The photos below are from Loop Road, Dade County side and from along US 41 mile. There were hundreds of wading birds as I was making my way back to Naples around mile marker 76 and I had to pull over to take pics. 
Mileage amounts going East on US 41 from the intersection with SR 951 
The information here are places that caught my eye based upon my interests (not all inclusive)
4.8 Lighted Golf course 
6.5 You Enter Collier Seminole State Park Land
7.2 Hiking Trail - Just Before SR 92 to Goodland/Marco
8.1 Collier Seminole State Park
9.3 Air Boat Rides
10.6 Marsh Trail Ten Thousand Islands National Refuge
13.4 Port of the Isles
13.8 Beginning of Fakahatchee State Park Land
16.5 Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk - North Side
18.1 Picnic Area
18.3 Kayak Drop in Spot 
22.5 Everglades Private Airboat Tours
23 Jungle Erv's Airboat Tours
23.5 Four-Way Cross- SR 29  and US 41- North on 29 to Fakahatchee State Park Entrance/ Janes Scenic Drive - South on 29 to Everglades City
23.5 Entering Big Cypress National Park Land
25 Viewed Roseate Spoonbills on South side of road
25.4 Wootens Air Boat Tours
26 Seagrape Drive - Big Cypress Welcome Center - Halfway Creek Drop In - Osprey Nest on fake stand- 
26.2 Big Cypress National Preserve Headquarters
27 Donna Drive Small Camping Area and Dump Station 
27.8 Ochopee, Florida - Smallest Post Office in the US
27.8 Joanies Blue Crab Cafe
29.5 Turner River Canoe Access
30.1 Turner River Road SR 839/HP Williams Wayside Picnic Area/Boardwalk - Bathrooms- Parking- 
32.3 Burns Lake Campground (free) 
37 Kirby Storter Boardwalk 
39.6 Monument Lake Campground ($16 night)
40.4 Loop Road/Monroe Station (between mile markers 60-59) 22 miles long
44.7 Oasis Big Cypress Visitor Center - Florida Trail Passes through
45.5 Clyde Butcher Big Cypress Gallery 
47.4 Midway Campground
55.8 Collier/Dade County Line
59.9 Loop Road 
60.5 TC's Big Cypress BBQ
61.8 Micosoukee Tribe Headquarters
63 Micosoukee Indian Village
63.6 Everglades National Park Shark Valley 
73 Designated Turnaround


 


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