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Attractions near Ave Maria

Worth the trip from Ave Maria: Everglades National Park, 30 mi off

A typical year brings about 2.3M visitors to Big Cypress National Preserve. Look within 40 miles for the 12 places to visit; none is inside Ave Maria. Among them are 5 museums, 2 state parks and a national park. Go 59 mi out for Lake Okeechobee.

Attractions nearby
16
within 60 miles
The big one
30 mi
Everglades National Park
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Park · 30 mi south

Everglades National Park

One-and-a-half million acres in Florida (US) managed by the National Park Service.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

How they lie

Edison and Ford Winter Estates, 35 mi away, is the farthest on the map.

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Orange: Ave Maria. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Everything on the list

These 16 are all within 60 miles.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Ave Maria →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Lake Okeechobee: NASA, Public domain · Everglades National Park: Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States, Public domain · Big Cypress National Preserve: Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hertz Arena: Tthaas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edison and Ford Winter Estates: Rolf Müller (User:Rolfmueller), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cayo Costa State Park: https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrea_pauline/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Koreshan State Historic Site: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Naples Zoo: Exupery67, CC BY 4.0 · Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium: Invertzoo, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Naples Botanical Garden: scott.zona, CC BY 2.0 · The Baker Museum: CTNMM82, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Military Heritage & Aviation Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Southwest Florida Museum of History: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0

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