Shark Valley Tower

The viewing tower at the end of Everglades National Park's Shark Valley Tram is a great place to view the vast sweep of the Everglades. Wetland water atage in Shark River Slough is at a 17-yr September low-water mark due to below average rainfall and upstream discharges through the S12 structures.

Raccoon Point

Raccoon Point is located in Big Cypress National Preserve just a few miles from the L28 levee, the eastern limit of Water Conservation Area 3A. Big Cypress National Park Service and the South Florida Water Management District cooperatively maintain the hydrologic monitoring station in the background.

Alligator Alley

Aerial view of I75 looking north in the 35 mile reach that it passes Big Cypress National Preserve. I75 was built over SR84, dubbed "Alligator Alley", in the 1980s. Culverts, bridges, and spreader canals were added make the road corridor "invisible" to flow.

Bridge 105

This photo shows an aerial view of the Tamiami Trail looking south, in the eastern portion of Big Cypress National Preserve, at Bridge 105. Bridge 105 contains the oldest hydrologic monitoring station in the preserve, with a period of record beginning in the 1950s shortly after the establishment of downstream Everglades National Park.

S335

This photo was taken at the S335 water control structure near Dade Corners, looking upstream along the L30 canal. The levee on the right side of the photo forms the eastern edge of Water Conservation Area 3B.