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While in USA, travelers should visit the Everglades National Park, Florida. The Everglades National Park is the largest sub-tropical wilderness in the United States. Everglades National Park, Florida contains the southern 25% of the original Everglades marshland region of southwestern part of Florida.
Every year, about 1 million people visit the Everglades National Park in Florida. The park is the 3rd largest national park in the lower 48 states after Death Valley National Park and Yellowstone National Park. Everglades National Park, Florida has been declared an International Biosphere Reserve, a World Heritage Site, and a Wetland of International Importance.
Everglades National Park was created mainly to protect and preserve a fragile eco-system instead of safeguarding a geographic feature. Almost 36 endangered species is protected live in the park, including the Florida panther, the American crocodile, and the West Indian manatee.
The Everglades National Park is also the most significant breeding ground for tropical wading birds in North America, and contains the largest mangrove eco-system in the western hemisphere. Visitors will get to see more than 350 species of birds, 300 species of fresh and saltwater fish, 40 species of mammals, and 50 species of reptiles in the Everglades National Park.
Everglades National Park, Florida covers about 1,509,000 acres of land. The elevation typically ranges from 0 to 8 feet above the sea level to the section of the Gulf Coast that rises up to 20 feet above sea level. The park remains dry from December to April, when temperatures vary from 53 °F to 77 °F and humidity is low.