Highland Beach — Hotel in Everglades City

Plan around nice weather and you'll enjoy every minute of the trip. Choose poorly and you'll be bailing out your boat or kayak and hanging your clothes in the palm trees to dry. I witnessed someone who anchored their boat a few hundred yards offshore because at low tide the beach exposes nearly 100 yards of extra muddy, clay-like beach. They woke up to their boat on the ground and completely full of water. They even had a few ballyhoo inside. The fishing around here is great. We caught some nice trout and snapper for dinner. Find a place off the beach to make camp (plenty of room and dry). I'm pretty sure you're permitted to make a fire. Beautiful spot to camp and...

The beach is a great location to spend time with family. You can walk on the beach or have fun playing in the sand. You can also take lots of pictures of all the fun things you did while you were there. Now, you don't have to get on a plane and go all the way...