Red Bird Lane
- 22.0 mi
- round trip
- 37 ft
- climb
- 6 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Nov–Mar
- best months
Is Red Bird Lane open right now?
No closures listed
The National Park Service lists no closures for Big Cypress National Preserve.
As of · Source: NPS · Big Cypress National Preserve. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Red Bird Lane is a long, hard out-and-back hike in Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida, managed by the National Park Service. The route is 43.9 miles long, and it is rated hard. The trail is mostly flat, with a negligible amount of climbing and no elevation gain or loss worth a second glance. The most comfortable time to go is in winter and early spring. Typical averages from a nearby weather station run from highs around 78°F in January to about 83°F in March, with only five to seven wet days a month. Summer brings highs near 93°F and 17 to 19 wet days a month. Plan on spending about 14.5 hours on the trail. There is no fee to hike it. Several other hikes start within about a mile and a half, and the Everglades Paddling Trail is about 7 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Everglades Area Tours22 mi away
- Tour The Glades - Wildlife Tours25 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Z4 Need Name 4Hiking1.5 mi
- Z4 Need Name 5Hiking1.5 mi
- Z4 Need Name 6Hiking1.5 mi
- Everglades Paddling TrailCanoeing6.9 mi
Pace's DikeHikingPhoto: RuggyBearLA, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)7.4 mi- Eastern Continental Trail (South Florida Roadwalk)HikingPhoto: RuggyBearLA, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)7.4 mi
- Hess HammockHiking8.1 mi
- Z4 Need Name 15Hiking8.1 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Pace's DikeHiking · ~13 min drivePhoto: RuggyBearLA, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- Roberts Lakes TrailHiking · ~13 min drivePhoto: RuggyBearLA, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- Eastern Continental Trail (South Florida Roadwalk)Hiking · ~13 min drivePhoto: RuggyBearLA, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
- Z4 Need Name 4Hiking · ~3 min drive
Gator Hook TrailHiking · ~22 min drivePhoto: RuggyBearLA, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Boundary LineHiking · ~17 min drive
Kirby Storter Nature TrailHiking · ~27 min drivePhoto: Khajjit75, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Skillet NorthHiking · ~29 min drive
Otter Cave Hammock TrailHiking · ~32 min drivePhoto: edenpictures, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- Sandy RoadHiking · ~29 min drive
Best time to visit Red Bird Lane
Best months: November–March. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
78° / 55°
7 wet
Feb
81° / 57°
5 wet
Mar
83° / 58°
6 wet
Apr
87° / 62°
6 wet
May
91° / 66°
10 wet
Jun
92° / 72°
17 wet
Jul
93° / 75°
18 wet
Aug
94° / 76°
19 wet
Sep
92° / 76°
17 wet
Oct
89° / 71°
11 wet
Nov
84° / 64°
6 wet
Dec
80° / 59°
6 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Oasis Rs, FL, 14.3 mi away at 8 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
