Flamingo, Monroe County, Florida | |
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 Flamingo Visitor Center | |
  Flamingo Location within the state of Florida  Flamingo Flamingo (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 25°8′27″N 80°55′27″W / 25.14083°N 80.92417°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Florida |
| County | Monroe |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Flamingo is the southernmost headquarters of Everglades National Park, in Monroe County, Florida, United States. Flamingo is one of the two end points of the 99-mile (159-km) Wilderness Waterway (with another end point at Gulf Coast Visitor Center in the Everglades City), and the southern end of the only road (running 39.3 miles (63.2 km)[1]) through the park from Florida City. It began as a small coastal settlement on the eastern end of Cape Sable on the southern tip of the Florida peninsula, facing Florida Bay. The actual town of Flamingo was located approximately 4+1⁄2 miles west of the current Flamingo campground area. All that remains of the former town are a few remnants of building foundations, and it is considered a ghost town.[2]
- ^ "Map of Main Park Road, Everglades National Park" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ^ "Flamingo - Ghost Town". www.ghosttowns.com.