2021 Map of Big Lostmans Bay

About this map

Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve meet in this aquatic wilderness, where the distinction between land and water is often defined by mangrove fringes and hammocks. The map details a complex hydrographic network dominated by Big Lostmans Bay and Rodgers River Bay, illustrating the tidal influence on the Florida coast before these waters reach the Gulf of Mexico. Navigation through these wetlands is marked by the Wilderness Waterway Trl and Everglades Paddling Trl, which thread through passages like The Cutoff and Rodgers Creek. Terrestrial features are sparse but significant, including the elevated Cocoanut Hammock in the north and Cabbage Island to the south. This survey captures a landscape almost entirely devoid of modern infrastructure, preserving the original character of The Everglades as a vast, interconnected drainage system of sloughs like Lostmans Slough and slow-moving rivers.