2015 Map of Pa-Hay-Okee Lookout Tower

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Everglades National Park dominates this landscape, revealing a delicate hydrologic system at the border of Monroe and Miami-Dade counties. The central feature is the Shark River Slough, a slow-moving sheet of water that sustains the region's biodiversity. To the west, the headwaters of the N River and the meandering Rookery Branch flow toward the coast, while solitary elevated features like Papaya Hammock rise above the wetlands. The only significant infrastructure is the SR-9336 corridor, which leads visitors to Rock Reef Pass and the Pa-Hay-Okee Lookout Tower. This vantage point provides a critical window into the transition between the freshwater slough and the surrounding marl prairies and cypress forests during the early 21st century.