The Florida Everglades are located in the southern portion of Florida, in parts of Monroe, Collier, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, and Broward counties.  The Florida Everglades extends from Lake Okeechobee on the north to Florida Bay on the south and features the Ten Thousand Islands.  The area is also home to the Everglades National Park the largest subtropical wilderness in the U.S.  The Everglades consist of a shallow sheet of fresh water that rolls slowly over the lowlands and through billions of blades of sawgrass, and features rare and endangered species and incredible wilderness sightseeing.