- The Florida Trail: passes through Glades County for nearly 41 miles.
- Ortona Indian Mound Park.
- Lake Okeechobee is a vast freshwater inland sea.
- Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail for hiking and bicycling.
- Platt Branch Wildlife and Environmental Area: old-growth longleaf pine forests, red-cockaded woodpeckers, broad open prairies, scrub plants on ancient sands, rare cutthroat grass seeps.
- Glades County was created in 1921.
- It was named for the Florida Everglades.
- Indigenous people lived in this area for thousands of years.
- the city of Moore Haven, was founded on the banks of the Caloosahatchee River, by James A. Moore in 1915.
- Its county seat is Moore Haven, Florida.
- the county has a total area of 986 square miles.
- 774 square miles of land and 213 square miles of open water, including 42 miles of shoreline, 52 miles of pristine canoeing trails, and more than 60 miles of riverfront.
- Bicycling Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail.
- Florida’s original alligator and crocodile adventure, Gatorama.
- Fishing shoreline on Lake Okeechobee.
- Hiking Florida Trail.
- Popular destination for duck hunters during the winter months.
- Paddling: Fisheating Creek.
- Later in the year, after the rains.
- Florida State Road 25, State Road 29, State Road 70, State Road 78.
- Hilliards Private Airport, Last Chance Ranch Airport, Lykes Brighton Airport, Lykes Palmdale Airport, Moore Haven Airport, Sundance Farms Airport.
- Chalo Nitka Festival is a celebration of local history and culture, similar to a county fair.
- Buckhead Ridge Catfish Festival, Sour Orange Festival.
- English.
- Spanish.
$50-$200
