Everglades Holiday Park is considered the Gateway to the Everglades. This 29-acre park is located at the western end of Griffin Road, off U.S. 27 in Water Conservation Area 3. The park offers airboat rides, boat ramps, fishing, wildlife viewing, food concessions, boat rentals, alligator shows, and a campground.

Management of Everglades Holiday Park, currently under private management, officially transfers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to the Broward County Parks and Recreation Division on June 3, 2012. The Parks and Recreation Division is working closely with FWC to ensure a smooth transition and anticipates no interruption in service. The county has signed a one-year agreement with the current concessionaire, Bridges LLC, which will continue to offer the existing concession services on site. Bridges will operate the airboat rides, bait and tackle, boat rentals, fishing and hunting license sales, and sundries. At this time, store operating hours remain unchanged. In the next several months, the Broward County Board of County Commissioners and the Parks and Recreation Division will seek to hire a company to operate one or several concessions on a longer-term basis beginning in June 2013.

The county has already initiated several basic renovations to improve the facilities, including constructing and installing an accessible ramp to the concessions, upgrading the restrooms, and renovating the wood decks and floating dock. We are working hard to ensure that none of these repairs will significantly interrupt existing services. The county has also begun the initial design and permitting process to convert the existing one-lane bridge to allow for through traffic both ways.