Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Get tickets to visit the Sanctuary. Check out our upcoming events here.. Now celebrating 70 years! Learn more about our legacy. A visit to Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is a journey into the heart of the Everglades ecosystem.
Visit Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
We're open at 8 a.m. daily. From May 1 through Dec. 15, we close at 3 p.m. with the last admission at 1 p.m. From Dec. 16 through April 30, we're open until 5 p.m. (last admission at 3 p.m.)
2024 “Super” Ghost Orchid Activity 6/14 - 6/20 4 buds, and very green roots . Two of the buds are getting large. One of the buds started unfurling on 6/20.
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
With exhibits, artwork, and bird-friendly gardens, the Blair Audubon Visitor Center serves as the gateway to a gentle, pristine wilderness with giant cypress trees that have lived here for nearly 600 years.
Corkscrew Member Lecture Series 2025
The Corkscrew Member Lecture Series continues the first Friday of each month from January through April 2025. These free, hour-long presentations are offered at 11 a.m. and cover a variety of conservation topics including shorebirds of Southwest Florida, hydrology, drones and wetland monitoring, and orchids and bromeliads!
Corkscrew's Ghost Orchid - Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
The "Super" ghost orchid on June 26, 2024. Photo: R J Wiley . Discovered in July 2007, the Corkscrew "Super" ghost orchid (Dendrophylax lindenii) has been in the spotlight each summer since as it continues to produce many flowers year after year.This orchid has drawn attention from around the world as it is the largest ghost orchid discovered …
Events - Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Our mission is to preserve Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary and support the conservation and restoration of natural ecosystems throughout the Western Everglades.
Birds of Corkscrew Swamp
Roseate spoonbills forage in a recently restored area of the back country Photo: Allyson L. Webb . Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is home to a wide diversity of birds ranging from the iconic Wood Stork and majestic Bald Eagle to the tiny, soft-spoken Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and vociferous Black-bellied Whistling-Duck.
About Corkscrew's Boardwalk - Audubon Corkscrew Swamp …
Photo: R.J. Wiley . Visitors will find a gentle, pristine wilderness that dates back about 600 years. A 2.25-mile boardwalk meanders through pine flatwood, wet prairie, around a marsh, and finally into the largest old-growth bald cypress forest in North America.
The Sanctuary | Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Celebrating 70 Years of Wetland Conservation. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary occupies 13,000 acres in the heart of the Corkscrew Watershed in Southwest Florida, part of the Western Everglades.