This was a great place to stop on our way to south Florida. Clean facilities and vending machines…read moreavailable if you need a snack!

WOWZA this rest stop is def a throw back to the 70's. The inside looks like a space ship. Very…read moregroovy. There isn't anything out here but this twilight zone rest stop so we just had to stop here as we are on another one of our Davy Crockett journeys. I wouldn't stop here again though, unless it was an emergency, as the single changing restroom was filthy :( Sir Hubbers said the only thing good about it was they have real toilet paper. LOL Beam me up Scotty! Hahaha hahaha hahaha. You have entered the twilight zone here OuiOui.

A pretty nice little service plaza that offers a variety of different food and drink options!…read moreLocated off the ally, this location has many gas pumps to choose from as well as a little casino if gambling is something you're into. I heard it wa very nice but didn't get a chance to pop into that portion of this plaza but I will next time! The gas prices here are reasonable especially because they can charge whatever they want, being the only gas station in such a huge radius of space! The pumps were all clean and there's more than enough parking for when I wanted to run inside. I decided to grab a couple croquettes and a toastada from one of the kiosks inside. While it did take a bit of time (because I think they forgot to press the bread) it was amazing, all the food. The croquettes were massive and flavored perfectly for both the ham and queso ones I got. The toast had a perfect amount of butter on it and a wonderful crunch to the crust!

Miccosukee Service Plaza is so dang NICE!!! Everything is super clean and organized. We've been…read morehere a few times when we drive to/from Orlando. Located on Alligator Alley at Exit 49 (Snake Road). Plenty of parking, The bathrooms are spotless. Gas station with affordable gas. Convenience store is organized with a variety of necessities and unique finds too. There are two food options here, Glades Café and Dunkin'. Bonus is finding a casino! I feel like I'm back in Vegas where you can find casinos everywhere. Ha. If you have to stop anywhere for a bathroom break and in this area, stop here! It's just CLEAN!!!

Old rest stop that has a nice courtyard with benches to just rest at. You enter on the left north…read moreside, and exit in the right south side. Inside, the place is in need of renovations, but it does the job. Lots of parking in the lot, just watch out for people walking there dogs. The place is convenient to get off the interstate 75 and quickly back on. It located right before entering busy Broward County.

For my review #11,000 I thought I'd review my fave rest area (by far) in Florida…read more I furrowed my Broward when I walked in here because it's so amazing. Located right in the middle of the Everglades. My eyes Glazed over when I first saw how amazing this service area is. Oh, I meant Glades over. Wanna stop here? Sher,iff you want to! I peed myself (but not literally thanks to the bathrooms) when I came here because it's way more than just a rest area. It's like an Everglades Visitor Center - so beautiful and so memorable and so impossible to forget. It's also really sad looking at all the wildlife stuff. It's definitely one of my favourite places to stop in all of Florida as you can imagine. One of the most memorable service areas that I've been through in a long time - specifically because it really is literally right in the middle of the Evies. They've also made quite the effort here because the whole place has a bunch of amazing Everglades information and beautiful images covering the walls as you can see from my pictures. Bravo. And the restroom facilities are pretty comfy and useful - because let's face it that's why you're coming here. But even if you don't need to pee, I recommend checking it out anyway. And pooping.

I love to visit to Big Cypress Preserve to see the plants and animals of the Everglades. Big…read moreCypress was supposed to be part of Everglades National Park when it was created in 1947 but the land was still privately owned so it was released from the park. In the 1960's the land that is now Big Cypress Preserve was slated to become a large jet port. Community activists made up of environmentalists, sportsmen, conservationists, and members of the Native tribes, Seminole and Miccosoukee joined together to halt the impending development. On October 11, 1974 Big Cypress Preserve along with Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas became the first National Preserves when the United States National Park System was created. Thanks to a dedicated group of people 700,000 acres were preserved leaving them to protect the estuaries of Florida's southwest coast. Big Cypress Oasis Visitor Center is one of two visitor centers in Big Cypress Preserve at each end of Tamiami Trail. Oasis is on the east side closer to Miami. The building for the Big Cypress Oasis Visitor Center was built in the 1960's when this area was once a private airport that had an airplane hanger and restaurant. A passenger plane was mounted to the roof as a decoration. Later on it became a service station before being purchased by the National Park Service in the 1980s to be used as a visitor center. Today the Big Cypress Oasis Visitor Center houses a gift shop, exhibits, educational information, educational film, National Park Service rangers who can give advice, information on available activities, and directions. Outside the center is picnic tables, native flower garden, and interpretive panels giving the history of the area. My favorite part is the boardwalk along a canal that is filled with alligators. You can also see gar, herons, snowy egrets, and red-shouldered hawks. There is a hiking trail just north of the visitor center that is best during the dry season, November through April.

The restrooms are very bad. Lots to see. Need to clean…read morerestrooms more than once a year.

The rest stop on I-75 (Alligator Alley) at Mile Marker 35 is a unique nature destination, not just…read morea pit stop, featuring a four-story observation tower for panoramic wetland views, extensive boardwalks through native plants, educational exhibits, playgrounds, dog parks, and picnic areas, transforming a basic rest stop into an environmental education center and scenic oasis for families and travelers to experience the Everglades up close. It's about 10 miles west of the Weston toll plaza. They have many things as well - a Four-Story Observation Tower: A 40-foot-tall structure that provides panoramic 360-degree views of the surrounding wetlands and is accessible via a long ramp. Elevated Boardwalks: An extensive network of winding boardwalks over a three-acre engineered wetland, allowing visitors to view native flora and fauna safely. Nature Exhibits: The site includes a wetland plant exhibit, an arboretum with native landscaping, and informative kiosks about the Everglades ecosystem. One of these days I will get to the tower, boardwalks and nature exhibits. I do know that it is a perfect place to use their restrooms! And they are new now!

Clean and convenient when you need a rest and coffee or snack. I thought…read more the rest stop was clean and well lit. The vending machines had all kinds of coffee and I choose the hot chocolate. I wish the cups had cardboard holder because the chocolate came out super hot to the touch. The vending machines had all kinds of snacks even ice cream. Glad for this rest top to stretch the legs.

This Shark Valley trail itself is five stars, but the way it's operated isn't…read more Get there early if you'd like peace and quiet before the trams start which seems to be 9:30. Trail is paved, direct sunlight. In Jan saw over 60 gators a couple crocs. Took about 2.5 hrs with stopping to watch. Most national parks will allow you to access and pay earlier hours -- this park doesn't. This park gate opens at 8:30am, and creates a line that goes out into traffic, clearly only catering to people using the trams. We had to park on the Hwy and bike in, which was allowed but there was someone at the booth even at 730 to take money-- why not just open the parking lot early if someone is manning it anyway? To cater to the trams, which are very expensive. We were trying to enjoy watching some baby gators and the tram came up to about a foot behind us on our bikes to loudly scream over an intercom about the babies. Really takes away from the natural experience.

I am generally a fan of National Parks. The Everglades is fairly uniform and spread out over a huge…read morearea. There are multiple entrances (and perhaps visitors' centers) but we only checked out this one. Shark Valley is about an hour west of Miami on Hwy 41. En route, you pass 3 - 4 airboat tour companies that all take you near or into part of the park on their tours. That is, to me, the quintessential Everglades experience. However, you can't do that tour at the Park HQ. At Shark Valley, the main apparent draw is a large (15-mile) loop road that goes south from the highway. At the far end is some tall observation tower. You cannot drive on this road, so you have 3 options: walk it, rent a bike from the ranger station, or take a periodic tram tour (2 hours) that costs (I think) about $34. When we arrived, it was already 3 p.m. and if we took the 4 p.m. tram tour, we'd have been driving back through downtown Miami in the dark. Traffic there is scary enough in daylight, so we skipped that. They also had a boil water advisory that day (?), so we could not refill our water bottles. The ranger station was nice enough, with a few exhibits. I think the entrance fee is $20 per car. When we arrived, the lot was full so you could either wait in a short line of cars (where the let one in as one left) or park out on a wide shoulder of Hwy 41 and walk to the ranger station (probably about 1/3 of a mile one way). Depending on what sort of Everglades experience you're looking for, this may be worth a stop. Or you may just want to choose one of the airboat places instead.

When you need to stop and take a break on a drive, this place delivers. It was nice to take a…read morestroll and enjoy the day. Then, onward to our journey! Life is good on the road!

Not very nice, old but clean No air conditioning…read more Snack vendors Open24/7 You have to exit the highway 75 to go. It's next to the race trac gas station

My 152nd Love's (14th in Florida!) across 31 states and this is a grerat one that is a full service…read moretruck stop that has all the usual convenience store requirements. Lots of coffee, roller meat on the grill, grab-and-go fresh foods and coolers with drinks and beer. I found all of the food areas to be very clean and stocked. Men's room was in good shape with paper towels stocked and no trash on the floor. The pump area was clean and they have the extra long squeegees for getting the bugs off my Sprinter van windshield. Get an extra 10 cents off per gallon for scanning your Love's app at the pump. A very convenient stop and another great example of the Love's brand. [Review 415 of 2025 - 2060 in Florida - 23977 overall]

Located on highway 27 outside of Moore Haven, FL. This is a full service truck stop. Convenience…read morestore with everything you would need for snacks, drinks, souvenirs and shower service for truck drivers. This location also has a full service Arby's if you would like traditional fast service. Look there is not a lot to stop for once you get through Moore Haven, so this is a great professional National full service stop that will meet all your needs

This is a service plaza on the FLorida turnpike. It's located between the northbound and…read moresouthbound lanes which makes exiting the plaza into traffic interesting. In my mind, the primary purpose of a highway rest or service area is CLEAN, well-maintained restrooms. THis service plaze aced that criteria. Second, it's important that it have plenty of well-lite parking - another ace. And finally, it's important that you be able to grab a bite to eat. This service plaza excelled in that category with a Burger King,, Pizza Hut, Dukin Donuts, and a mini supermarket. There was enought variety to satisfy any traveler. Kudos to the State of Florida or the Florida Turnpike people (whoever's in charge) - this is what a service plaze should be.

Anything less than five stars for the West Palm Beach Service Plaza would be holy sacrilege…read more Because when you have to go... you have to go. And this place understands that sacred human truth better than most institutions of government. I rolled in, weary and road-blind, and emerged victorious with almond M&M's and a Diet Coke--because balance is important and freedom isn't free. It's a rest stop, sure, but it's a good rest stop. Clean bathrooms. Bright lights. Functional logistics. No weird energy. No fear. And let's take a moment to respect the visionaries--the powdered-wig geniuses who planned the Florida Turnpike with stops along the way so modern Americans could safely shuttle back and forth to the mouse without descending into chaos. Call it infrastructure. Call it foresight. Call it patriotism with air conditioning. This is not a place you critique. This is a place you appreciate. You don't Yelp a lifeboat. You thank it.

Stopped in today during a busy travel day after the Thanksgiving holiday, the traffic on the…read moreturnpike was pretty heavy and since I didn't fuel the RV on the way down to the Keys I figured I should top it off anticipating some stop and go delays. These service plazas are left lane exits so it can be a challenge getting over when the traffic is heavy but once I made the ramp the layout here makes it reality easy to navigate and access the truck lanes to get to the separate diesel pump island. The fueling island is remote and like most truck fueling you have to prepay inside prior to pumping, this is quite the walk past the Tesla Superchargers then through the gas pumps, I purposely under estimated how many gallons I needed so I wouldn't have to make a second trip inside to get a receipt for the actual gallons I pumped so I definitely missed the mark on filling the tank but I knew I'd stop again once I got closer to home so I could put her in the garage with a full tank in preparation for our next trip. As expected the inside was extremely busy I think I was at least 10 customers back to pay, they did have both registered staffed so the line did move rather quickly. It seemed everyone was ordering food so that wasn't an option even the wait for a cup of coffee was more than I was willing to wait so I made a cup in the Keurig once I got back in the bus before getting back on the road - overall a pretty good experience...

Nice clean rest area. Plenty of parking. Decent options. Better than New Jersey but not up to…read moreItalian rest areas .