Located 4 miles from the park entrance, it starts at the Royal Palm Visitor Center.

The trail is a paved walkway and a boardwalk over Taylor Slough, a freshwater sawgrass marsh.

Abundant wildlife is visible from the trail, including alligators, turtles, anhingas, herons, and egrets.

[2] On November 5, 1996, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Video and news coverage of the fight was widespread and brought attention to the spread of the python, an invasive species, in the Everglades.