Shark Valley — A 15-Mile Bike Loop Through the Everglades with Alligators on the Pavement

Inside Everglades National Park, an hour west of Miami, there is a 15-mile paved loop road closed to cars. You bike past alligators basking on the pavement, wading birds working the slough beside you, and a 65-foot observation tower at the south end with views to the Florida Bay horizon. Three…