Despite the name, it isn’t Jaws you should be worried about bumping into when rolling around this 15.8-mile loop in the Sunshine State’s signature swamp/slow-moving river. They don’t call the region “Alligator Alley” for nothing. You’ll also possibly come across various other beasts of the southern wild like gopher tortoises, a bevy of turtle species, muskrats, centipedes, golden silk orb-weavers, millennial pink roseate spoonbills, nine-banded armadillos, or endangered panthers. Chances of spotting the residents from the road bikers share with hikers and trams increases during the dry season (November through April) when animals are forced to gather at fewer and shrinking watering holes.