Florida

St. Augustine is the place to start. At Castillo de San Marcos, the fort's lower level, with its fort rooms, theater, bookstore and restrooms, is wheelchair accessible, though the park is candid that "accessibility is not always ideal" in a fort three centuries old. Each winter the town lights its historic downtown for Nights of Lights. The county tourism office says it's "a walking event," and that people with limited mobility can enjoy it "with the use of a wheelchair or mobility scooter." The streets downtown are narrow, and some are paved with brick. The tourism office suggests the free park-and-ride shuttle instead of driving downtown, and the city says its shuttle fleet is ADA compliant, with ramps or lifts.

On the Gulf side, The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg says its galleries, Dome and theater are accessible to manual and electric mobility devices, and it has fully accessible restrooms on the ground and top floors. Across the bay in Tampa, The Florida Aquarium says it has wheelchair access to all habitats and exhibits, with elevators to the upper levels.

On the Atlantic coast, Canaveral National Seashore has ramps onto Apollo Beach with accessible parking at each, and a beach wheelchair you can borrow for two hours. Farther south in Delray Beach, the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens has a push-button main door and a ramp into the gardens, though the garden path is compacted natural material and larger tires are recommended.

Around Miami, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables lends free wheelchairs at every entry point, and accessible paths reach every building. In Everglades National Park, the Anhinga Trail at Royal Palm is paved and boardwalk, and the park lends wheelchairs at its visitor centers.

Our St. Augustine Nights of Lights guide, and our Canaveral, Castillo, Aquarium, Morikami and Everglades guides, are provisional for now while we confirm a few details. Each guide says which.