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Map of Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Georgia. Published by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS).
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Swamp Island Drive (7.2 miles)
Visitor Center
Hiking Trail
Information
Boardwalk
Cafe
Motorboats/Canoes Allowed
Hiking Trail
Canoe Only (Permit Required)
Picnic Area
Canoe Only (No Permit Required)
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Boat Launch
Waycross
Non-wilderness Uplands
Observation Tower
Wilderness Uplands
Cabins
Non-Wilderness Marsh
Campground
Wilderness Marsh
Trailer Sites
Wilderness Wetlands
Restrooms
Other Refuge Wetlands
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Visitor Center
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Prairie
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Pine
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Prairie
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Honey Island
Cedar
Hammock
Coffee Bay
Honey Island
Prairie
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Main Entrance
Ridleys
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Homestead Trail
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Chesser
Prairie
Suwannee Canal
Recreation Area
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Blackjack Island
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Okefenokee Adventures (Concession)
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Upland Hiking Trails at Suwannee Canal Recreation Area
Canal Diggers Trail Length: 0.7 mi, 1 km Loop
Difficulty: Moderate
Follow the remnants of the Suwannee Canal built in 1891 through pine uplands and cypress wetlands to look for
signs of gopher tortoises and woodpeckers on this gently sloping up-and-down trail.
Upland Discovery Trail Length: 0.25 mi, 0.5 km Loop
Difficulty: Easy
Walk though pines and palmettos to look for woodpeckers and warblers. Trees marked with a white band indicate
roosting or nesting sites for the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker.
Deerstand Trail Length: 0.5 mi, 0.75 km One way
Difficulty: Easy
Enjoy a stroll through pine uplands from the Chesser Homestead to the Chesser Island Boardwalk parking area.
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Chesser Island Boardwalk Length: 0.75 mi, 1 km One way
Difficulty: Easy
Stroll the Chesser Island Boardwalk, made of a recycled wood-plastic composite, to the 40-foot Owls Roost
Observation Tower for a birds-eye view of Seagrove Lake and Chesser Prairie. No Pets Allowed.
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Chesser Homestead Trail Length: 0.7 mi, 1 km Loop
Difficulty: Easy
This trail loops through woods of oak, palmetto, and Spanish moss around the historic Chesser Island Homestead.
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Longleaf Pine Trail
Upland Trails
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Mitchell
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Swamp
Island
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Diggers
Trail
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Discovery
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Water Trails
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Cooter
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Prairie
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Entrance
Trails
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Cane Pole Trail Length: 0.35 mi, 0.5 km One way
Difficulty: Easy
Traverse 100 feet of the Suwannee Canal into wetland prairie, serenaded by cricket and pig frogs to see a sandhill
crane or red-shouldered hawk.
Longleaf Pine Trail Length: 4.0 mi, 6.5 km One way
Difficulty: Easy
Explore the longest trail in the refuge as it winds back and forth across the entrance road while listening for frogs
and birds that make their home in the wetlands along the trails’ edge.
Phernetton Trail Length: 1.3 mi, 2 km Loop
Difficulty: Easy
Look for clusters of fox squirrel nests in the trees above you while viewing wildlife in the pine forest community.
Ridleys Island Trail Length: 0.16 mi, 0.3 km One way
Difficulty: Easy
Explore and view the remnants of past wildfires along this short boardwalk trail that is a spur off of the Chesser
Homestead Trail.