The Swamp Walk Trail - Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge - Folkston, GA
N 30° 42.725 W 082° 09.740
17R E 388700 N 3398270
The Swamp Walk is a 0.75-mile self-guided trail in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Folkston, Georgia, USA.
Waymark Code: WM58W4
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/29/2008
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A trail brochure is located at the beginning of the trail and there are numbered signs along the trail that correspond to the brochure information.
From the trail brochure:
The Swamp Walk is a .75 mile wooden walkway that leads to a 50-foot high observation tower overlooking Okefenokee Swamp.
The wooden walkway before you gently winds through cypress trees and open prairie marshlands. It extends 3/4 of a mile into Chesser Prairie, an area characterized by grasses and other vegetation. These wet prairies make up about 20% of the Okefenokee.
Along the way, you may encounter carnivorous plants, such as pitcher plants and bladderworts, as well as cinnamon ferns, sphagnum moss and many other plants. As these plants partially decay, they accumulate in layers as peat on the sandy bottom of the swamp. By definition, part of the Okefenokee Swamp is not a swamp at all. It is actually a bog, a peat-accumulating wetland which receives most of its water from rainfall.
Self-guided walk stops include the following: (1) Gator Holes, (2) Insect-eating Plants!, (3) From Pond to Forest, (4) Watch the Birdies, (5) Cypress Trees, (6) Prairies and Ponds, and (7) Owl's Roost Tower.