National Wildlife Refuge Canoe Trail 3 to Trail 2 - 2019 -11-20
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 2.89 nm
- Elevation gain
- 3 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 3 ft
- Max elevation
- 19 ft
- TrailRank
- 22
- Min elevation
- -124 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- one hour 59 minutes
- Coordinates
- 297
- Uploaded
- May 22, 2020
- Recorded
- November 2019
near Royal Palm Hammock, Florida (United States)
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Itinerary description
The National Wildlife Refuge sits on the south side of US-41 and runs from Collier Seminole State Park about 5 miles to Port of the Islands. In that 5 mile stretch there are 4 canoe trails headed south into the marshes. The trails are navigable only during wet season or after heavy rains. Two trails, 1 and 3 are accessible from the roadside. Trail 4 is protected by a guardrail, and Trail 2 is from a 20-car parking lot at the “Marsh Trail”.
Launch at trail 3 is from the southern roadside of US 41. Park alomng the shoulder - make sure you're well off the road. Traffic passes by at 60 mph. Be careful. There's a Marker that says Trail 3. and the PVC trail markers are visible in the distance. The markers have little blue squares with arrows that point the way. Pay attention. The markers will take you to within sight of the Marsh Trail Observation Tower.
You can return the way you came or take a fork about half-way back that actually goes straight (east) instead of a right turn (south). There are two arrows on that post.. Or you can do as we did and head east cross-country looking for a way through the mangrove islands.
Launch at trail 3 is from the southern roadside of US 41. Park alomng the shoulder - make sure you're well off the road. Traffic passes by at 60 mph. Be careful. There's a Marker that says Trail 3. and the PVC trail markers are visible in the distance. The markers have little blue squares with arrows that point the way. Pay attention. The markers will take you to within sight of the Marsh Trail Observation Tower.
You can return the way you came or take a fork about half-way back that actually goes straight (east) instead of a right turn (south). There are two arrows on that post.. Or you can do as we did and head east cross-country looking for a way through the mangrove islands.
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