National Wildlife Refuge Trail 3 south, east, and south
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 4.18 nm
- Elevation gain
- 3 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 3 ft
- Max elevation
- 19 ft
- TrailRank
- 30
- Min elevation
- -14 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 398
- Uploaded
- June 15, 2020
- Recorded
- June 2020
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”.
You can see the trail markers from the launch area. At the last marker on the southbound leg of the trail there's an arrow pointing right (west). Don't g7o right - go left (east) there. There's a pretty tight tunnel that curves south. Pay attention here when you come out of the tunnel - you'll have to find this cut on the way back.
From here, head roughly south. You'll have to find that next cut so, again, pay attention. If you look at the track you'll see that we could have gone another third of a mile, but we couldn't find that last cut.
You can see the trail markers from the launch area. At the last marker on the southbound leg of the trail there's an arrow pointing right (west). Don't g7o right - go left (east) there. There's a pretty tight tunnel that curves south. Pay attention here when you come out of the tunnel - you'll have to find this cut on the way back.
From here, head roughly south. You'll have to find that next cut so, again, pay attention. If you look at the track you'll see that we could have gone another third of a mile, but we couldn't find that last cut.
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