NWR 1 Loop: 10/24/2020 7:19 AM
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 2.66 nm
- Elevation gain
- 3 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 3 ft
- Max elevation
- 27 ft
- TrailRank
- 23
- Min elevation
- -78 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 2 hours 26 minutes
- Coordinates
- 368
- Uploaded
- October 24, 2020
- Recorded
- October 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 the wet season or after heavy rains. Two trails, 1 and 3, are accessible from the roadside. A guardrail protects trail 4. Trail 2 launch is at the edge of a 20-car parking lot.
NWR Trail 1 head south from US 41. There is a marked trail straight ahead that's hard to miss. We veered off to the west just after the first few markers and through a spartina marsh. Only attempt this if the area is well-flooded. We found a connection to a lake system and then a cut out of the lakes to the east that we flagged, and then south to a dead-end marsh and back out to where we found the entrance to another long lake, and out and then back north.
On the way back, we found the trail markers and followed them back to the launch.
NWR Trail 1 head south from US 41. There is a marked trail straight ahead that's hard to miss. We veered off to the west just after the first few markers and through a spartina marsh. Only attempt this if the area is well-flooded. We found a connection to a lake system and then a cut out of the lakes to the east that we flagged, and then south to a dead-end marsh and back out to where we found the entrance to another long lake, and out and then back north.
On the way back, we found the trail markers and followed them back to the launch.
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