NWR Trail 4 to Birdland 10 OCT 2020 07:15
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 3.91 nm
- Elevation gain
- 3 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 3 ft
- Max elevation
- 21 ft
- TrailRank
- 30
- Min elevation
- -39 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 2 hours 23 minutes
- Coordinates
- 437
- Uploaded
- October 11, 2020
- Recorded
- October 2020
near Weavers Station, 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, and Trail 2 is from a 20-car parking lot at the “Marsh Trail.”
National Wildlife Refuge trail #4. Park on the side of US41 behind the guardrail or past there if it’s crowded. There's a marker that says NWR Canoe Trail 4. The launch is gravel and well protected into a narrow channel through a cattail marsh. There are no markers until you get past the cattail marsh, about half a mile.
Just south of the first pipe marker, turn toward the east, and when you enter the open water pond, turn south again. This trail is unmarked. The trail is straightforward, with a few exceptions where wrong turns are possible. The marsh at the south end is too shallow to paddle when the water level goes down.
National Wildlife Refuge trail #4. Park on the side of US41 behind the guardrail or past there if it’s crowded. There's a marker that says NWR Canoe Trail 4. The launch is gravel and well protected into a narrow channel through a cattail marsh. There are no markers until you get past the cattail marsh, about half a mile.
Just south of the first pipe marker, turn toward the east, and when you enter the open water pond, turn south again. This trail is unmarked. The trail is straightforward, with a few exceptions where wrong turns are possible. The marsh at the south end is too shallow to paddle when the water level goes down.
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