Rookery Bay northwest loop - 18 JUL 2020
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 6.09 nm
- Elevation gain
- 3 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 3 ft
- Max elevation
- 98 ft
- TrailRank
- 34
- Min elevation
- 98 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 2 hours 50 minutes
- Coordinates
- 465
- Uploaded
- July 18, 2020
- Recorded
- July 2020
near Shell Island, Florida (United States)
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Itinerary description
Launch area is at the end of Shell Island Road near the Rookery Bay research facility. Shell Island Road is a 2.8-mile long, low speed paved road through an upland preserve where deer, tortoises and other wildlife are common. The gate at the road (usually) opens at sunrise (±). The shallow sand launch is into 4 acre protected cove with an outlet to the north. Free parking is a short walk away after you unload.
Coming out of the cove generally travel northwest through the bay to find the two cuts through the mangrove wall. Both cuts are hidden, but fairly open. From there loop back along a wide channel that comes out at Shell Island Trail Marker 13, and through the trail to Marker 3 and then back to the start,
Coming out of the cove generally travel northwest through the bay to find the two cuts through the mangrove wall. Both cuts are hidden, but fairly open. From there loop back along a wide channel that comes out at Shell Island Trail Marker 13, and through the trail to Marker 3 and then back to the start,
Waypoints
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2 ft
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4 ft
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6 ft
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3 ft
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