Rookery Bay to Sand Hill Bay
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 7.7 nm
- Elevation gain
- 3 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 3 ft
- Max elevation
- 29 ft
- TrailRank
- 32
- Min elevation
- -41 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 612
- Uploaded
- May 22, 2020
- Recorded
- May 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.
The trip goes WNW up Rookery Bay to Sand Hill Creek and north up Sand Hill Creek to Sand Hill Bay. The return trip follows the same route except we cut through the marked Shell Point canoe trail. Best to pay attention to your GPS because some of the turns can get you misoriented. as you're entering or leaving Sand Hill Creek.
Sand Hill itself is marked "no trespassing" but a plaque on a monument dedicates it to the public..
The trip goes WNW up Rookery Bay to Sand Hill Creek and north up Sand Hill Creek to Sand Hill Bay. The return trip follows the same route except we cut through the marked Shell Point canoe trail. Best to pay attention to your GPS because some of the turns can get you misoriented. as you're entering or leaving Sand Hill Creek.
Sand Hill itself is marked "no trespassing" but a plaque on a monument dedicates it to the public..
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