The Best Kayak/Canoe Trails in Shell Island, Florida (United States)

Periwinkle Creek from Rookery Bay: 23 JAN 2021 06:46

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8.94nm

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Warning - the trip up Periwinkle Creek should not be made in an outgoing tide unless you're proficient at getting out of your craft and dragging it through the muck and across sandbars. If you're heading north up the cre...

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Rookery Bay northwest loop - 18 JUL 2020

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6.09nm

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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 co...

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Rookery Bay Shell Island Trail: 04 SEP 2021 06:46

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3.53nm

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The 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 a...

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Rookery Bay launch long loop 25 SEP 2021 06:46

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6.01nm

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The 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 a...

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Rookery Bay Trail: 14 JUL 2021 06:41

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5.38nm

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The 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 a...

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Rookery Bay to Sand Hill Bay

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7.70nm

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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 co...

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Rookery Bay launch to Marco-Naples boat channel: 06 AUG 2022 06:24

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8.44nm

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The environments we canoe through are not kind to modern electronics. Besides the offerings we sporadically make by accident to Poseidon, long-term exposure to seawater spray and the elements means that items like camera...

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2024-09-27 Shell Point Paddling Trail

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2.76nm

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The Shell Point Paddling Trail, a hidden gem crafted by the Friends of Rookery Bay, beckons adventurers to the serene lagoon at Shell Island Road's end. We set off counterclockwise, embracing the challenge of a brisk win...

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2024-09-11 Nature Conservancy Bay Loop from Shell Island Road Launch

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5.61nm

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We paddled to Nature Conservancy Bay-26°01'19.7"N 81°45'14.2"W (26.02215, -81.75395)-this morning on the backside of a high tide. We've made this trip many times, and while it's a beautiful voyage, it's not for casual pa...

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2024-04-10 Sand Hill Bay

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8.49nm

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Sand Hill (Approximate Elevation: 16 ft), an ancient dune relic from the Pleistocene Era, is home to a rare rosemary scrub ecosystem and. one of the highest points in Collier County (26.0628, -81.7562) and easy to paddle...

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2024-01-27 Shell Island Creek to Eagle Creek

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4.78nm

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Launching beneath the waning Wolf Moon, our journey unfolded with the enchantment of dawn and the sunrise. As we paddled towards Eagle Creek in Rookery Bay, the subtle thrill of spotting the dorsal fins of two juvenile B...

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2023-09-23 Shell Island Road

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5.02nm

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This morning's paddle from Shell Island Road followed the autumnal equinox that began at 02:50 A.M. EDT-according to EarthSky.com-marking the shift from summer to fall when day and night are nearly equal. It's always a p...

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Shell Island Trail: 28 JUN 2023 06:10

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4.09nm

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We hit the water at about 0620 and thought the tide was pretty high, but it kept coming in for about the next 3 hours. I do believe sea level rise is happening in the Gulf. There was wind across the open water, but it wa...

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Rookery Bay Launch to Eagle's nest.: 25 FEB 2023 06:19

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7.73nm

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We visited two eagle's nests today and saw all four eagles - two pairs, appearing to take care of their offspring. The best (only) vantage point for getting photos and videos was looking toward the morning sun for both n...

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Shell Island Trail to Eagle nests: 25 JAN 2023 06:19

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3.75nm

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Nice leisurely paddle around the Shell Island Trail, Rookery Bay, Hall Bay, and Henderson Creek―just paddling. There are two eagle nests nearby that we visited. Both nests had eagles, and in one nest, you can see one of ...

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Shell Island Road to Sand Hill Bay: 11 JAN 2023 06:16

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8.70nm

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Beautiful morning for a leisurely paddle out of Rookery Bay's Shell Island Trail and west across Rookery Bay through a well-hidden cut to the north and up Sand Hill Creek to Sand Hill Bay, where we looped the bay, then b...

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Henderson Creek from Shell Island to US 41: 01 OCT 2022 07:07

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6.57nm

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We launched from the Shell Island cove and went upstream. Relatively uneventful paddle at highly high tide. We did see some debris (see pictures). Someone is going to salvage a nice toolbox that was floating downstream. ...

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Shell Island Trail circumnavigation: 06 APR 2022 06:21

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6.19nm

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When we got to the launch site at Rookery Bay, we noticed that the tide was very high, and there was a breeze and a forecast for strong winds later, so we decided to follow the shoreline of the Shell Island Trail. We kep...

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Shell Island to The Woods: 30 MAR 2022 06:28

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6.03nm

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We launched out of the Rookery Bay Shell Island Road launch and headed south through Hall Bay and Johnson Bay to Whites River, aiming for the place we saw the four swallow-tailed kites roosting last Wednesday in case thi...

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Shell Island to The Woods: 23 MAR 2022 06:23

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7.21nm

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Beautiful paddle. We saw dazzling Venus just before sunup. The weather was still calm in the early morning, and Hall Bay was nearly flat, and we hit The Woods at high tide, so no worries about bottoming out. The scenery ...

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Rookery Bay Launch to the US 41 weir: 05 JAN 2022 06:27

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6.78nm

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Today we decided to go upstream to the ENE instead of west out of the cove. It was about four statute miles to the weir at US 41 into an outgoing tide, but no spiders and tight tunnels to contend with. Just straight padd...

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Shell Island to Nature Conservancy Bay: 15 MAY 2021 06:54

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5.52nm

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The 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 a...

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Rookery Bay through Hall Bay: 10 MAR 2021 06:56

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5.34nm

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The 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 a...

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Rookery Bay Lost in the Woods

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5.25nm

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The 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 a...

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Rookery Bay launch to Nature Conservancy Bay

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5.59nm

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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 co...

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