Rocky Mountain Canoe Club
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Okefenokee Swamp & Suwanee River, Florida
November 12, 2019 – November 23, 2019
A WAITING LIST HAS BEEN STARTED FOR THE OKEFENOKEE PART OF THE TRIP BUT THE 7 DAY SUWANEE RIVER SECTION IS STILL OPEN.
Paddle from Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia to Spirit of The Suwanee Music Park, Live Oak Florida
Part A-Okefenokee Swamp
Kingfisher Landing, NE side of Okefenokee to Stephen Foster State Park, West side of Okefenokee. 5 days 4 nights, the longest period we are allowed to stay in the Okefenokee.
Route- Kingfisher Landing to Maul Hammock-12 miles, to Big Water-8 miles, to Floyds Island-7 miles, to Canal Run-4 miles, to Stephen Foster State Park-7 miles. 38 Miles total.
Part B-Suwanee River
Stephen Foster State Park GA, to Spirit of the Suwanee Music Park, Live Oak FL.
Route- We will follow the Suwanee River for 7 days and 6 nights, camping at various places, possibly a campground, sand bars and a river camp. About 96 miles.
Costs
Shuttle from Live Oak to Kingfisher Landing around $50 per person, provided at least 4 people are on this trip. Okefenokee fees. $10 per group processing fee, $15 per person per night camping fee. Griffs Fish Camp (just a few miles past SF SP, our 1st camp on the Suwanee) charges $5 per person to camp there. They have showers and toilets. Sand bar camping is free. Woods Ferry River Camp, our last camp on the Suwanee has showers, toilets, screened in shelters and is free. Total per person minimum is $120. Canoes are available for rent at the Canoe Outpost at the Music Park if you don’t want to haul yours across country. As always, plan for unexpected costs and things that I may have forgotten.
Group size
Because platforms for camping in the Okefenokee swamp are only 20’x28’ we plan to limit our group to about 12 people for this section of the trip. This portion of the trip is currently full, but rosters are always in flux so let me know if interested and I will add you to the waiting list.
Camping sites for a larger group is not as much of an issue during the 7 day Suwanee River part of the trip so we are still accepting registrations for people wanting to paddle the river portion of the trip.
Class
This is a flat water trip, with the exception of Big Shoals Rapid, the only class 3 rapid in Florida, which we will portage.
Meals- Everyone will be responsible for their own meals and water.
More Info
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Okefenokee/
https://www.paddleflorida.net/suwannee-river-upper-paddle.htm
Interested people contact Tracy, sportsmut@aol.com, 970 443 8694