Top Florida Trail Hikes | The Florida Trail in The Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve (Part One)
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- čas přidán 26. 03. 2024
- Exploring in The Green Swamp Wilderness, it's a great place to hike along the Florida Trail. Which leads you for many miles across this scenic wilderness in central Florida. The trail can be hiked throughout the East and West Tract of the Green Swamp. There are many off trails and forest roads to explore as well. The Withlacoochee River can be explored here along many parts of the Florida Trail. Primitive campsites are located throughout the trail as well. Learn more about the Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve and The Florida Trail by checking out the links posted. Thank you for watching and be safe, enjoy the adventures!
The preserve is divided into five management units: Colt Creek State Park- 5,067 acres; East Tract - 51,149 acres; Hampton Tract - 11,052 acres; Little Withlacoochee Tract - 4,446 acres; and West Tract - 37,350 acres. Nearly 36 miles of the Withlacoochee River’s 110-mile length are protected as an Outstanding Florida Water within the Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve.
As a plateau above surrounding areas, the Green Swamp region is an important physiographic feature of Florida. Its 560,000 acres of wetlands, flatlands and low ridges are bounded by prominent sandy ridgelines. Rainwater drains across the surface to create the headwaters of four major rivers: the Withlacoochee, the Ocklawaha, the Hillsborough and the Peace. Rainwater also trickles down through the soil to replenish the Floridan aquifer system, the primary source of drinking water for most Floridians. Because the Green Swamp region is elevated above outlying areas and the underground aquifer rises very close to the land surface, the region functions as the pressure head for the aquifer. Protecting the Green Swamp is vital to protecting the quality and quantity of Florida’s water supply.
Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve: www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/recrea...
Green Swamp Florida Trail: heartland.floridatrail.org/tra...
Florida Trail Heartland Chapter: heartlandfta.org
Florida Trail by Region (Green Swamp) floridatrail.org/the-florida-...
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The Green Swamp l👀ks Green and Swampy🧡🐊💚 Great Video, Joe💚😎🧡
Thank you very much for the video... I enjoyed it.
So many places here in Florida I had never heard of, thanks for sharing our past and the present.
Awesome
Great video, like the opening and seeing alligators, and turtles, take care
Oh, this whole place looks truly special and so picturesque my friend! Love it
Can't wait to get back out to Green swamp. Beautiful spot. Great vid
It’s amazing every time! I did notice more water than usual so make sure to bring lots of bug spray for around those areas.
@@FLtrailblazer squitos will carry you away down here lol. Smart reminder
Lived right next to the green swamp for so long and still haven't explored it at all. Looks beautiful out there. I think I'll plan a little hike right now.
Awesome! Please enjoy and keep exploring
@@FLtrailblazer Any tips?
It would be cool to see you set up camp there
Love your content, keep em coming. What road is that bridge on?
Trial ford bridge in the green swamp it’s on the maps