Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area in Glades County, Florida

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Glades County attraction

Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area

Glades County · South Florida & the Keys

The last free-flowing creek left running into Lake Okeechobee, winding through old cypress across 18,272 acres.

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Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area covers 18,272 acres in Glades County, running from Palmdale down to Lakeport on the shore of Lake Okeechobee. The creek is the reason it is protected: it is the last free-flowing tributary left feeding Lake Okeechobee, coming off the southern end of the Lake Wales Ridge and threading through ancient cypress the whole way. It looks the way this part of Florida looked before the canals. Four places let people in on foot. The Fisheating Creek Outpost at Palmdale is the main one, with camping, kayak rentals and a shuttle service, and it charges for day use while the rest of the area is free. The Knobby Knee Trail loops through the creek basin with overlooks into the cypress. Paradise Lake has longer trails through cypress swamp, easier walking in the dry season. The Main Street Trail at Palmdale follows an old road, and the Fort Center Trail at Lakeport runs through an archaeological site that interprets a village here long before Europeans. Water levels rise and fall through the year, and when they drop, sandbars appear and very large alligators come out onto them. Hunting runs in season, so check dates and wear orange

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