Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge in Levy County, Florida

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Levy County attraction

Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge

Levy County · Gulf Coast

Fifty-three thousand acres along the last twenty miles of the Suwannee River and the coast it empties into.

ABOUT THIS PLACE

It was established in 1979 to protect the estuary where the river meets the Gulf, and that estuary is one of the least altered on the whole coast, which is the reason the refuge exists. Inside it are bottomland hardwood swamp, pine forest, cypress domes, tidal creeks and a great deal of salt marsh. There are twenty miles of river frontage and about the same of shoreline. A wildlife driving route runs through part of it, and several boardwalks and observation towers give views out over water and marsh that cannot be reached on foot. The Shell Mound Unit at the southern end holds a prehistoric shell midden around thirty feet high. Birding is the main reason people come, and the list is long because the refuge sits on a migration route. Fishing, canoeing, wildlife photography and hunting in season are all allowed, and staff run interpretive walks. The refuge is large, quiet and lightly signed, so take a map from the headquarters near Chiefland before going in

GETTING THERE

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