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Okefenokee Swamp Park gift shop and ticket office Okefenokee Swamp Park 31°03′24″N 82°16′20″W / 31.0568°N 82.2723°W / 31.0568; -82.2723 is located 12 miles south of Waycross , Georgia , United States
Stephen C. Foster State Park is a 120-acre (49 ha) state park in the Okefenokee Swamp in Charlton County, Georgia. The park offers visitors several ways to explore the swamp 's unique ecosystem . In November 2016, the park was recognized as a Dark Sky park by the International Dark Sky Association .
Swamp habitats include open wet "prairies", cypress forests, scrub-shrub vegetation, upland islands, and open lakes. [11] The Okefenokee Swamp is one of the world's largest intact freshwater ecosystems. [11] It has been designated a Wetland of International Importance by the United Nations under the Ramsar Convention of 1971. [11]
Oct. 5—WAYCROSS — Officials with the Okefenokee Swamp Park here have planned a month of swamp fun as they celebrate 75 years of preservation of the natural oasis that is rich in history ...
A U.S. agency said Friday it will nominate the vast, federally protected wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp for listing as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The National Park Service filed a ...
Okefenokee Wilderness It was established and governed under the Wilderness Act of 1974 when 343,850 acres (1,391.5 km 2 ) were designated as wilderness by Public Law 93-429 . The wilderness area is located entirely within the state of Georgia, even though small parts of Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and Okefenokee Swamp both extend ...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services is joining Okefenokee Swamp Park in an effort to nominate the swamp for UNESCO Heritage Site status.
Stephen C. Foster State Park at Fargo, Georgia; Suwannee Sill Recreation Area at Fargo, Georgia; In addition, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, Okefenokee Swamp Park, provides the northernmost access into the Okefenokee Swamp near Waycross, Georgia. State Road 2 passes through the Florida portion between the Georgia cities of Council and Moniac.