Difficulty:  Moderate to Canal Run, due to distance. Moderate to difficult from Canal Run to Billys Lake. 

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Distance:  16 miles.

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General Location:  It's the long trail that cuts across the Refuge in east-west direction. Includes the Suwannee Canal.

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Connects:  Suwannee Canal Recreation Area to nearly Stephen C. Foster State Park. Connects to the Yellow, Pink, Blue, Purple, and Red trails.

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Features:  11 miles of canal, then narrow twists/turns from Canal Run to Billys Island. Lots of tall, eerie, picturesque trees with Spanish moss.

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Shelters:  5.6 miles from Suwannee Canal Rec. Area is Coffee Bay camping platform. Canal Run camping platform is 10 miles from Suwannee Canal Recreation Area. Can get out at Billys Island to stretch your legs

and have lunch.

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Current:  Gently flows west towards Stephen C. Foster State Park.

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Precautions:  During times of low water levels, the narrow twists/turns between Canal Run and Billys

Island can be difficult.

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GPS Coordinates for Map Below:

 

GPS-1: Yellow Trail intersection

30°44'14.8"N, 82°10'14.7"W or 30.737442, -82.170742

 

GPS-2: Beginning of Pink Trail

30°44'14.0"N, 82°10'29.3"W or 30.737230, -82.174807

 

GPS-3: Purple Trail intersection

30°48'13.8"N, 82°14'50.2"W or 30.803840, -82.247265

 

GPS-4: Blue Trail intersection (turn to head towards Floyds Island camp)

30°48'51.0"N, 82°15'02.6"W or 30.814165, -82.250723

 

GPS-5: Billys Island access (on south side of Orange Trail)

30°49'53.3"N, 82°19'57.9"W or 30.831474, -82.332757

 

GPS-6: Red Trail intersection

30°50'05.5"N, 82°20'35.4"W or 30.834862, -82.343155

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