Lower Green Swamp NP

I started going here when I just wanted to walk for an hour in the woods and not drive an hour to do it. But then I started going in the direction of the cattle and being surprised how many birds and wildlife I'd run into. It's usually the way it is that a pretty and dense forest is a gorgeous and sheltered walk but you almost never see wildlife because of the cover. This place - it's not barren like endless palmettos can be but it's open enough that you can see deer etc from a good distance.

Looking at the map - The yellow trail is just the entrance and the offices. Birds here and usually where I see deer the most (partly because I'm walking out at dusk). Boar are usually towards where yellow meets red. I usually like the south, west, and nw parts of the red trail the most. Cows can be anywhere in that area where the red are but usually they stick to between 13 and 11 on the map, sometimes towards 12, and usually just in that open area west of 11. Between 13 and 11 is where I've seen the most of the secretive wildlife - coyote and bobcat. Usually the animal is paying attention to some cow running around before it spots me and runs for it.

If you go to the far end of the red trail there's a nice bridge over to the blue trail. Orange trail goes over and along the creek. I've seen the least of the green trail.

In summer the exposure can be punishing - I'd bring plenty of water. I think what is going on is they are replacing slash pine with long leaf pine so it's thinned out for a reason.

Blackwater creek is nearby but I found it very very boring (Saw palmettos and trail avoids trees).

Itchepackesassa Creek Wetlands, also very close, is a very large duck pond where you'll hear birds more than see them.