Okefenokee Swamp Guide

The Okefenokee is one of the largest intact freshwater swamps in North America — 400,000-plus acres of blackwater, cypress, and floating peat islands so unstable the Native peoples called it “the land of trembling earth.” It’s a National Wildlife Refuge teeming with alligators, sandhill cranes, herons, and black bears, laced with paddling trails where you glide down tannin-dark water mirror-still under Spanish moss. Watch a sunset here, with the frogs and gators tuning up and the sky doubling on the black water, and it’s one of the most primeval, unforgettable places in the East. It’s also a top-tier dark-sky spot.