Tate's Hell State Forest — Attraction in Carrabelle

We stayed at 2 different locations. The first night we stayed at site #26. The road getting there was extremely rugged even for our landcruiser. I would advise anyone trying to get to any of the log cabin sites to have 4 wheel drive. This was a very pleasant area. Plenty of room and shade. Far away from everyone. There is a small slope to the water however the rest is a huge drop off. But you don't have to worry about flooding as with some of the other sites. We did see a rattlesnake. There were a few ticks. At night. A game camera came on, so that was a little discerning. The next day we looked at all the sites along New River and in the OHV area. Many had a lot of flooding. Some of the roads are pretty difficult to get down. The popular spot Parker place had people in it who had not reserved it, but we did not want to anger any of the locals. We really liked gully Branch. However, they have a fence up so you cannot pull your car up to your camp site. There were a lot of horse flies in the sites to the east of the new river. We ended up deciding to camp at Rock landing campground. There are only three sides and there is only one that was not flooded. It was vacant but you do get a little bit of local traffic to the boat ramp. For the most part. It was absolutely quiet. There is a vault toilet there that they keep very clean. We did some exploring along the river and some fishing. All in all a great experience. Would love...

I enjoy the shoreline along this stretch of us 98. Public access is needed. A team including a Landscape Architect, Recreation specialist, coastal biologist, transportation engineer, and a few other shoreline specialists, need to get to work on a plan. I suggest a coastal monorail on the shoreline. This should follow US 98 from I 10 to Panama City in Phase I with a future plan stretching from Jacksonville to Pensacola. The USParks system should take this shoreline and track as a national shoreline park. We also need a shoreline walk. This paved walk could provide resiliance for the highway. A walk can provide a needed step on establishing a living shoreline and eliminate a rock barrier (breakwater). We must keep in mind safety as we restor the oysters and shoreline. People will always be drawn to the water. The economic value of improved mass transportation, will cause a boom as it would get people moved quicker, enhance travel to the beaches and National Estuary Center. This is an Ideal Oyster Trail, bringing tourists to taste local oysters an drink local beer. Why not adopt...

We were visiting North Florida on our anniversary trip and trying to find the Dwarf Cypress Boardwalk. Using Google Maps, we didn't find the boardwalk but ended up smack-dab in the middle of nowhere in Tate's Hell Forest. So I wouldn't recommend Google Maps to find it. We found it almost by pure chance. Will pulled into a parking area on a lake, we ran into a couple of locals who steered us in the general direction. The signage inside the forest is minimal, and confusing. We found the boardwalk finally, no thanks to Google Maps or the signage. Ralph G. Kendrick Dwarf Cypress Boardwalk leads to a stand of dwarf bald cypress centuries old and less than 15 feet tall. If you can find it, it makes for an interesting side trip, and minimal walking. The boardwalk begins right at a small parking lot. I've lived in Fl all my life, and never seen anything like the dwarf cypress trees. We did find one of the hiking trails, it took about an hour to do, but a lot of the trail was flooded. It also was not the trail we were trying to find, better signage inside the forest is...