Savannah National Wildlife Refuge — Attraction in Savannah

This is a nice quiet little park that's a little out of the way but a great place to get outdoors for a little bit. The day I went it was about to rain but it was really nice out. The park has a number of small trails that wind around various areas, with the longest one taking you parallel to a road. I'm assuming recent flooding due to rains had washed through the space between the tail and the roadway since it was littered in an enormous amount of trash and plastic. The paths are clearly marked, and there are little signs along the way that educate you to various plant and animal life in the area. The swamp section was definitely the coolest because of was able to watch snakes, frogs, lizards, and other wildlife doing their thing safely from a raised deck. It's a great place to take kids since the trails aren't very long or taxing to walk. I found a huge snapping turtle shell that had been there quite a while since it was bleached, almost completely white. Definitely stop in and check the place out if you're in the area. I've got about 40 photos but it will only allow me to post photos from Google photos, which I don't use, so I'm left with just these 10 unedited one's until I can get that...

Please do yourself a huge favor and stop by either on your way to or from Savannah. Or if you're staying in the city make this small trip (10-15 minute drive) to the refuge. You will not regret it.

We passed by here on our way to Savannah and decided to check it out on the way back. We stopped at the visitors center where they had clean bathrooms. The hostess kindly gave us a map and a pamphlet on animals commonly seen at the refuge. She let us know there are trails, but that if we drive down just a bit we can drive a 4 mile drive around the refuge and stop as we please. We opted for this.

Wow wow wow. Not only is the land beautiful but you are guaranteed to see wildlife. We saw 13 alligators! Tons of birds. And if you're looking for that iconic Spanish moss Savannah picture, we'll you'll get it here.

It took us about an hour to tour the whole 4 mile refuge, maybe a little longer. We stopped and got out to look at the wildlife. Bring your camera!

There is also a Jurassic Park like feel to it because you tune your radio in to get a guided tour at a few check points.

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Great place to visit. Do the drive through first and tune your radio to the looping guide. It repeats, so you may have to turn it down between new sites. Best place to view alligators and local waterfowl, rice paddies from the colonial days, huge live oak trees draped in Spanish Moss. Parking inside park is limited. Only one port-o-let about a half mile in. If you walk/run the place, bring your camera, sun screen hat and plenty of water!!! It gets really hot in the summer. Across the entrance to the park there is another area where you can park and walk along the canals... get really close to alligators sunning on the bank. Grass can grow really tall and lots of briers. In late summer you can pick blackberries, but watch for snakes and alligators!!! Good for older kids, rough going for younger ones. Wildlife interpretation center is far from the entry. Would be nice if they were close together or had a rest area with real bathrooms, but if you are into rustic, then this...