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Monday, 20 May 2019 20:44

Laura S Walker State Park

Written by Rick

Laura S Walker State Park

We arrived at the park right after a pretty solid rain. A lot of the park was flooded, but all the sites we built up and elevated to minimize the water issue. However, not all the issues... it seems that the ants were also looking for a drier place to live. Small sugar ants used our electrical cable as a gangplank to come aboard. I'm sure that conditions were just right for this to happen, the cable must have been laying across an anthill. Outside of the ants, the park was great. Very well maintained, super clean, and has the friendliest rangers. In the evening, listening to the noise of the local wildlife was amazing. It is a park that we will return to, only next time we'll stay more than just one night so that we have time to visit the Okefenokee Swamp that just a couple of miles away and we'll be a little more attentive to the ants.

From the Park's Website

"Wander among the pines at Laura S. Walker, the first state park named for a woman, an oasis that shares many features with the unique Okefenokee Swamp, where you can enjoy the serene lake, play rounds on a championship golf course, and stroll along the trails and natural communities in this southeast Georgia haven."

Located near the northern edge of the mysterious Okefenokee Swamp, this park is home to many fascinating creatures and plants, including alligators and carnivorous pitcher plants. Walking or biking along the lake’s edge and nature trail, visitors may spot the shy gopher tortoise, numerous oak varieties, saw palmettos, yellow-shafted flickers, warblers, owls and great blue herons. The park’s lake offers opportunities for fishing, swimming and boating, and kayaks and bicycles are available for rent. The Lakes, a championship 18 hole golf course, features a clubhouse, golf pro and junior/senior rates. Greens are undulating rather than tiered. Each fairway and landing area is defined with gentle, links-style mounds that accent the course’s three large lakes. New Sportsman's Cabins sleep six. The park’s namesake was a Georgia writer, teacher, civic leader and naturalist who loved trees and worked for their preservation. Read the story of Laura Singleton Walker.