Events Calendar - List of Activities - Helpful Links

Around Town
  • Visit the Okefenokee Swamp!
     
  • Take a swamp tour with Okefenokee Adventures
     
  • Bike or hike the Okefenokee upland trails
     
  • Drive to Stephen C. Foster State Park in Fargo for a boat tour
     
  • Visit the Suwannee River Visitors Center in Fargo
     
  • See the Swamp Park at Waycross
     
  • Join national and international visitors at the famous Folkston Funnel train viewing platform or at the Historic Train Depot
     
  • Play a round of golf at Laura Walker State Park in Waycross
     
  • Arrange a marsh kayak trip with Kayak Amelia or Up The Creek
     
  • Play tennis at the county park
     
  • Visit Folkston's Old Cemetery
     
  • Attend the train festival in - See website for dates
     
  • Canoe, kayak, fish the St. Marys River
     
  • Take the ferry to Cumberland Island National Seashore & see Greyfield Inn
     
  • Tour fabulous mansions of the Vanderbilts, Rockefellers, Morgans, and others at Jekyll Island’s Historic District.
     
  • Rock on the Folkston Houses front porch or read a book in the porch swing.
     
  • Get a copy of Folkston’s Historic Walking Tour and take the downtown tour
     
  • Arrange for skeet shooting at Okefenokee Sporting Clays or participate in a scheduled tournament
     
  • Attend local Friday night football games
     
  • Bring your bike and tour the rolling countryside
     
  • Take a dolphin, birding and coastal marsh tour or go birding anywhere
     
  • Get married in a day!
     
  • Attend Folkston’s Okefenokee Festival - see website for dates
     
  • Go fishing on the river or in the swamp
     
  • Shop, shop, shop -- at Folkston’s fine clothing and gift shops
     
  • Have an ice cream at the DQ on US 1 or at Whistlin' Dixie's on Main Street
     
  • Enjoy a dinner and other Southern specialties like Dick's Wings, Okefenokee Restaurant and the many other selections in town...burgers, chinese or pizza!
     
  • Drive to Jacksonville for a Jaguars game, go to the theater, have dinner on the St. Johns River waterfront, visit the Jacksonville Zoo or a museum, shop at many close malls
     
  • Visit pre-Civil War Sardis Church on the outskirts of town
     
  • Visit historical places: The Chesser Homestead, Fort King George, Orange Hall, Kingsley Plantation, Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation
     
  • Drive to Amelia Island for dinner and sites
     
  • Rent a bike at Okefenokee Adventures and tour Swamp Island Drive

     
 
 

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