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