Leon Sinks Geological Area

This hydrological system is extremely vulnerable to pollution because of the very high permeability of the carbonate aquifer.

The Leon Sinks are full of life, including the freshwater eel and rare crustaceans, including the Woodville Karst Plain crayfish and the swimming Florida cave isopod Remasellus parvus, that only exist in the Woodville Karst Plain.

Wakulla cave consists of a dendritic network of conduits of which 12 miles (19 km) have been surveyed and mapped.

[1] This connection established the system as the longest underwater cave in the United States[2] and the sixth largest in the world at a total of 31.99 miles (51.48 km) of surveyed passages.

The trails feature over 20 species of trees and 75 different plants along with wildlife ranging from Carolina chickadees to gopher tortoises.