Okefenokee Swamp Park

Okefenokee Swamp Park31°03′24″N 82°16′20″W / 31.0568°N 82.2723°W / 31.0568; -82.2723 is located 12 miles south of Waycross, Georgia, United States.

[3] "The park's mission is to promote ecological tourism and education by providing a convenient point of entry into the Okefenokee Swamp.

The only railroad system allowed to operate within the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge opened at the park in 1999, taking visitors on a 1.5-mile journey through the swamp.

Its presence is reminiscent of a time during the late 19th and early 20th centuries when the voices of track layers, loggers and turpentine workers could be heard working to harvest the Okefenokee's resources for local and world markets.

An admission charge goes towards operating and developing the park, as do donations of time and money by the members of the Osprey Society.