The organization has built and maintains trails in several parks, including Alafia River State Park,[1] Balm-Boyette Scrub Nature Preserve,[2][3] Croom Trail,[4] Santos Trail and the Jay B. Starkey Wilderness Park Trail[5] in Pasco County.
[6] Many of the trails are built on the remains of abandoned phosphate mines, which allows for a great variation in difficulty from easy to extremely advanced.
[7] SWAMP maintains over 100 miles of trails within 70 miles of Tampa,[7] and sponsors events including the Alafia River Epic[8] and the Alafia Fat Tire Festival.
[6] Since that time, the club has grown to several hundred members in size and sponsors educational as well as recreational rides.
In addition to raising and spending approximately $20,000 per year on trail building and maintenance, the group helps in other efforts, such as the removal of invasive species in parks.