Apalachicola National Forest Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
protected land and historic site in Florida
About Apalachicola National Forest
The Apalachicola National Forest covers575,849 acres (233,038 hectares)in Franklin, Leon, Liberty, and Wakulla counties in the Florida Panhandle. It is the largest of the three national forests in Florida and one of 154 national forests and grasslands in the United States administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The drainage areas of the Apalachicola National Forest are parts of the Sopchoppy, Ochlockonee, New River, and Apalachicola watershed basins. Visitor Information and Interpretive Displays are available at both district offices and the supervisor's office for the Apalachicola National Forest. The region was dominated by a longleaf pine and wiregrass ecosystem, similar in the coastal plain of the United States. The original old-growth forest had trees 90–120 feet tall, ma
Apalachicola National Forest Travel Guide Sections
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