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5700 Okefenokee Swamp Park Rd.
Waycross, GA 31503

Okefenokee Swamp Park is located 12 miles south of Waycross, Georgia. This is the northernmost entry point to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and is privately owned. The park’s lily-decked water trails offer an illusion of paddling over reflective mirrors. The waterways lead you on a journey to all kinds of adventure from islands, lakes, and forest prairies. The park offers original Indian waterway tours where native animals in their own habitat can be spotted. In 1945, the Tourist Bureau of the Waycross and Ware County Chamber of Commerce, with Dr. W.C. Hafford as chairman, organized a civic, non-profit corporation which was chartered under the laws of Georgia as the Okefenokee Association, Inc., its purpose being to carry forward the Okefenokee Swamp Park development, with a goal of making the park one of the most appealing tourist attractions in America. Okefenokee Swamp Park was formally opened on October 8, 1946, with approximately a quarter of a million dollars invested in the most unique community project on record.