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This article is from the Sea Kayaking FAQ, by Todd Leigh with numerous contributions by others.

71 Places to Paddle

The Everglades

Getting there: From Atlanta, I-75 south to Naples, FL. US 41 from Naples to the
Everglades City junction. Follow signs into town and on to the ranger station.

Features: Open waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and mangrove and cypress swamps,
the 'river of grass'. Warm weather and wildlife. Bugs and alligators. Fishing.

Best time to visit: Winter, the closer to the solstice, the better. Summer is
very buggy.

More information:
Gulf Coast Ranger Station,
Everglades City, FL 33929,
(813) 695-3311

In the Great Lakes:

Isle Royale National Park, Lake Superior (Houghton, MI)
Apostle Islands National Lake Shore, Lake Superior (Bayfield, WI)
Pictured Rocks National Lake Shore, Lake Superior (Munising, MI)
Door County and the Grand Traverse Island group, Lake Michigan (N. of Green Bay,
WI or E. of Escanaba, MI)
Porcupine Mountains State Park, Lake Superior (N. of Ironwood, MI)
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and the Manitou Islands, Lake Michigan
(Traverse City, MI)
the Beaver Island Group, Lake Michigan (Charlevoix, MI)
Wilderness State Park, Lake Michigan (Mackinac, MI)
The St.Mary River between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan (Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
Georgian Bay, Lake Huron
Lake Superior North Shore, Pukasawa and the Black Bay Islands.
The Bass Island group in Lake Erie.

 

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