Visitor Information (updated yearly)
No daily-use or Wildlife Management Area permits currently required.
If you are hunting or fishing, you must purchase the appropriate license
and permit.
Over a dozen boat ramps throughout area; picnic facilities at Sand
Beach Recreation Site, as well as wildlife viewing tower, pier, paddling
launch, and interpretive trail through cabbage palm hammock. The Apalachicola
River WEA Recreation Guide is a useful resource when visiting this
area.
Map of Apalachicola
River WEA - pdf file
Vehicle
use regulations.
The area begins just north of the town of Apalachicola and extends
northward to the vicinity of Wewahitchka. Numerous access points to the area
from SR 71, CR 381, CR 387, and Sauls Creek Road in Gulf County. In Franklin County, access points are located off of SR 65
and US-98 and CR 384 near Apalachicola.
View a location map
- pdf file
Additional wildlife
viewing sites in the vicinity.
Tate's Hell Wildlife Management Area/Tate's Hell State Forest is east
of the area. To the north is Apalachicola Wildlife Management Area/Apalachicola
National Forest. The Fort Gadsden Historical site is located off Highway
65 north of the Apalachicola River WEA. Box-R Wildlife
Management Area is southwest of the area.
Ralph Kendrick Memorial Dwarf Cypress Boardwalk is 4.5 miles from Highway 65.
Apalachicola ( immediately south), Port St. Joe (22 miles west), Eastpoint
(1 mile south), and Carrabelle (14 miles east).
