This hike took us to the South West of Big Cypress National Preserve to the Bear Island area. We have come out here a few times now in all kinds of weather and never fail to see wildlife. If you look at the map below, you will see that the main entrance is from highway 41 and up Turner River Road.
Now that being said this is not the entrance we use. If you look about 4 north of I75 and about 3 miles east of 29 you will see a campsite marker. There is an entryway straight west of that campsite and that is were we enter from.
At this point is where we park the car and start our hike. Pictured below is Stacey at the welcome sign.
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If you know where to look you can find lots of evidence of wildlife. Pictured below is a scrape mark from a bear. This scrape mark is about 7 to 8 feet up this power poll. There is a reason this is called Bear Island.
Not to be out done by the bears a the gators in the area, and there are lots of them. Below is a picture of a mom at here baby. This gator had a total of 4 or 5 baby's around her .
The wild in this area is wonderful and plentiful if you look hard enough., As we talked to the Rangers that patrol the area we heard stories of bob cats, bears, deer, gators, turkey, and yes even the very elusive and endangered Florida Panther The camp site that we hiked to is the Pink Jeep camp site. Carl and Stacey did an overnight camping trip that we will do another write up about.
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