“Phinizy Swamp Nature Park is a destination that approximately covers an area of 1,100 acres. The park contains wetlands and woodlands, a campus for water research and environmental education, and a visitor center. The park also features Beaver Dam Trail, which starts just beyond the silos and picnic pavilion. The park features a bridge that passes through the woods, a floodplain boardwalk and observation deck, a pond trail, a rain garden deck and boardwalk, wetland cells, and a wind shear tower. Phinizy Swamp Nature Park also has many bald cypresses draped in Spanish moss and forests of loblolly trees. Visitors can enjoy beautiful views of various birds commonly found at Phinizy Swamp. They can also find red-shouldered hawks, great blue herons, sora, wood ducks, and bald eagles.”
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