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Swamp

The area around the park's Boardwalk Loop Trail is filled with cypress trees and, occasionally, floodwater.

How One Biologist Drew a Hyper-Accurate, Ranger-Approved Map of Congaree National Park

After 60 years of exploring the gulleys and guts of the South Carolina swamp, John Cely drew the landscape he knew by heart.

Ashley Stimpson May 12, 2025

West Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Hockomock Swamp

Tales of ghosts, cryptids, and true crime rise from the murky waters of the largest freshwater wetland in Massachusetts.

Weatherford, Texas

The Boardwalk at Lake Weatherford

The longest floating boardwalk in the United States.

Georgetown, South Carolina

Hobcaw Barony

This former hunting grounds that once attracted U.S. presidents and other luminaries. Now it’s a privately owned research reserve dedicated to environmental sciences.

Suffolk, Virginia

Great Dismal Swamp

An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.

There are many depictions of the bunyip, but one common iteration is a cow-sized, aquatic wombat-like creature.

The Child-Eating Bunyip Haunts Australia’s Wetlands

But its complex Aboriginal Australian origins have today been commodified and suppressed.

Sarah Durn May 1, 2023

Looking down the remains of the canal

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah Ogeechee Canal

A historic canal winds through a unique, swampy landscape.

Ponchatoula, Louisiana

Manchac Swamp Bridge

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.