Visitor Information (updated
yearly)
No Daily-Use Permit currently required. To hunt or fish you must possess
the appropriate license
and permit.
Betsy Purdum
Picnic Tables at Hagen’s Cove
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Boat ramps off of impoundment road; crabbing platforms; viewing tower;
picnic facilities; and observation platform out on impoundment. The
Big Bend's Hickory Mound Unit Recreation Guide
is a useful resource when visiting this area.
Map of Hickory Mound
Unit of Big Bend WMA - pdf file
Boat ramp at end of Spring Creek Road; picnic facilities.
Map of Spring Creek
Unit of Big Bend WMA - pdf file
Boat ramp, picnic tables, and hiking trails at Dallus Creek Landing.
Interpretive kiosk, picnic pavilions, toilet facilities, boat ramps,
observation tower, and trail at Hagen’s Cove Recreation Area.
The Big Bend's Tide Swamp Unit Recreation
Guide is a useful resource when visiting this area.
Map of Tide Swamp Unit
of Big Bend WMA - pdf file
Boat ramps at Pine Log Road, Rocky Creek Road, and Sink Creek Road provide
access to the Gulf.
Map of Jena Unit of Big Bend
WMA - pdf file
Map of Snipe Island
Unit of Big Bend WMA - pdf file
Road conditions vary from good to poor from unit to unit and within
each unit. Four-wheel drive may be necessary at times.
Vehicle
use regulations.
Vehicle
use regulations.
Vehicle
use regulations.
Vehicle
use regulations.
Vehicle
use regulations.
Five separate tracts that extend from the mouth of the Aucilla River
at the north to just past the town of Horseshoe Beach on the south.
View a location map - pdf
file
Additional wildlife
viewing sites in the vicinity.
The five units of the Big Bend WMA extend about 60 miles along the
Gulf coast. Tallahassee is located approximately 40 miles north of the
northernmost unit, Hickory Mound. Perry and Steinhatchee
are located about midway. Horseshoe Beach is near the southern boundary
of the southernmost unit, Jena.
