

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Full Pink Moon Paddle, Banks Lake
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 01 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for a leisurely Sunset and Full Moon Paddle on Banks Lake, our watery livingroom. Probably the bats will be flying again.

When: Gather 6:30 PM, launch 7 PM, moonrise 7:45 PM, sunset 7:52 PM, end 8:30 PM, Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Put In: Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT).

GPS: 31.034824, -83.096725

[Full Pink Moon Paddle, Banks Lake NWR 2026-04-01, See the sun set, Moon rise, and maybe bats]

Take Out: Banks Lake Boat Ramp

Boats: Bring your own canoe or kayak if you have it.
Thanks to Lanier County and Banks Lake Outdoors for free boat rental for these WWALS Full Moon Paddles.
To reserve a kayak or canoe, please use this eventbrite ticket:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kayak-canoe-reservation-for-bank-lake-full-pink-moon-paddle-tickets-1982135088407

Bring: the usual personal flotation device, boat, paddles, food, drinking water, warm clothes, and first aid kit.
Also trash pickers and trash bags: every WWALS outing is also a cleanup.
Please follow Leave No Trace principles by packing out all trash, avoiding damage to vegetation, and respecting wildlife.

[Arriving at the split bat tree, 2024-02-23 --jsq for WWALS]

Safety: Be on time. If you miss the safety briefing, you cannot paddle with us.
Each person in a boat, no matter how young or old, must wear a PFD.
You must have a light for your boat or some type of light to have on yourself (glow sticks work well, or head lamp, flashlight, etc.) so other boaters can see you in the dark. It will be totally dark after sunset.
A whistle is not required, but it’s a good idea in the dark.
And please do not shine bright white lights in people’s eyes! Full dark adaptation can take more than 20 minutes, and a bright light can ruin it in seconds. A red lens is helpful if we’re fortunate to get close enough to watch bats emerging from tree roost.

[Light and dark adaptation chinnu (slide 13) –Bidhuna Raj]

Free: This outing is free to WWALS members, and $10 (ten dollars) for non-members. Please prepay the $10 online:
https://wwals.net/outings
Or bring cash to the outing. Credit card payments may or may not be available.

We recommend you support the work of WWALS by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations

Event: facebook

https://www.meetup.com/withlacoochee-alapaha-suwannee-rivers-wwals-outings/events/313404842/

Duration: 2 hours

Paddle: 2 miles, 1.5 hours.

Shuttle: none, none.

Host: Will Hart

Contact: Kim Tanner

[Kim Tanner and crew and the Full Pink Moon, 2024-02-23 --jsq for WWALS]

Backup: in case of bad weather or high or low water is: Cancel

More: For more WWALS outings and events as they are posted, see the WWALS outings web page, https://wwals.net/outings/. WWALS members also get an upcoming list in the Tannin Times newsletter.

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations

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- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/lakeland/full-pink-moon-paddle-banks-lake/200029724069904
- **Event Categories**: trips-adventures, sports, nonprofit, meetups
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 23

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://wwals.net/outings/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=lakeland-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Lakeland
- **state**: GA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Banks Lake Outdoors
- **lat**: 31.035065908201
- **long**: -83.097471135853
- **full address**: Banks Lake Outdoors, 307 Highway 122 W,Lakeland, Georgia, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: WWALS Watershed Coalition  is Suwannee Riverkeeper (https://allevents.in/org/wwals-watershed-coalition-is-suwannee-riverkeeper/10187832)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 01 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Banks Lake Outdoors, 307 Highway 122 W,Lakeland, Georgia, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** WWALS Watershed Coalition  is Suwannee Riverkeeper
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** trips-adventures, sports, nonprofit, meetups
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Full Pink Moon Paddle, Banks Lake ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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