Cast-iron camping cooking is fun. You can also use steel, aluminum, or whatever you like. You don’t even have to cook: there will be plenty for everybody.
Plus a paddle from Stephen C. Foster State Park down the Suwannee River, through the Sill, out of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, back to Griffis.
When: Set up camp 4 PM, Friday, December 5, 2025
Gather 8:30 AM, launch 9:30 AM, paddle from Stephen C. Foster SP back to Griffis, Saturday, December 6, 2025
Wake up and leave when ready, Sunday, December 7, 2025
Camp At: Griffis Fish Camp, 10333 Ga Highway 177 Fargo, Georgia 31631. From Fargo, travel south on US 441 to CR 177; turn left and travel 10 miles northeast; Griffis Fish Camp is on left, in Clinch County.
We’ll have a fire Friday and Saturday nights so please bring a bundle of firewood if you can. Especially important for the cooks that know how to campfire cook and need plenty of coals on Saturday. Firewood has gotten pricey so if everybody pitches in it works out great.
Bring your own plates/bowls/utensils/drinks to help reduce waste.
Put In: Stephen C. Foster State Park Boat Ramp, 17515 GA-177, Fargo, GA 31631. From Fargo, travel south on US 441 to CR 177; turn left and travel to Stephen C. Foster State Park, in Charlton County.
Paddlers usually put in down the access road from the ramp.
GPS: 30.78246, -82.443594
[Campfire Cooking at Griffis Fish Camp 2025-12-05, Suwannee River paddle, Stephen C. Foster SP 2025-12-06]
Boats: Bring your own kayak or canoe if you can.
If you do not have one, we may be able to provide one if you ask in advance.
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.
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.
[Around the campfire at Griffis Fish Camp --John S. Quarterman for WWALS, 2024-12-14, 22:02:38, 30.7833432, -82.4440771]
Park fees: Griffis Fish Camp charges $15/tent + $8/person and a $2 launch fee (waived if you’re camping).
There is an entrance fee at Stephen C. Foster State Park.
Prices may have changed recently.
Bring cash to be sure you can pay these park fees.
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/308090883/
Duration: all day
Paddle: 9.5 miles, 5 hours
Shuttle: 7 miles, 15 minutes
[Suwannee River Sill Ramp, 11:28:25 --Phil Royce for WWALS, 2024-12-14, 30.803978, -82.418692]
Host: Shirley Kokidko
Contact: Shirley Kokidko
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
https://wwals.net/?p=67696
You may also like the following events from WWALS Watershed Coalition is Suwannee Riverkeeper:
- Next month, 6th September, 05:00 pm, WWALS River Revue with Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest in Valdosta
- This October, 19th October, 02:00 pm, Meet and greet at Georgia Beer Company in Valdosta
- This November, 1st November, 09:00 am, Okefenokee Floyd’s Island Campout, Suwannee River, SCFSP in Fargo
Also check out other
Trips & Adventurous Activities in Manor,
Sports events in Manor,
Meetups in Manor.
|
