Santa Fe Swamp

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} [[File:Aerial view looking east towards the airport in Keystone Heights, Florida.jpg|thumb|Aerial view looking east towards the airport in Keystone Heights, Florida. The Santa Fe Swamp Conservation Area is at the bottom and SR 100 in the middle of the image.]] The '''Santa Fe Swamp''' is 95-percent floodplain {{Convert|7046|acre|adj=on}} swamp. Along with Lake Santa Fe and Little Lake Santa Fe, it serves as headwaters of the Santa Fe River, which drains into the Suwannee River and then finally the Gulf of Mexico. It is located to the north of those lakes in Bradford County and Alachua County in Florida.

==Santa Fe Swamp Wildlife and Environmental Area== The {{Convert|5356|acre|adj=on}} '''Santa Fe Swamp Wildlife and Environmental Area''' (WEA) was donated to the Suwannee River Water Management District in 1984 by Georgia-Pacific Corporation. At that time, it was the largest and most environmentally significant donation in the state of Florida's history. Allowable uses are wildlife viewing, hunting, bicycling, hiking, and horseback riding on administrative roads.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alspaugh |first1=Cindy |title=Georgia Pacific gives 5000 acre Santa Fe swamp |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tallahassee-democrat-georgia-pacific-giv/138552407/ |access-date=12 January 2024 |work=Tallahassee Democrat |date=10 November 1984 |page=35 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.srwmd.state.fl.us/index.aspx?nid=245 Santa Fe Swamp Wildlife & Environmental Area] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323102017/http://www.srwmd.state.fl.us/index.aspx?nid=245 |date=March 23, 2012 }} - official site

Category:Landforms of Alachua County, Florida Category:Landforms of Bradford County, Florida Category:Swamps of Florida Category:Protected areas of Bradford County, Florida Category:Floodplains of the United States