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Congaree Swamp National Monument

(now a National Park)

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Congaree Swamp, is a... Swamp. It's the final dranage for about 8,000 square miles. The park's Southern border is the lower Congaree River. The park has the river for 26 river miles (about 12 linear miles) and it only changes 20 feet in elevation.

So the place floods a lot. It's also hot during the summer, making for excellent mosquito breeding grounds. But I digress...

Congaree Swamp was a National Monument when I was there, but got promoted to a National Park in October 2003.

The two most notible things when I was there, were the tall, thin trees that blew crazily in the wind. Some of the pines in the swamp reach 160 feet, and may still hold national champions.

The second noticable thing, was the "Mosquito Meter" on the Ranger's cabin. It read "Low" when I was there, so I went for a walk...

Few pictures. I was taking video in that phase of my life, lol...

Congaree Swamp National Monument Map
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This map was downloaded from the NPS site.
Congaree Swamp National Monument
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