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Grand Bay is a 13,000-acre (53 km 2) swamp located in Lanier County and Lowndes County, Georgia. It consists of Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area, an educational wildlife area, and Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge, a recreational and educational lake.
The Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area (WMA) encompasses 2,623 acres of state-owned property and 5,874 acres of land under license from the U.S. Air Force. The WMA consists of approximately 3,059 acres of upland pine and hardwood forest and 5,438 acres of cypress/gum wetlands.
As the person who gets a lot of phone calls about Grand Bay, I thought I would provide some updated information on the area. Our main attractions on the area are the boardwalk and tower, a 3 mile hiking/biking trail, yr-round fishing, and hunting in season.
Grand Bay totals 1,350 acres and is part of a 18,000-acre wetlands complex of Carolina bays and forested swamp second in size only to Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia. Open from daylight Saturday until sundown Sunday, year-round, for outdoor sports including fishing, canoeing, hiking, camping, and deer and small game hunting.
The area’s namesake, Grand Bay, is the largest cypress-blackgum bay association in Georgia outside of the Okefenokee Swamp. A small but unique natural area known as Dudley’s Hammock occurs on the area. it is a rare remnant of hardwood hammock community in south Georgia.
The Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area (WMA) encompasses 2,623 acres of state-owned property and 5,874 acres of land under license from the U.S. Air Force. The WMA consists of approximately 3,059 acres of upland pine and hardwood forest and 5,438 acres of cypress/gum wetlands.
Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area. Try this 1.1-mile out-and-back trail near Valdosta, Georgia. Generally considered an easy route, it takes an average of 19 min to complete. This is a popular trail for birding and walking, but you can still enjoy some solitude during quieter times of day.
