If it seems smoky, that may be because there’s a wildfire nearby, in the current extreme drought.
![[Wildfire map, --watchduty.org 2026-04-20, Suwannee River Basin, Numerous wildfires]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2026-04-20--watchduty-fire-map/many.jpg)
Wildfire map, –watchduty.org 2026-04-20, Suwannee River Basin, Numerous wildfires
For wildfires at a glance, see https://app.watchduty.org/, which appears to draw its data from state forestry services. Continue reading
Turns out there are two Withlacoochee River landings inside the Ellaville Tract of the Twin Rivers State Forest.
One I’m calling Ellaville Landing, and it’s the last place to take out before Melvin Shoals.
The other, google maps calls Withlacoochee River Campsite, and it’s only a mile or so upstream from Suwannacoochee Spring.
If you have better names, locations, etc. for either of these, please let everybody know.
![[Map: Landings in Ellaville Tract in WLRWT]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2020-10-01--ellaville-tract/2022-12-05--map-ellaville-tract-in-wlrwt.jpg)
Map: Landings in Ellaville Tract
in the WWALS
map of the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WLRWT).
The Ellaville Tract is actually owned by the Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD), whose map of it reveals when you mouse over Ellaville Landing: Continue reading