WITHLACOOCHEE

"The With", as locals call it, is a blackwater river starting in the Green Swamp near Lakeland. The river twists and turns its way in a northwest direction for about 100 miles before dumping into the Gulf of Mexico. It is one of only two rivers in central Florida that flows from south to north and the river is of such ecological and recreational importance that it was designated an Area of Critical State Concern in 1979 and added to Florida’s Statewide System of Greenways and Trails a few years later.

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