Along the 1.75-mile boardwalk through the old-growth, cypress-tupelo swamp; Four Holes Swamp National Recreation Trail, Audubon Center at the Francis Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC - photo by Mark Musselman
Box turtle; Four Holes Swamp National Recreation Trail, Audubon Center at the Francis Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC - photo by Mark Musselman
Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) knee, part of the tree's root system; Four Holes Swamp National Recreation Trail, Audubon Center at the Francis Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC - photo by Mark Musselman
Heart-shaped hole in bald cypress knee; Four Holes Swamp National Recreation Trail, Audubon Center at the Francis Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC - photo by Mark Musselman
Four Holes Swamp National Recreation Trail, Audubon Center at the Francis Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC - photo by Mark Musselman
Gray treefrog rests in a bald cypress limb cavity; Four Holes Swamp National Recreation Trail, Audubon Center at the Francis Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC - photo by Mark Musselman
Female ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) sunning on a leaf; Four Holes Swamp National Recreation Trail, Audubon Center at the Francis Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC - photo by Mark Musselman
Old-growth, cypress-tupelo swamp; Four Holes Swamp National Recreation Trail, Audubon Center at the Francis Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC - photo by Mark Musselman
Male prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea); Four Holes Swamp National Recreation Trail, Audubon Center at the Francis Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC - photo by Mark Musselman
Male prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea); Four Holes Swamp National Recreation Trail, Audubon Center at the Francis Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC - photo by Mark Musselman
Male prothonotary warbler singing on his territory Four Holes Swamp National Recreation Trail, Audubon Center at the Francis Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC - photo by Mark Musselman
Squirrel treefrogs (Hyla squirella) seeking shelter within a dwarf palmetto (Sabal minor); Four Holes Swamp National Recreation Trail, Audubon Center at the Francis Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC - photo by Mark Musselman
Observation tower at Goodson Lake completed in August 2008; Four Holes Swamp National Recreation Trail, Audubon Center at the Francis Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC - photo by Mark Musselman
Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea) hunting for crayfish; Four Holes Swamp National Recreation Trail, Audubon Center at the Francis Beidler Forest, Harleyville, SC - photo by Mark Musselman
Outer edge remnants from the Wetumpka meteorite crater jutting up from the Coosa River along the Alabama Scenic River Trail, near Historic Downtown Wetumpka - photo by Darren Swanson
Historic Bibb Graves Memorial Bridge in Wetumpka, AL along the Alabama Scenic River Trail. The structure is the only bridge south of the Mason-Dixon Line which is suspended by reinforced concrete arches. - photo by Darren Swanson
Historic Bibb Graves Memorial Bridge in Wetumpka, AL along the Alabama Scenic River Trail. Trees grow up from the remnants of the Wetumpka Meteorite Crater which hit the earth approximately 83 million years ago and is the only confirmed meteorite impact site in Alabama - photo by Darren Swanson
Silver Comet National Recreation Trail in Polk County, Georgia - photo by Matthew Wilder
A long exposure of a rider entering the Brushy Mountain tunnel on the Silver Comet National Recreation Trail in Paulding County, Georgia - photo by Matthew Wilder
Georgia farm country along the Silver Comet National Recreation Trail in Polk County, Georgia - photo by Matthew Wilder
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