Holey Land Wildlife Management Area

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The Holey Lands is a Wildlife Management Area for hunting and off-roading. All off road vehicles, ATVs, dirt bikes, pretty much everything is allowed. There are thousands of trails. This place is especially crowded on holidays.

Seventeen miles south of Lake Okeechobee and forty miles north of Everglades National Park, the 35,350-acre Holey Land Wildlife Management Area is part of the most northern extent of remaining Everglades sawgrass marsh. Former marsh to the north and the east has been drained for sugar cane, rice, and sod farming. Here you can hunt white-tailed deer, common snipe, and marsh rabbit. Blue-winged teal, mottled ducks, and other waterfowl are found in the sloughs in the northeastern portion of the area.

Although the interior can only be accessed by airboats and tracked vehicles, the extensive network of levees and canals constructed for flood control and water supply afford ample opportunities for bird watching, fishing, hiking, and biking.

Holey Land derived its name from the fact that it was used as a practice bombing range during World War II and is pocked with bomb craters.

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Coordinates:   26°23'1"N   80°43'24"W

Comments

  • Why do they call this place "Holey Land"?
  • I haven't figured that out, to be honest...
  • Because of bomb testing done therenin the 40s and 50s. Many craters!
  • ATV's are only allowed for hunting during the deer season.
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