Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area - Van Horn Landing Kayak Launch

On Apalachicola River

The Apalachicola River runs about 106 miles through the Florida Panhandle, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). It starts at Lake Seminole on the Florida-Georgia line at Chattahoochee and ends at the Gulf at the town of Apalachicola. By the volume of water it discharges, it is Florida's largest river. The Flint and Chattahoochee rivers join to form it inside Lake Seminole, the reservoir behind Jim Woodruff Dam. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began building the dam in 1947 and finished it in 1957. Below the dam the river flows south past Bristol and picks up the Chipola River in northern Gulf County. It empties into Apalachicola Bay. Its watershed, the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) basin, drains about 19,500 square miles. Extensive swamps line the lower 30 miles. More about Apalachicola River.

Community

Where people who use Apalachicola River talk about it.

• Apalachicola Riverkeeper Association
• Apalachicola Riverkeeper (Facebook) Facebook
• FWC Apalachicola River fishing site and forecast Agency
• FWC Apalachicola River WEA Paddling Trail System Agency
• Search Reddit: r/florida Reddit
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Nearby launches

• Apalachicola National Forest - Smith Creek Landing · 1.6 mi · Apalachicola River
• Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area - Bloody Bluff Public Boat Ramp · 1.6 mi · Apalachicola River
• Apalachicola National Forest - Fort Gadsden Creek West Primitive Access · 2.0 mi · Fort Gadsden Creek
• Apalachicola National Forest - Fort Gadsden Creek East Primitive Access (Very Small Boats Only) · 2.3 mi · Fort Gadsden Creek
• Howard's Creek Landing · 2.9 mi · Apalachicola River
• Tate's Hell State Forest - Deep Creek Camp Canoe Access · 3.7 mi · Deep Creek