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Ochlockonee River State Park 

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Reflection Pond

Ochlockonee River State Park 

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Ochlockonee River State Park, FL

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Big Bend Coastal Byway: A less-visited part of Florida that is worth visiting

Big Bend Coastal Byway: A less-visited part of Florida that is worth visiting

Hitting the highlights of the Big Bend Coastal Byway. (See interactive map at bottom for detail.) Picture this: A two-lane road with no traffic that runs for miles along an undeveloped sandy coastline, where you can stop and wade into the water and watch wading birds and even dolphins. Even in Florida, such a place still exists, and it’s called the Big Bend Scenic Byway. One of five federally…

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Ochlockonee Bay, FL

The Ochlockonee River is a fast running river originating in Georgia and flowing for 206 miles (332 km) before terminating in Florida. Old Spanish documents sometimes refer to the Ochlockonee River as the Rio Agna and in other instances as the Rio de Lagna, while a map from 1683 shows it as the Rio Lana. The names Lagna and Lana may be Spanish renditions of the Muskogean word LAH'nee, which translates as "yellow". The rich yellows and reds of Red Hills clay give the river a yellowish color. Eighteenth century English maps give the name as Ogeelaganu or Ochloconee, which probably retains at least the flavor of its Hitchiti name. Variations of these continued into century with O-clock-ney being used in 1822 and Ockatockany in 1855.