Bartram Canoe Trail

Alabamian water trail

This article is about the trail in Alabama. For the trail in Florida, see Julington Creek.

The Bartram Canoe Trail is a system of canoe and kayak water trails in the Mobile–Tensaw River Delta of Alabama.

Named for explorer and naturalist William Bartram, the 200-mile-long trail system is one of the longest in the United States.^[1] It includes bottomland hardwood swamp, creeks, side channel sloughs, lakes and backwaters. The system also includes Bottle Creek which is near the Bottle Creek Indian Mounds.

The trail system is operated by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.^[2]

Features

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Point	Coordinates (links to map & photo sources)
Boatyard Landing	31°10′36′′N 87°50′26′′W / 31.1768°N 87.84068°W / 31.1768; -87.84068 (Boatyard Landing)
Canal Island Platform Campsite	31°05′23′′N 87°53′28′′W / 31.08983°N 87.89123°W / 31.08983; -87.89123 (Canal Island Platform Campsite)
Champion Cypress Tree	31°00′04′′N 87°54′41′′W / 31.001028°N 87.911472°W / 31.001028; -87.911472 (Champion Cypress Tree) ^{[notes 1]}
Dead Lake Platform Campsite	31°02′38′′N 87°54′56′′W / 31.0439°N 87.9155°W / 31.0439; -87.9155 (Dead Lake Platform Campsite)
French's Lake	31°08′08′′N 87°50′43′′W / 31.13568°N 87.84518°W / 31.13568; -87.84518 (French’s Lake)
Holley Creek	31°10′57′′N 87°51′15′′W / 31.1824°N 87.85417°W / 31.1824; -87.85417 (Holley Creek)
Hubbard's Landing	31°03′49′′N 87°52′13′′W / 31.0637°N 87.87028°W / 31.0637; -87.87028 (Hubbard’s Landing)
Jacintoport Campsite	30°49′18′′N 88°02′46′′W / 30.82159705°N 88.04618424°W / 30.82159705; -88.04618424 (Jacintoport Campsite)
Jug Lake Platform Campsite	31°00′42′′N 87°54′29′′W / 31.01173365°N 87.90813999°W / 31.01173365; -87.90813999 (Jug Lake Platform Campsite)
Rice Creek Landing	31°00′57′′N 87°51′49′′W / 31.01578°N 87.8636°W / 31.01578; -87.8636 (Rice Creek Landing)
Spoonbill Sandbar Campsite	31°10′05′′N 87°53′38′′W / 31.16797°N 87.89384°W / 31.16797; -87.89384 (Spoonbill Sandbar Campsite)
Two Rivers Point Campsite	31°01′11′′N 87°57′45′′W / 31.01968°N 87.96262°W / 31.01968; -87.96262 (Two Rivers Point Campsite)
Upper Bryant Landing	31°02′40′′N 87°52′35′′W / 31.04437°N 87.87635°W / 31.04437; -87.87635 (Upper Bryant Landing)