This North Carolina state park may be a 'dismal' swamp, but it has exhilarating outdoor activities, an incredible range of ...

The whole East Coast is home to a number of wetlands; our own Great Dismal Swamp is one of the biggest wetlands of all, West said. The bald cypress is one of the Dismal Swamp’s signature trees.

At the extreme eastern reaches of Virginia and North Carolina, straddling the boundary separating those two states, lies the swamp named the Great Dismal. It includes approximately 1,000 square miles ...

Joining southeastern Virginia with northeastern North Carolina, the Great Dismal Swamp is a stretch ... That includes the more common bald cypress to the rare Atlantic white cedar in terms of ...

In the fall, a different kind of life comes to the Great Cypress Swamp. The egrets that filled the swamp in the summer are gone and instead, more bald eagles than usual are flying overhead ...

Serome Hamlin explores the Great Dismal ... of bald Cyprus, more ferns, as a ground cover, the native Virginia switchcane as an understory vegetation. And so yeah, it's definitely more swamp ...

President Joe Biden on Friday began the process of designating the Great Dismal ... National Park. The Dismal Swamp holds a rich history. The biodiverse land filled with cypress and cedar forests ...

SUFFOLK More than a foot of rain hasn't stopped the fire from burning at Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. The Daily Press reports that despite 15 inches of rain and more on the way ...

Today, you can visit that swamp. The Great Dismal Swamp was a stop on the Underground ... They were built using the plentiful Cypress and Cedar trees in the area. Sanford says a historian and ...

Once 2,000 square miles in Virginia and North Carolina, the swamp today is perhaps one-tenth that size. Allison Shelley The worse it gets, as I wade and stumble through the Great Dismal Swamp ...

The good news is Southwest Florida ― both Lee and Collier counties ― have some great options for swamp hikes ... tram routes shaded by towering bald cypress and sunny ponds edged by alligator ...