You’ll be hard pressed to find the island on a map. It’s one of many pieces of land surrounded by marsh/swamp water. It does have a dike road for access that is a lot easier to find on the ground and not from the air on Google (I tried and I know exactly where this is).

Recently someone commented on the island , another photographer (who is one of the best historian / photog’s  around here) and made a great point. Which is; no matter what you can never do this place justice.

We still try though.

The island is a huge stand of old growth Live Oaks with Spanish Moss. These have been here for centuries, rice was cultivated nearby but being a dry bump in the marsh it was left as is. At some point I think a plantation house was on the backside but I don’t remember.

Several years ago the dirt road cutting across the island was still open allowing us to drive through. It was blocked and now I’m sorry I didn’t stop and photograph anything.

The entire island is usually closed off, the dike has a metal farm gate. When it’s open we drive in to enjoy the views and trees. There is a second dike, no road, that you can walk connecting to the mainland. We have done it, really tricky though with insects, oversized solitary gators, and snakes of all sorts.

Above was taken as we left the island heading back to the marsh dikes.