As of mid-November, a significant portion of the FT along the Suwannee River remains closed and inaccessible due to hurricane damage. Impacted sections include: Twin Rivers State Forest, Suwannee River State Park, and the Holton Creek WMA. Trail restoration work has been completed east of US-129, and conditions improve from that point on.
Additional trail restoration work has been scheduled for late November, and FTA anticipates that these areas will re-open by early December. Given the extent of impacted trail, we do not have a suggested detour; early season thru-hikers are encouraged to follow any roads that roughly parallel the Suwannee River between Twin Rivers and US-129.