Big Pond

Big Pond: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this sanctuary: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Big Pond

Season: November to March for sightings; sanctuaries may close in peak monsoon.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Big Pond — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 31.85329, -82.41799. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Big Pond

• Broxton Rocks · sanctuary · Coffee · ~54 km · Must-see
• General Coffee State Park · sanctuary · Coffee · ~62 km · Must-see
• Meltons Chapel United Methodist Church · church · Appling · ~7 km
• Mizpah Baptist Church · church · Appling · ~8 km
• Faith Temple · temple · Appling · ~11 km
• First Baptist Church · church · Appling · ~13 km
• Dunns Lake Dam · lake · Appling · ~14 km
• Asbury United Methodist Church · church · Appling · ~14 km
• Baxley Freewill Baptist Church · church · Appling · ~14 km
• Piney Bluff · viewpoint · Appling · ~14 km
• Temple of the Higher Calling · temple · Appling · ~15 km
• Half Moon Landing · lake · Jeff Davis · ~17 km
• Towns Bluff Park & Heritage Center · museum · Jeff Davis · ~17 km
• Bean Lake Dam · lake · Appling · ~18 km
• Miles Lake · lake · Appling · ~19 km
• Morris Landing · beach · Appling · ~20 km
• Woodpecker Route from Metter to Waycross (1923) · fort · Appling · ~21 km
• Hazlehurst Museum Society · museum · Jeff Davis · ~21 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Big Pond

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Big Pond

• Broxton Rocks · sanctuary · Coffee · ~54 km · Must-see
• General Coffee State Park · sanctuary · Coffee · ~62 km · Must-see
• Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site · sanctuary · Irwin · ~118 km · Must-see
• Butler Island Plantation · sanctuary · McIntosh · ~134 km · Must-see
• Okefenokee Wilderness · sanctuary · Charlton · ~146 km · Must-see
• Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Charlton · ~146 km · Must-see
• Ricketson Bay · sanctuary · Atkinson · ~89 km
• Roundabout Swamp · sanctuary · Atkinson · ~101 km
• Pee Dee Bay · sanctuary · Atkinson · ~102 km
• Camp Bay · sanctuary · Atkinson · ~104 km

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