Welaka State Forest Mud Spring Trail

Get out and explore the beauty of the Welaka State Forest today! Take a 1.7-mile loop trek around the incredible Mud Spring Trail, where you’ll find a beautiful underwater garden and more.

At Mud Spring, mud isn’t what you’ll see in the gently rounded basin that cradles an underwater garden, but a glassy natural pool.

Sometimes, names deceive. At Mud Spring, mud isn’t what you’ll see in the gently rounded basin that cradles an underwater garden in its crystalline waters.

This glassy natural pool is the payoff halfway around a gentle hike that is one of the highlights of Welaka State Forest.

Length: 1.7 mile loop

Fees: $2 per person for day use

Open sunrise to sunset unless permitted to camp. Leashed dogs are welcome.

Trails are open to cyclists and equestrians except where posted.