The Sopchoppy River is a minor river in the
Florida Big Bend
The Big Bend region of Florida, United States, is an informal region of the state. Different definitions of the region include counties stretching across northern Florida from the Apalachicola River to the St. Johns River. The Big Bend Coast, howe ...
. A
tributary of the
Ochlockonee River, it is approximately in length
[Boning, Charles R. 2007. ''Florida's Rivers''. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, Inc. ] and nearly entirely within
Wakulla County, with only a small part of its East Branch entering
Leon County.
The river flows through the
Apalachicola National Forest and the
Bradwell Bay Wilderness, in addition to through the town of
Sopchoppy
Sopchoppy is a city in Wakulla County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 457 at the 2010 census. As of 2018, the population was estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau to b ...
, and a
canoe trail in length is designated along its length from the Oak Park Cemetery Bridge to US 319.
List of crossings
References
Northwest Florida Water Management District: Major Water Bodies*
ttp://www.littletownmart.com/fdh/sopchoppy.htm Sopchoppy River by Frank HowardDEP: Sopchoppy River Canoe Trail
Rivers of Florida
Rivers of Wakulla County, Florida
Apalachicola National Forest
Tributaries of the Ochlockonee River
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