Dixon Memorial State Forest

Dixon Memorial State Forest
1935 Planted Slash Pine on Dixon Memorial State Forest
Map
Map showing the location of Dixon Memorial State Forest
Map showing the location of Dixon Memorial State Forest
Geography
LocationWare County, Georgia & Brantley County, Georgia, United States
Coordinates31°7′13″N 82°15′17″W / 31.12028°N 82.25472°W / 31.12028; -82.25472
Area35,000 acres (14,164 ha)
Administration
Established1938
Governing bodyGeorgia Forestry Commission
Ecology
Dominant tree speciesSlash pine (Pinus elliottii)
Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
Pondcypress (Taxodium ascendens)
and various hardwoods

Dixon Memorial State Forest is a state forest in Brantley and Ware counties, located 10 miles southeast of Waycross, Georgia bordered by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to the south. The forest is approximately 35,000 acres and is the largest state forest owned and managed by the Georgia Forestry Commission. The forest is mostly made up of pine plantations consisting of slash pine, longleaf pine, and loblolly pine as well as wetlands consisting of pondcypress, swamp blackgum, sweetbay magnolia, loblolly bay, and other various hardwoods.[1]

  1. ^ "State Managed Forests". Georgia Forestry Commission. Archived from the original on 2022-10-17. Retrieved October 16, 2022.