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Segment 7 Map Book LEVY LEVY Dunnellon Inglis Yankeetown MARION ´ MM aa pp 11 -- AA Crystal River MM aa pp 11 -- BB CITRUS Inverness MM aa pp 22 -- AA FF ll oo rr ii dd aa CC ii rr cc uu mm nn aa vv ii gg aa tt ii oo nn aa ll SS aa ll tt ww aa tt ee rr PP aa dd dd ll ii nn gg TT rr aa ii ll MM aa pp 22 -- BB SS ee gg mm ee nn tt 77 MM aa pp 33 -- AA NN aa tt uu rr ee CC oo aa ss tt SUMTER MM aa pp 33 -- BB op Drinking Water HERNANDO t[ Camping Weeki Wachee Kayak Launch MM aa pp 44 -- AA Shower Facility I* Restroom MM aa pp 44 -- BB I9 Restaurant ²· Grocery Store e! Point of Interest MM aa pp 55 -- AA l Hotel / Motel PASCO Port Richey MM aa pp 55 -- BB New Port Richey Tarpon Springs Tarpon Springs PINELLAS HILLSBOROUGH Disclaimer: This guide is intended as an aid to navigation only. A Gobal Positioning System (GPS) unit is Tarpon Springs required, and persons are encouraged to supplement these maps with NOAA charts or other maps. 3 Segment 7: Nature Co3ast Richardson Creek Map 1 A 3 Withlacoochee River Everett Island 3 Burtine Island Cross Creek Deadman Key Captain Joe Island 3 Lutrell Island3 A Spoil Island Campsite 3 Drum Island 3 3 Little Rocky Creek 3 6 Demory Gap Doghead Gap 3 Rocky CreekLong Point Rocky Cove 12 6 12 Jetty Crossover 6 N 28.9435 I W -82.7762 Double Barrel Creek 3 Tony Creek 3 Tin Pan Gap Salt Creek 6 Crystal River Entrance 3 N 28.9226 I W -82.6963 Crystal River Preserve State Park 6 Black Point Cedar Creek 6 Crab Creek 6 Crystal River Rocky Island Crystal Bay Gomez Creek Shell Island South Pass Wash Island N: 28.9764 I W: -82.7808 12 12 3 A 12 Needle Grass Island Dolphin Creek Snake Island Kings Creek Little South Pass 12 3 12 3 3 0 0.5 1 2 Miles Deer CreekDeer Creek 6 3 Sheephead Creek Big GDeraesrs C Irselaenkd 3 Fort Island 3 Sheephead Creek Cry Big Grass Island Crystal River Preserve Launch stal River Segment 7: Nature Coast Fort Island Map 1 B S N 28.9092 I W -82.6371 R C Bagley Cove 5 ry 5 stal River 3 Fort Island Beach Pine Island A Ft Island Trail Miller Creek 6 Camp Island Park Launch Salt River Entrance 3 N 28.9010 I W -82.6513 3 Crystal River Crystal River Archaeological State Park 3 Spice Key 3 Sa Kings Bay 3 l t R Dixie Bay Entrance iv er N 28.8837 I W -82.6373 Buzzard Island Sandy Hook ST MARTINS MARSH AQUATIC PRESERVE 3 Mullet Key Banana Island Dixie Crystal River 12 Bird Keys Bay National Wildlife Refuge Shark Point C R Narrows Entrance 44 N 28.8693 I W -82.6415 Charr Island Mangrove Point 3 3 Bear Island 3 Salt Creek North Entrance The Narrows 3 N 28.8593 I W -82.6405 3 3 3 Salt Creek B Uncle Tom's Island Salt Creek South Entranc3e Long Point N 28.8512 I W -82.6397 3 Campsite 3 3 3 3 3 3 Crystal River 3 Black Creek Preserve State Park 3 3 A N: 28.9035 | W: -82.6348 N: 28.8577 | W: -82.6300 John Brown Park Launch B N 28.8316 I W -82.6559 CR 494 3 0 0.5 1 2 Miles 4 9 4 R C 3 3 Fish Creek 3 Segment 7: Nature Coast 3 Map 2 A 3 3 Fish Creek Pass Paradise Island Saint Martins River 3 3 3 St Martin's River Entrance 3 Greenleaf Roach Key 3 N 28.8262 I W -82.6524 Bay ´ Pipe Island Game Creek Bay Entrance 3 Dog Island N 28.8093 I W -82.6466 Head Creek Pea Pass Game Creek 3 Bay Crystal River 3 Mud Creek 3 Preserve State Park D R 3 R 3 3 E 3 IV R Price S er L iv Little Homosassa River Creek L R 3 A a H ss Saint Martins Keys Shivers Bay sa Crawl Key W o W 3 Homosassa m YULEE 3 o DR 3 H Homosassa Riverside 3 Resort Beli Island 3 VÆ A. ST MARTINS MARSH Battle Creek Boat Launch Tiger Tail Bay AQUATIC PRESERVE 3 N 28.7850 I W -82.6185 Ship Rock Tiger False Channel 3 Battle Creek Entrance Tail Pompano Key Coffin Point Island N 28.7831 I W -82.6342 3 Dog Island Gustaf Bay Withlacoochee Shell Island Petty Creek Greenleaf Key 3 Mason Creek Launch State Forest 3 12 N 28.7612 I W -82.6337 3 CITRUS Chassahowitzka 3 Mason Creek Entrance National Wildlife Refuge N 28.7573 I W -82.6466 Chassahowitzka River 3 and Coastal Swamps 12 Mendit Key North Channel N: 28.7844 | W: -82.6173 l op ÆV Mason Creek A I* Oyster Creek 3 12 3 0 0.5 1 2 Miles 3 Segment 7: Nature Coast 3 3 Mason Creek Launch Map 2 B N 28.7612 I W -82.6337 3 Mason Creek Entrance 3 N 28.7573 I W -82.6466 3 6 3 3 ´ Mason Creek 3 CITRUS Oyster Creek 3 3 Porpoise Bay Seven Cabbage Creek Entrance Withlacoochee State Forest Homosassa Bay 3 N 28.7389 I W -82.6608 Blue Bay 3 Rose Creek Long Point 3 3 Cabbage 3 3 Creek Long Island 3 Drum Key Reference Point 3 N 28.7306 I W3 -82.6561 3 3 3 Potter Creek 3 Salt Creek Slate Island 3 Chassahowitzka National 3 Chassahowitzka Wildlife Refuge 3 Stevenson Creek 3 Baird Creek Seven Cabbage Island Gator Creek Chassahowitzka River A 3 3 Dog Island Rest Area Campground Seven Cabbage Creek South Entrance Little 3 N 28.7026 I W -82.6248 N 28.7070 I W -82.6530 Gator Creek Ryle Creek Entrance 3 N 28.7031 I W -82.6189 3 Northwest Keys I* Ryle Creek er iv R ka 3 HERNANDO itz ow ah ss ha C Reference Point op Ryle Creek Emergency Campsite A N: 28.7150 | W: -82.5771 t[ I* N 28.6951 I W -82.6370 Pompano Key N 28.6903 I W -82.6132 6 Colvalia Key t[ 0 0.5 1 2 Miles Johns Island Camp Creek Buckhorn Key 3 Segment 7: Nature Coast Pompano Key Chassahowitzka River Map 3 A Johns Island 6 Colvalia Key Camp Creek Buckhorn Key 3 ´ # Chassahowitzka Bay 6 Mud Creek 12 3 3 Reference Point Bird Island Chub Creek N 28.6837 I W -82.6462 3 6 3 Chassahowitzka Swamp Chassahowitzka Reefs North Blind Creek Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area 3 3 South Blind Creek Blind Creek3 12 3South Point Crawl Key # 3 HERNANDO Haulover Creek 3 Saddle Key Mouth of South Blind Creek 3 N 28.6583 I W -82.6633 3 Fish Creek 3 3 Sheephead Key 6 3 3 Wall Creek Net Spread Key 0 0.5 1 2 Miles Segment 7: Nature Coast 3 Map 3 B 3 Stapleton Creek Raccoon Point Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge 6 ´ Higgenbotham Creek 3 6 Eagle Nest Island 3 Pine Island Sawmill Island Pine Island 3 A Pine Island Park Rock Island Bay Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area Rock Island Weekiwachee Preserve Cooglers Beach North Point Bayport Mud River Spring A N: 28.5682 | W: -82.6573 op I* VÆ N: 28.5428 | W: -82.6274 op t[ 3 B South Rock I* l ²· 6 B Mary's Fish Camp 3 C N: 28.5361 | W: -82.6499 op I* 6 Mud River D N: 28.5311 | W: -82.6272 op I* C 3Bayport Launch Jenkins Creek 0 0.5 1 2 Miles Rock Creek D Rogers Park Launch Fiddlers Point Weeki Wachee Swamp Segment 7: Nature Coast Cedar Point A Map 4 A 3 Jenkins Creek Park Centipede Bay 3 3 Rice Creek Bay Rice Creek Round Island Coon Key Weekiwachee Preserve 6 Coon Key Point Minnow Creek 3 Weekiwachee Gardens 3 B Hernando Beach Motel 3 6 Rocky Creek 3 Little Pine Island Hernando Beach 12 Dinner Point Indian Key N: 28.5229 | W: -82.6379 A Indian Bay B N: 28.4939 | W: -82.6503 Indian Creek Cabbage Island Bathhouse Island 3 0 0.5 1 2 Miles 6 Gun Point Hunters Lake B Ft De Soto Campground Gun Point Key 3 Segment 7: Nature Coast Palm Island Map 4 B First Point 3 Norfleet Fish Camp A CR 578 3 C Aripeka R Second Point 5 9 5 A Third Point 9 1 Y W H 6 Hammock Point 3 Long Point 3 3 Fillman Bayou 3 Horse Island Weekiwachee Preserve 3 Ghost Creek 1 R C Cedar Island 3 Yellow Point Cow Creek A N: 28.4347 | W: -82.6676 Hudson B N: 28.3635 | W: -82.7095 Hudson Beach Park B Hudson Creek Hudson Launch 0 0.5 1 2 Miles N: 28.3611 I W: -82.7102 Skeleton Key Segment 7: Nature Coast Map 5 A 1 R C Stake Creek Point ´ 6 Britches CreekLighter Bayou 3 SR 52 Bayonet Point 12 3 Doorshutter Creek Long Grassy Creek 3 Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park 3 A Werner Boyce Salt Pound Net Cree k Springs Primitive Campsite 3 3 7 7 R Worley Lakes 9 C 1 Y W Salt Springs Run H N: 28.3132 | W: -82.7257 [ A t Yellow Lake Cow Key Scout Lake B N: 28.2852 | W: -82.7321 op I* 6 3 B Brasher Park 3 CR 1 0 0.5 1 2 Miles Port Richey Millers Bayou 3 Pithlachascotee River B Ft De Soto Campground Orchid Lake New Port Richey Segment 7: Nature Coast Pithlachascotee River Map 5 B Port Richey Rocky Creek Wigwam Creek ´ 3 CR 1 Oyster Creek Green Key A Robert K.
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