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47 Ramp Spring

Causing a powerful swirl this spring is just off the boat ramp about 10 yards. This is the number one exit point for paddlers on the Santa Fe River. Restrooms a

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Alligator Springs

A small, obscure spring vent noted mainly for wildlife (alligator) sightings and photography, little published documentation exists on its exact character, cons

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Anderson Springs

A small (~6x3 ft, 3 ft deep) round first-magnitude spring at the river's edge that pumps clear water into the Suwannee during low river levels, making it a good

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Baptizing Springs

Site of a 17th-century Timucuan village and Spanish mission where baptisms occurred, 2010 dives revealed over 8,000-10,000 ft of passage through tight restricti

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Beaver Creek Spring

Beaver Creek Spring is notable for its exceptionally clear, cool, spring-fed waters, offering a unique opportunity to observe underwater ecosystems and diverse

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Bell Springs

A minor spring within a private park setting on the Suwannee River with fair visibility, limited descriptive detail available beyond its use for swimming, paddl

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Blue Sink Springs

Described as a blackwater spring with poor visibility, features a path leading to river views, a paddle craft launch, and a boardwalk to view the spring. Drive

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Blue Sink Springs

Described as a blackwater spring with poor visibility, features a path leading to river views, a paddle craft launch, and a boardwalk to view the spring. Drive

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Boardwalk Springs

One of several sand boils viewable from the wooden boardwalk on the Spring Boils Trail near Silver Glen Springs, where groundwater bubbles up visibly through th

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Boulware Springs

A small, non-swimming spring in a Gainesville city park producing ~200,000 gallons/day, historic 1890s brick waterworks surround it, and it's an easy short walk

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Bubbling Springs

A small, walk-accessible spring within Rainbow Springs State Park known for a visibly "bubbling" sand boil, part of the park's landscaped headspring overlook ar

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Cannon Springs

A third-magnitude spring on the Ocklawaha, the most-visited of the "lost springs" since it's accessible via a short paddle up its spring run (about 0.23 miles)

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Catfish Springs

One of about 20 historic Ocklawaha River springs drowned by the Rodman Reservoir in 1968, normally invisible beneath dark reservoir water, it becomes a visible

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Cedar Head Springs

Named for the large cedar stumps nearby (a remnant of historic logging), this spring feeds the Ichetucknee River within Ichetucknee Springs State Park, reached

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Charles Springs

A small, shallow spring about 25 ft in diameter (2-10 ft deep) with two limestone bridges creating multiple pools, a historic 1800s trading post and ferry cross

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Coffee Springs

A small, ecologically unique spring that is the sole known habitat on Earth of the endangered Ichetucknee siltsnail among submerged eelgrass, not part of the pa

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Columbia Springs

A spring effectively acting as another "river rise," located about 3 miles below River Rise and a half-mile past Hornsby Spring on the Santa Fe River, roughly a

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Deer Springs

Part of the Ginnie Springs complex along the Santa Fe River, observers note its water can appear the same tannic color as the river itself depending on conditio

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