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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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Christmas Tree Springs

A mapped cave passage within the Silver Springs system named for a rock formation resembling a Christmas tree, pierced by a shaft of sunlight from the entrance,

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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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Convict Springs

Convict Spring is a unique, historic freshwater spring located on the southwest side of the Suwannee River in Lafayette County, Florida, roughly 5 miles northea

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Copper Spring

A second-magnitude spring with three vents on private property along the Suwannee's west bank, the main pool is about 126 by 84 feet with a visible boil, known

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Cow Springs

A cold, dark, deep pool (~20x40-60 ft) shaded by trees, notable as the only popular Suwannee cave site with an active siphon, the underwater system has a major

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Croaker Hole Spring

A second-magnitude spring forming a narrow, deep hole in the bottom of the St. Johns River in Little Lake George, plunging to about 48 feet amid surrounding riv

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Darby Springs

A 2nd-magnitude spring in the Hornsby Springshed on private land along the Santa Fe River, part of a groundwater system dye-traced to Mill Creek and Lee Sinks,

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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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Devil's Den Springs

A 120-foot-diameter, 50-55-foot-deep spring inside a dry, prehistoric karst-window cave (collapsed cavern roof), famous for Pleistocene megafauna fossils (masto

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Devil's Ear Springs

A canyon-like fissure where the Devil Spring run meets the Santa Fe River, dropping to about 40 feet deep with water gushing out with fire-hydrant-like force, o

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Devil's Eye Springs

A round, crater-like opening about 20 feet across and 20 feet deep leading to an intricately decorated small cavern entrance, part of the Devil's Spring System,

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Devils Eye Springs

Also called "Boiling Spring," featuring two large limestone vents with bright blue reflections under overhanging live oaks, home to turtles, fish, and birds. Re

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Devils Kitchen A Springs

A named vent in the Silver Springs cave system (distinct from the separate Devil's Den/Devil's Kitchen sinkhole near Williston), an underwater cave feature only

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Dogwood Springs

A quaint, secluded spring run reached through a canopy of low-hanging tree branches at Ginnie Springs Outdoors, a favorite snorkeling spot, accessible from eith

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Eaton Creek Springs

A little-documented spring-fed tributary area along the Ocklawaha River corridor in Marion County, reached via a longer paddle from the nearest launch, scenic b

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