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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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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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Bonnet Springs

A shallow (max ~45 ft), fragile-limestone cave system with a long winding restriction so narrow two diving teams cannot pass each other, considered one of Flori

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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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Branford Springs

A circular pool about 80 ft wide and over 10 ft deep with multiple boils, 72°F water year-round, popular for swimming and snorkeling (diving not permitted). Fre

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Bridal Chamber Springs

A limestone cavern in the Silver Springs system once viewed by glass-bottom boat tourists and featured in a 1951 promotional legend about star-crossed lovers Cl

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Bright Angel Spring

One of more than 20 "lost springs" of the Ocklawaha River flooded by the Rodman Pool/Reservoir in 1968, normally submerged under about 20 feet of water and only

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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 Hotel Springs

A named cave/vent passage in the Silver Springs system (distinct from the similarly-named popular cavern at Manatee Springs), a technical cave-diving feature wi

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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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Center Run 1 Springs

A small spring vent along the Silver Glen Run corridor, reached via a short walk from the recreation area, contributes clear flow to the main run alongside the

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Center Run 2 Springs

A small spring vent along the Silver Glen Run corridor reachable via a short walk from the recreation area, part of the cluster of minor boils/pools feeding the

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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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