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Biscayne Dry Tortugas Everglades. De Soto Fort Caroline. Castillo de San Marcos Fort Matanzas. Canaveral Gulf Islands. Apalachicola Choctawhatchee Ocala Osceola. Archie Carr Arthur R. Johns St. Marks St. Vincent Ten Thousand Islands. Loxahatchee River Wekiva River. State level. Von D. Andrews St. George Island St. Alfred B. Dead Lakes Gamble Rogers Memorial. Lucie Inlet St. From the limestone ledge, the vent slopes precipitously to about 40 feet in depth.

A limited underwater cave system has been mapped at Blue Spring. From the pool, the spring run flows 0. Johns River. Johns while you wait for darkness.

Phone : Hours : Open from 8 a. Blue Springs State Park map and brochure. Watch closely for signs, and then turn off U. If you are going to launch your own boat, you can continue past the park entrance on a shell rock road to the free boat launch at the end of the road on the St.

It depends what time of year it is. In the summer, there are usually none. On cold winter days, there are hundreds. The record was Jan. A week earlier, when weather was balmy, there were about manatees in the spring.

For more about seeing manatees read: Best places to see manatees in Florida. The water stays 72 degrees year around. In the winter, the St. Johns River, into which it flows, gets much colder, as low the 50s. The park is open from 8 a. During firefly season usually mid-March to mid-April, depending weather that year the park allows visitors to stay to stay a bit later to enjoy the phenomenon.

Firefly season at Blue Spring. Cabins at Blue Spring and three other Central Florida parks. Wekiva River Basin inviting to paddlers, campers. Hontoon Island: Camping, cabins, great kayak trip in wild setting. Best places to see manatees in Florida. The information in this article was accurate when published but may change without notice. Confirm details when planning visits. This page may include affiliate links from which we earn modest commissions if a purchase is made.

This article is property of FloridaRambler. Also available are a two-hour narrated Nature and Ecological Cruise on the St. Blue Spring State Park is known mainly for being the winter home of the Florida manatee, but did you know we have another special species that can be found here year round?

Last year, 70 Florida State Parks staff joined Department of Environmental Protection water quality experts to find new ways to tell the story of Florida's springs.

Blue Spring Leaping Deer in the Scrub. Black Bear on the Pine Island Trail. From mid-November to March, hundreds of manatees congregate in the spring run to seek shelter from the cold. Standing tall near the St. From steamship to railroad and candles to electric bulbs, Blue Spring State Park is a time capsule for a bygone era.

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