A short drive from Savannah to Florida brings blue springs and manatees

The closest place in winter for a Savannahian to see manatees is Florida’s Blue Spring State Park, a little over 250 miles ...
Islands on MSN

Florida's natural swim spring on the Gulf Coast with seasonal manatees and Caribbean-colored waters

Thanks to its warmer temperature, this gorgeous swimmable spring transforms into a haven for endangered manatees every winter ...
Travel + Leisure

This Florida State Park Has a Caribbean-blue, Spring-fed Swimming Hole and Is a Gathering Site for Hundreds of Manatees

Blue Spring State Park is Florida at its finest. Located west of Orange City and north of Orlando, the 2,600-acre destination centers around the eponymous first-magnitude spring that discharges more ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Florida's once-pristine springs threatened by pollution, development and climate change

Seen from the air, a Florida freshwater spring is a bit of liquid heaven, luring humans and wildlife to enjoy its aquamarine cool. With at least 1,000 of them — more than any other state — the springs ...
Pittsburgh Magazine

Sunshine, Springs & Manatees: A Different Kind of Florida Escape Awaits on Florida’s Nature Coast

You’re already thinking about getting away. Now imagine a Florida destination where winter and early spring are defined by ...
The Conversation

Florida’s 1,100 natural springs are under threat – a geographer explains how to restore them

“Behold … a vast circular expanse before you, the waters of which are so extremely clear as to be absolutely diaphanous or transparent as the ether.” Naturalist ...
WLRN

Florida’s 1,100 natural springs are under threat — a geographer explains how to restore them

“Behold … a vast circular expanse before you, the waters of which are so extremely clear as to be absolutely diaphanous or transparent as the ether.” Many of ...