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Wekiwa Springs State Park

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Wekiwa Springs State Park

Apopka, FL · Central Florida

About

Forty-two million gallons a day rise here at a steady 72 degrees, filling a kidney-shaped pool that fades from concrete-apron shallows to a 15-foot cavern at the boil. Most days you wade in with families and college kids from nearby Orlando, float over the limestone vents, then trade the swimming hole for a rented canoe and paddle Wekiwa Run where it braids into Rock Springs Run and the headwaters of the Wekiva River. Skip the scuba dreams (cave diving is off-limits) and come for the simplest version of a Florida spring: cold, clear, and yours from 8 a.m. to closing.

Highlights

Second-magnitude spring boil pushing ~42 million gallons a day at a steady 72FKidney-shaped swimming pool with shallow apron and a 15-foot cavern at the sourceCanoe and kayak rentals onsite for Wekiwa Run, Rock Springs Run, and the upper Wekiva RiverNear Apopka, an easy half-hour from downtown Orlando

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