If those Florida beaches are getting too busy, it might be time to ditch the crowds and head to one of the state's natural swimming holes instead. Refreshing and peaceful, these hidden spots are the ...

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 ...

Ginger Ale Spring Three miles northwest of Altamonte Springs Estimated travel time: 25 minutes from Orlando Ginger Ale Spring may be more uncommon than other springs but it is an easy-find. While on ...

Christopher Meindl remembers going on family trips as a child to Ocala, where they’d visit Juniper Springs. “It’s a fabulous looking place,” Meindl, who is associate professor of geography at the ...

“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 ...

A Florida congressman’s proposal to stitch together a patchwork of springs in North and Central Florida into the country’s 64th national park won’t help protect the state’s outstanding, and crucial, ...