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The river is best known for its spring, and the Weeki Wachee Springs attraction built on the premises. The spring is the surfacing point of an underground river, which is the deepest naturally occurring spring in the United States. It measures about 150 feet (46 m) wide and 250 feet (76 m) long, and daily water averages 150 million gallons (644 ...
Weeki Wachee Springs is a natural tourist attraction located in Weeki Wachee, Florida, where underwater performances by "mermaids," women wearing fish tails as well as other fanciful outfits, can be viewed in an aquarium-like setting in the spring of the Weeki Wachee River.
Weeki Wachee was founded as a city in 1966 to promote the local mermaid attraction. With fewer than 15 residents, and increased concerns over the city's finances, services, and state park operations, state representative Blaise Ingoglia sponsored a bill to dissolve the city, and Governor Ron DeSantis signed it into law in June 2020.
Water flows towards the Gulf of Mexico from many rivers in the state of Florida. The Weeki Wachee River is one of those, but it is also spring feed and crystal clear.
Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, famous for the daily mermaid performances and the Buccaneer Bay waterpark is at the intersection of SR 50 (Cortez Boulevard). This coastal spur becomes CR 550 and will travel out to Bayport (Bayport Park and boat ramp) and to Pine Island, the county's only Gulf water beach. A shopping center can be found ...
WEEKI WACHEE — Last month, Hernando County commissioners were treated to a stack of letters from some of their youngest constituents, urging them to do the right thing for their local treasure ...
Weeki Wachee Preserve (also given as Weekiwachee Preserve) is an 11,206 acre preserve in Hernando County, Florida. The preserve is located at 2345 Osowaw Boulevard in Spring Hill, Florida . The preserve offers recreational opportunities including hiking and bike trails, fishing, birding, hunting and boating for hand-launched non-gasoline engine ...
Appearing before the Hernando County Commission to urge them to do “the right thing” for the Weeki Wachee River’s future, Johnson’s pictures demonstrated just why she believes decisive ...