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Winter Springs is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 38,342 at the 2020 census. The City of Winter Springs was ranked by the August 2011 issue of Money Magazine as the 97th best place to live in the United States. [5]
Big Shoals State Park in Hamilton County, Florida, [1] is a Florida State Park. It is approximately one mile (1.6 km) east of White Springs, off US 41. The park is situated on the Suwannee River and features limestone bluffs as well as the biggest whitewater rapids in all of Florida. The park also features more than 28 miles (45 km) of hiking ...
The Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in north central Florida, twenty-five miles west of Daytona Beach, off U.S. Highway 17 in DeLeon Springs.
More than 1,000 sea turtles were rescued in waters around Florida amid a historic winter storm that brought snow and plunging temperatures to the region. Fox Weather 2 hours ago
The Warm Mineral Springs is a water-filled sinkhole located in North Port, Florida, a mile north of U.S. 41. The primary water supply is a spring vent deep beneath the pool's water surface. Warm Mineral Springs is the only warm water mineral spring in the State of Florida.
The Lake, Orange, and Osceola County portions of Four Corners are part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Polk County portion is part of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. Splendid China was a theme park in Four Corners. It opened in 1993, closed on December 31, 2003 ...
The first railroad to reach Silver Springs, the Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad, went into operation by the end of 1879 and transported people and goods from the river landing at the headspring area to the nearby town of Ocala. [5] In 1880, former president Ulysses S. Grant visited the area. In the 1890s, commercial-sized glass-bottom ...
Winter is cool with occasional rain storms and snow showers. January daily high temperatures are usually between 50–60 °F (10–16 °C) with lows just below freezing. On average, the lowest winter temperature is 14 °F (−10 °C), putting the area in hardiness zone 8A. Spring starts slowly but then gets warmer in April and is usually a ...