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The Rainbow River Path Rainbow Springs, one of the springs at the head of Rainbow River. Rainbow Springs State Park is a Florida state park located on U.S. 41, 3 miles (5 km) north of Dunnellon, Florida. It comprises 1,459.07 acres (5.9046 km 2) upland (which includes around 100 acres (0.40 km 2) of wetlands) and 12.83 acres (51,900 m 2) submerged.
Rainbow Springs was known as Wekiwa Creek by the Seminole Indians.. Fishing for Mermaids in 1956. It was known as Blue Spring until the 1930s, when the site was developed as a tourist attraction and the promoter sought a more distinctive name (there are several other springs in Florida named "Wekiwa" and "Blue").
Rainbow Springs State Park: Marion: 1,472 acres (596 ha) 1990: Rainbow River: 600 million gallons (2.3 billion liters) of 68 °F (20 °C) water outflow daily Ravine Gardens State Park: Putnam: 59 acres (24 ha) 1934: St. Johns River: Gardens built by Works Progress Administration in 1933 River Rise Preserve State Park: Columbia: 4,500 acres ...
Rainbow Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southwestern Marion County, Florida, United States. It is named for the first-magnitude artesian spring found in the community. U.S. Route 41 passes through the CDP, leading south 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to Dunnellon and north 20 miles (32 km) to Williston.
The Rainbow River is a gently winding river that is 5.7 miles (9.2 km) long and merges with the Withlacoochee River at Dunnellon, Florida. [1] The headwaters, Rainbow Springs, is the anchor for Rainbow Springs State Park. This first-magnitude spring is not one large vent but is numerous vents that issue 400 - 600 million gallons (1.5 to 2.3 ...
Rainbow Springs is a large artesian spring in Florida, United States. Rainbow Springs may also refer to: Rainbow Springs State Park, surrounding the springs; Rainbow Springs, Florida, the community surrounding the springs and the park
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Puddin' Head Lake is currently being drained to restore the landscape to its original state as a steephead stream. The park's Sand Pine (Pinus clausa) forest has large, mature Sand Pines towering over other scrub vegetation, such as Florida Rosemary (Ceratiola ericoides), Reindeer Moss (Cladonia spp.), and scrub oaks: sand live oak (Quercus geminata), sandhill oak (Quercus inopina), myrtle oak ...