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The Ocala National Forest lies between the Ocklawaha and St. Johns rivers in North Florida. In descending order of land area, it is located in parts of Marion, Lake, and Putnam counties. The Ocala Forest is also known for having over 600 natural lakes and ponds. Between the river boundaries of this Forest lie central highlands, coastal lowlands ...
22 acres (8.9 ha) Governing body. Ocala National Forest – Lake George Ranger District. Silver Glen Springs is a first-magnitude spring and the main attraction of the Silver Glen Springs Recreation Area of Ocala National Forest. [1][2] It lies at the east edge of the national forest. [3] It is about 2 miles north of the entrance of Juniper ...
Murder. On February 18, 1994, a brother-sister pair, John Timothy Edwards and his sister Pam Edwards, were attacked at a camping site in Ocala National Forest, Florida. Edwards, a Florida State University student, and his sister, a Eckerd College student, met in Ocala for a camping trip. Edwards had driven from Tallahassee while his sister ...
In February 2011, a man drowned in a Farles Prairie pond during a regional Rainbow Gathering in Ocala National Forest, Florida. [86] In 2015, at a regional gathering at Apalachicola National Forest in Florida, 24-year-old attendee Wesley "Dice" Jones was shot and paralyzed by Clark Mayers, 39, of Milledgeville, Georgia. Another attendee, Jacob ...
Governing body. National Park Service. Juniper Springs (referred to locally as "the Springs"), located in the Ocala National Forest east of Ocala, Florida, is a natural spring that forms the headwaters of Juniper Creek that winds its way to Lake George in the Saint Johns River. It is one of the oldest and best known recreation areas.
The Juniper Prairie Wilderness was established in 1984 and covers an area of about 54 square kilometers (13,260 acres ). It protects a diverse set of habitats including prairie, Longleaf and Sand Pine scrub, marshes, subtropical palm jungles, swamp hardwoods, as well as sawgrass. It also forms the drainage basin for the Juniper River.
Established. September 28, 1984. Governing body. U.S. Forest Service. The Little Lake George Wilderness is part of Ocala National Forest. The 2,833-acre (11 km 2) refuge was established on September 28, 1984. The Wilderness is at the confluence of the St. Johns and Oklawaha Rivers.
On Friday, Feb. 18, 1994, Cole, then 27, and William Paul, then 20, befriended siblings Pam and John Edwards, who planned to spend the weekend camping in the Ocala National Forest.