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The Ocala National Forest is the second largest nationally protected forest in the U.S. State of Florida. It covers 607 square miles (1,570 km 2 ) of North Central Florida . It is located three miles (5 km) east of Ocala and 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Gainesville .
Map of national forests and national grasslands of the United States. The United States has 154 protected areas known as national forests, covering 188,336,179 acres (762,169 km 2; 294,275 sq mi). [1] National forests are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [2]
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. [1]
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 Creek, [4] and it is along the edge of the Big Scrub. [1]
State Road 40 (SR 40) is a 91.8-mile-long (147.7 km) east–west highway across northern and east-central Florida, running from U.S. Highway 41 (US 41) in Rainbow Lakes Estates eastward through Ocala over the Ocklawaha River and through the heart of the Ocala National Forest to SR A1A in Ormond Beach.
Kismet is a ghost town in Lake County, Florida, in an area which is now part of the Ocala National Forest. It was founded in 1884 by the Kismet Land and Improvement company and was a citrus town. During the late 1800s, the St. John's and Eustis Railroad had planned to extend a line into Kismet, but the Great Freeze drove many residents to leave ...
West of Ocala: CR 329: South-southeast of Fairfield: Former SR 225A [1] CR 301 (former) [citation needed] [2] Northeast 160th Avenue Road S–N CR 316: Ocala National Forest east-northeast of Fort McCoy: Former SR 301 [3] CR 312: SW 87 Place W–E CR 475A: South of Ocala: CR 475: South of Ocala: Former SR 312 [1] CR 314: NE 7 Street, Sharpe's ...
Halfmoon Lake is the name of a lake in the Ocala National Forest, Florida. Halfmoon is a spring-fed freshwater lake and part of an area known as Land of Lakes with over 600 lakes and ponds in the Central Florida area. Halfmoon Lake covers roughly 500 acres (2 km 2) and is situated in the Ocala Wildlife Management Area in a protected Federal Forest.