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County Road 490 officially begins at the Duncan J. McRae Public Boat Ramp along the Homossassa River at the northwest end of South Cherokee Way. [7] At the Homosassa Elementary School, the route shifts to West Yulee Drive and runs east, as it is intended to. Along this segment the route runs through "downtown" Homosassa.
Around 800 manatees seek refuge in the warm springs of Crystal River, Florida every winter. ... a public park complete with a small beach, swimming area, canoe and kayak launch, and a boardwalk ...
Some biologists consider Crystal River to be the most important refuge for manatees in the United States. [1] In the first half of the 19th century Crystal River was known as Weewahiiaca (wee-wah-heye-ih-YAH-kah), believed to be from the Creek language words wewa, meaning "water", and haiyayaka, meaning "clear". The city of Crystal River is ...
Crystal River is located northwest of the center of Citrus County at 7] on the northeast side of Kings Bay and the Crystal River, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico U.S. Routes 19 and 98 pass through the center of the city, leading south 7 miles (11 km) to Homosassa Springs and north 46 miles (74 km) to Chiefland .
Cape Cod boasts a variety of public golf courses from the Sagamore and Bourne bridges to the Lower Cape and over to the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket that will leave golfers ...
The Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) System, located in Kings Bay, in the town of Crystal River, and consists of 20 islands and several small parcels of land. The 80-acre (32 ha) refuge (only accessible by boat) was established in 1983, to protect the West Indian manatee.
The river is accessible by boat from a nearby public boat ramp located at a campground that also bears its Indian name which means "land of hanging pumpkins"—a reference to a wild variety that once grew along its banks. The headwater of the river is Chassahowitzka Spring, a first-magnitude spring visible from the campground dock. [2]
Miami-Dade County boaters can use 13 public boat ramps, but they only provide capacity to 2 percent of the county’s 74,622 registered boats. Weekend waiting lines, like those at Crandon Marina ...