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Turkey Creek Preserve is located at 6300 NW 93rd Ave, west of Northwest 59th Terrace and north of Northwest 93rd Avenue in Alachua County, Florida. [2] [3] It borders San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park. The preserve harbors nearly a mile of its namesake Turkey Creek's waters. [3]
Alachua Lake flows into the Floridan aquifer through Alachua Sink. [20] (Various sources stating that water entering the Alachua Sink flows to the Santa Fe River may be based on a story told by a Seminole guide to a white explorer in 1823, that a Seminole who had drowned in the sink was later found in the river. [21]) The prairie receives water ...
Alachua (/ ə ˈ l æ tʃ u eɪ / ⓘ ə-LATCH-oo-ay) is the second-most populous city in Alachua County, Florida and the third-largest in North Central Florida. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was 10,574, up from 9,059 at the 2010 census. [4] It is part of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Spain began granting land to individuals in Florida after 1790, including a grant of 6,000 acres (24 km 2) to S. D. Fernandez and another grant to a Sanchez in the present-day park. Four of the archaeological sites in the park are possibly associated with those land grants, and/or with the settlement of Spring Grove , which existed in the 1830s ...
Protected areas of Alachua County, Florida (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Alachua County, Florida" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The World of Bears area was mainly constructed during the 1997-98 expansion of Silver Springs. In that area were the World of Bears, Wilderness Trail ride, a gift shop, Kids Ahoy! Playland, the carousel, and the former location of the Lost River Voyage boat ride. During the 2013 state takeover of the park, the entire area was shut down.
Location of Alachua County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Alachua County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alachua County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Earleton is an unincorporated community in Alachua County, Florida, United States. The community is located on County Road 1469, 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Waldo, on the west shore of Lake Santa Fe. In 1888, the community had a hotel, general store, school and church.