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Ponce de Leon Springs State Recreation Area is a Florida State Park in Holmes County, Florida, USA, located in the town of Ponce de Leon.The initial acquisition of the park on September 4, 1970, used funds from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund [1] for the stated purpose of developing, operating, and maintaining the property.
A hotel was built near the spring, and a small steamboat brought visitors by water. In 1925, the fourteen-room Ponce de Leon Hotel was constructed; this was the first resort with all the amenities, attracting more upscale northern clientele. In 1953, after a one million dollar project, the Ponce de Leon Springs attraction opened.
DeLeon Springs is named for Juan Ponce de León. [5] It was originally called Spring Garden and the name was changed in the late 1800s to attract tourists. [6] The region was developed in 1925 with a hotel/restaurant the DeLeon Spring Inn, later called the Ponce de Leon Springs Hotel, which was expanded into a larger tourist attraction in 1953. [6]
Shortly after the east leg of the wye with SR 81, US 90 crosses over Sandy Creek and then encounters the northern terminus of CR 181A (Ponce de Leon Springs Road), at an intersection also shared by Old Mill Road, a local city/county street. CR 181A leads to Ponce de Leon Springs State Park, and then down to CR 181. East of there, the road ...
Vortex Spring is a popular diving area both for experienced and novice divers. Recreational diver training is offered at the park. There are two underwater training platforms at 20 feet (6.1 m) which are often used for Open Water certification dives, and an inverted metal "talk box" that traps air, allowing divers to remove their regulators and talk to each other while under the surface. [1]
Ponce de Leon (/ ˌ p ɒ n s d ə ˈ l iː ən / PONSS də LEE-ən) is a town in Holmes County, Florida, United States. The Town of Ponce de Leon was named after Spanish explorer, Juan Ponce de León. It is part of the Florida Panhandle in North Florida. The population was 504 at the 2020 census, down from 598 at the 2010 census.
North of I-10, the road is named Samson Highway. After the divider ends, the road takes a slight curve to the right that ends at a bridge over Mill Creek, then enters "downtown" Ponce de Leon where it meets an at-grade crossing with the CSX P&A Subdivision. After that crossing and the intersections with Maple Loop and Skelton Street, the road ...
CR 181 at the Walton County line southeast of Ponce de Leon: CR 181 at the Walton County line north-northwest of Leonia: Former SR 181 [1] CR 181A: Ponce de Leon Springs Road Old Mill Road CR 181A at the Walton County line south-southeast of Ponce de Leon: Old Mill Road in Ponce de Leon: Former SR 181A [1] CR 183A: CR 10A northwest of Ponce de Leon