Springs Map - Florida Springs Finder

Every major Florida spring on one map. Tap a marker for fees, score, and the full guide.

How to use this map

Every marker above is one of the springs in our directory. Tap or click a marker for its current score, entry fee, and a link to the full guide. If you already know roughly where you want to go, the region breakdown below is faster than hunting around the map — it groups every spring by the part of Florida it’s in, with a one-line note on what each one is actually like.

North Florida — the Santa Fe and Suwannee corridor

This cluster around High Springs, Fort White, and the Suwannee River holds the highest concentration of swimmable springs in the state, and most of the state’s cave-diving sites.

Ichetucknee Springs — the definitive Florida tubing run, fed by eight named springs.
Ginnie Springs — seven springs on private land, cave diving, and a livelier weekend crowd.
Gilchrist Blue Springs — the calmer, toddler-friendly backup to Ginnie and Ichetucknee (water activities closed for construction since Oct 2025, no reopening date announced).
Poe Springs — a county park nearby that rarely fills when its famous neighbors do (its water area is currently closed for low levels; the park itself is open).
Rum Island Spring — a small, free-spirited rope-swing stop on the Santa Fe.
Manatee Springs — first-magnitude flow straight into the Suwannee, with winter manatees.
Fanning Springs — an easy, well-maintained roadside stop right off US-19.
Hart Springs and Otter Springs — Gilchrist County parks built for family camping.
Troy Spring — a deep blue bowl with a sunken Civil War steamboat visible to snorkelers.
Little River Springs and Royal Springs — cheap, local, and quiet outside summer weekends.
Lafayette Blue Springs — swim beneath a natural limestone bridge.
Madison Blue Spring — voted the #1 swimming hole in the country by USA Today readers, and still uncrowded.
Wes Skiles Peacock Springs — over 33,000 feet of mapped cave, a diver’s park above all.
Suwannee Springs — free, and built around 1890s bathhouse ruins.

Central Florida — Ocala National Forest and Orlando

This region runs from the wilderness springs of the Ocala National Forest down to Orlando’s backyard swimming holes.

Alexander Springs — the gentlest first-magnitude spring in the state, and the only one in the Ocala National Forest where open-water scuba is allowed.
Juniper Springs — a CCC-built 1930s swim basin and Florida’s most famous canoe run.
Silver Glen Springs — a wide, shallow, Caribbean-blue basin managed by the US Forest Service.
Salt Springs — mineral-tinted water, blue crabs, and a big snowbird campground.
Rainbow Springs — landscaped headsprings plus a separate, easier tubing run than Ichetucknee.
Silver Springs — glass-bottom boats and wild rhesus monkeys; no swimming allowed.
Wekiwa Springs — metro Orlando’s original spring, with a wild river and black bears.
Blue Spring State Park — the state’s greatest manatee gathering, half an hour from Orlando.
Kelly Park / Rock Springs — Orlando’s hometown lazy river, the fastest-filling spring in the region.
De Leon Springs — a swim basin paired with the make-your-own-pancakes restaurant.
Devil’s Den and Blue Grotto — a prehistoric sinkhole cavern and a serious dive-training cavern, side by side near Williston.

Gulf Coast — the Crystal River area

This is manatee country: the only place in the country where swimming with wild manatees is legal, plus a wild paddling river with no gate at all.

Three Sisters Springs — the only legal wild-manatee swim in America, by permitted tour.
Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park — guaranteed year-round manatees from an underwater observatory.
Weeki Wachee Springs — live mermaid shows since 1947, a spring-fed water park, and a beautiful paddle.
Chassahowitzka Springs — free, no gate, reachable only by kayak through a national wildlife refuge.
Lithia Springs — the closest real spring to Tampa, run as a timed-entry Hillsborough County park.

Panhandle

Fewer crowds, longer drives from the big cities, and a good mix of free, county, and private dive-focused springs.

Wakulla Springs — one of the deepest springs on the planet, with a historic 1937 lodge and jungle boat tours.
Vortex Spring — a private dive resort with a basin, platforms, and a rope swing.
Morrison Springs — a Walton County park with a genuine dive cavern, now $4 a car.
Ponce de Leon Springs — the Panhandle’s coldest-feeling spring, at roughly 68°F instead of 72°F.
Jackson Blue Spring — heads a five-mile spring-fed lake with transparent-bottom kayaks.
Cypress Springs — free, but reachable only by kayak or canoe on Holmes Creek.

South Florida

South Florida has only one spring of note on this site.

Warm Mineral Springs — Florida’s only warm spring, at roughly 85°F, and a major archaeological site.

Springs closest to each major city

If you’d rather start from where you’re driving from than from the map, these guides list the closest springs to each metro area with drive times and details:

Map FAQ

Which springs are closest together for a multi-spring day?

The High Springs cluster is the tightest: Ginnie, Gilchrist Blue, and Poe Springs are all a few minutes apart on the Santa Fe River, with Ichetucknee about 20 minutes further. In Williston, Devil’s Den and Blue Grotto sit two minutes apart. In the Panhandle, Morrison Springs and Ponce de Leon Springs are about 10 minutes apart.

Which springs need reservations?

As of our last check, Rainbow Springs and Wekiwa Springs require a day-use reservation for entry, not just camping. Silver Glen Springs requires a vehicle reservation on weekends and holidays from May through September. Devil’s Den requires a reservation for snorkeling. See the conditions page for the current status of every spring we track, since reservation rules change.

Which springs let you swim with manatees?

Three Sisters Springs in Crystal River is the only place on this list where swimming with wild manatees is legal, and only through a permitted tour. At Blue Spring State Park and Manatee Springs, you can watch manatees from land or a boardwalk, but the water closes to swimmers while they’re present. Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park guarantees a manatee sighting year-round from an underwater observatory, no wetsuit required.

Why does a marker say a spring is closed?

A handful of springs have real, current closures — construction, low water, or a paused service — noted on the map and detailed on each spring’s own page. Check the conditions page before a special trip if a specific spring matters to your plans.