Distances are straight-line miles from The Villages — drive times vary.
Central Florida · 22 mi
Silver Springs
Glass-bottom boats and paddling over giant springs — no swimming.
Gulf Coast · 39 mi
Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park
Guaranteed manatees, year-round, from an underwater observatory.
North Florida · 78 mi
Gilchrist Blue Springs
The best backup to Ichetucknee — and a top-five spring in its own right.
North Florida · 98 mi
Little River Springs
Cheap, uncrowded swimming with a serious cave system below.
North Florida · 110 mi
Wes Skiles Peacock Springs State Park
One of the longest underwater cave systems in the country.
North Florida · 119 mi
Suwannee Springs
Historic sulphur springs and 19th-century ruins on the Suwannee.
