Summary of Features
Scenery - good How Pristine? - in park/garden setting, paths, exotic plants and flowers Swimming - no Protection - excellent Crowds - small to none Access - excellent Facilities - good Safety - excellent Scuba - no Cost - free |
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Directions
From Tampa, go east on Interstate 4. At the U.S. 301 exit complex,
take exit 6C east, then bear right onto Eureka Springs Road and continue
to Eureka Springs County Park, on the left.
For maps, latitude/longitude data, driving directions, satellite imagery, and topographic representations as well as weather conditions at this spring, go to Greg Johnson's informative "Florida Springs Database" web site at the following address: http://www.ThisWaytothe.Net/springs/floridasprings.htm#Florida
Spring Description
At least five springs are located in Eureka Springs County Park. Little
evidence of flow was observed in January 2000. Three springs are
within 150 feet of the parking area - to the north, west, and south.
The largest spring site (to the north) is adjacent to the parking and picnic
areas and is a circular pool about 50 feet in diameter. There is
no flow from the spring, which is covered with duckweed and other aquatic
vegetation. A second spring is in front of (west) the parking area,
is oval-shaped and about 8 feet across and 15 feet long. The spring
forms a shallow and plant-covered run that flows about 125 feet south to
join the run from a fourth spring to the west. The third spring near
the parking area spring has a small (sex feet in diameter) circular pool
with brown water. The pool is mostly canopied.
Two other springs are located within a wooded, swampy area in the park that is encircled by a boardwalk on its perimeter. The larger of the two springs is in the SW corner of the boardwalk trail, and its headwaters may be viewed through the dense foliage and plant-filled waters. It forms a run that flows east and which is joined by the smaller two springs near the parking area. No vent was visible. A fifth spring is near the center of the heavily wooded and swampy area in the middle of a looping boardwalk that goes through the park. Its narrow and shallow run was seen, but the foliage was too thick to permit view or access to the spring itself and it was not visited.
When the springs flow, their runs combine into a run that enters Six Mile Creek, which is now the site of the Tampa Bypass Canal. Staff at the site told JF that the springs only flow in times of above-average rainfall.
Use/Access
Nearby Springs
Contact Information
Eureka Springs County Park
6400 Eureka Springs Road
813-744-5536