Summary of Features
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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
The spring is in area of deep hardwood and palm/palmetto forest near
the St. Johns River. The spring forms a circular pool about 40 feet in
diameter. There is a small footbridge at the western edge of the pool where
the run begins. A boil is evident near the center of the pool, and the
water appeared to be 3-4 feet deep. The pool was clear and blue. Flow from
the pool creates a ½-mile run to Mud Creek Cove, which is part of
the St. Johns River. The spring and run contain eelgrass, water lilies,
and duckweed. The path to the spring and the spring run pass through areas
of wetlands, bayheads, hammocks, and sandhills.
Local Springiana
The spring was formerly dammed to form a large swimming pool, and there
were houses near the spring (Rosenau et al., 1977, pp. 312-313). There
is little evidence of the development today, and the site is in a very
natural condition.
Personal Impressions
JF first found the spring trail on a business trip in June 2001. It
was 8:20 p.m., and JF was dressed in business clothing, but he decided
to see the spring. Running/stumbling down the path to the spring in the
gathering darkness, he was rewarded by the lovely site of the pool—which
is not the least bit muddy—and its babbling run. He photographed it and
panted his way back to the car. When the film was developed, the Mud Spring
shots were too dark to see anything! It took a subsequent trip to secure
the photographs that are included herein.
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