Scale - 4th magnitude (estimated) Scenery - very good How Pristine? - small platform adjacent to vent; otherwise pristine Swimming - no Protection - private Access - private property
Summary of Features
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Quick Directions
On a vacant lot just south of the private residents’ dock in the Mysterious
Waters development on the west side of the Wakulla River, 35 minutes’ drive
south of Tallahassee.
Full Directions
From downtown Tallahassee, drive south on South Adams until it becomes
Crawfordville Highway (US 319 South). Continue past Capital Circle until
the road forks to the left and forms Wakulla Springs Road (State Road 61).
Take this left fork. Continue on through portions of the Apalachicola National
Forest, crossing over State Road 267, to the junction with County Road
365. Fork left. Drive about one mile, then turn right onto Tiger Hammock,
a paved road. Travel 1 mile, then turn left into the Mysterious Waters
residential development. The road ends in a t-junction at the residents’
dock. Turn right. The spring is on the first vacant lot on the left after
3 houses. It is about 150 feet from the road in the middle of the lot.
Spring Description
The spring is in a low floodplain on the west side of the Wakulla River.
Water issues from a small cavity at the base of a large tree and forms
a bowl that is approximately two feet in diameter and three feet deep at
the vent. There is a mild boil over the vent, and small fish and crawfish
are visible in the tiny pool. The spring forms a shallow swampy creek,
3-5 feet wide, a few inches deep, that flows SE under the dock of the house
immediately to the south and on to the Wakulla River.
Use/Access
Nearby Springs