Summary of Features
About 40 minutes downriver from Pot Spring on the east bank of the Withlacoochie River. ) |
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Full Directions
By canoe, the spring is about 90 minutes downriver from Madison Blue
(see that spring for directions). By car, from I-10, go north (left) on
exit 38 (County Road 255). Cross U.S. 90 at Lee and continue to State Road
6 (about 4 miles). Turn right and travel east for 4-5 miles to Madison
Blue on the right at the bridge over the Withlacoochie River. Alternatively,
one may put in a canoe at either the Highway 143 boat ramp (from County
road 6 take Highway 143 south around two sharp curves to the first graded
road on the right. Follow this road to the ramp), or another boat ramp
between the Highway 143 ramp and the launch at Madison Blue (from the river
go west on County Road 6 to the first graded road on the south side of
the road. Follow the road 0.7 miles and the take the left fork to the ramp).
The latter ramp is the nearest above the spring.
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 lies in a basin in a natural amphitheater and is circular
and about 40 feet across. The water is somewhat dark and the bottom was
not visible. There is a strong boil near the back of the pool and a powerful
flow to a run to the river that is about 15 feet wide and 40 feet long.
Hornsby & Ceryak (1998) characterize this spring as HAM612981, observed
three boils, and state that the spring has a maximum depth of 24 feet (p.
135). Land rises 20-30 feet around the basin with fairly steep sides. The
land around the spring is damp and rich in vegetation.
As most people come across this spring after canoeing past Pot Spring, the natural inclination is to compare them. By comparison, Tanner Spring is larger, further off the river, more canopied, and with darker water.
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