Like most of Florida’s beautiful state parks, Ichetucknee Springs State Park welcomes visitors throughout the year and is open from 8 a.m. to sunset, daily. Count on about 2.5 hours to get here ...

Ichetucknee Springs State Park 12087 S.W. US Hwy 27 Fort White, Florida 32038 Phone: 386-497-4690 The crystalline Ichetucknee River flows six miles through shaded hammocks and wetlands before it jo… ...

Getting there: Ichetucknee Springs State Park is four miles northwest of Fort White, off State Roads 47 and 238. From the south, take I-75 north to exit 399.

Ichetucknee Springs State Park, which is 50 minutes northwest of Gainesville, features an ever-popular tube run that takes visitors three hours to float down.

Getting there: Ichetucknee Springs State Park is four miles northwest of Fort White, off State Roads 47 and 238. From the south, take I-75 north to exit 399.

Getting there: Ichetucknee Springs State Park is four miles northwest of Fort White, off State Roads 47 and 238. From the south, take I-75 north to exit 399.

Getting there: Ichetucknee Springs State Park is four miles northwest of Fort White, off State Roads 47 and 238. From the south, take I-75 north to exit 399.

Wishing the water was warmer. That's because you're in a tube on the 6-mile-long Ichetucknee River, which flows through Ichetucknee Springs State Park.

Getting there: Ichetucknee Springs State Park is four miles northwest of Fort White, off State Roads 47 and 238. From the south, take I-75 north to exit 399.

“I felt the park management at Ichetucknee was wonderful — it was clean, it was beautiful. I went to Ginnie Springs — people had food on the river. It was just a mess,” she said.

Like most of Florida’s beautiful state parks, Ichetucknee Springs State Park welcomes visitors throughout the year and is open from 8 a.m. to sunset, daily. Count on about 2.5 hours to get here if you ...