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… ...

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.

Location: Ichetucknee Springs State Park is in southern Columbia County. The south entrance, which is the main part of the park, is on U.S. 27 between Fort White and Branford.

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.

2. Ichetucknee Springs State Park “If you’ve been in Florida for any length of time, this is probably the spring your parents told you about. While there are several places around the state ...

“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.

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.

Because Ichetucknee Springs lies down-slope from Lake City, and low lying areas typically flood faster than higher ground, Jones said, the park is prone to flooding and elevated water levels ...