Some Florida springs are bustling with children splashing and music blaring through portable speakers while families picnic and play outdoor games. While Ichetucknee Springs State Park experiences ...

That's because you're in a tube on the 6-mile-long Ichetucknee River, which flows through Ichetucknee Springs State Park. From the end ... Children 5 and under free . The Parrot Cove Home ...

Oh, yeah: It’s the ultimate lazy river. About an hour northwest of Gainesville on U.S. Highway 27, just outside of tiny Fort White, the tubing at Ichetucknee Springs State Park has been a rite ...

During my college days at the University of Florida, a favorite springtime ritual was to hit the Ichetucknee River and Ichetucknee Springs State Park to go ... Swimmers and free divers should ...

In 1970, the state of Florida turned what would have been a polluted phosphate mine into the crown jewel of Florida’s springs. Today, Ichetucknee ... of years this river fed and slaked the ...

Clint Williams is a writer and editor whose broad range of topics runs from nature and travel to chemtrails and clean coal. Ichetucknee Springs State Park is a world-class place to get wet.

Ichetucknee Springs State Park officials would like to implement the change this summer, when tubers flood the river. Among the supporters was Jim Stevenson, who was chief naturalist and biologist ...