High Springs, FL, United States
Ginnie Springs
Ginnie Spring's basin is about 90 feet across and 12 feet deep, 72°F all year, with cavern openings below that make it a classic dive site. It is one of seven springs in this private park on the Santa Fe River, where snorkelers explore the pools and tubers float the river. Sign the waiver and buy a day pass online; summer weekends push day visitors to overflow lots.
Photo: (WT-de) Mistoffeles · CC BY-SA 4.0
Latest reading · SwimScore 90/100 (Get in) for a typical swimmer: air 29°C, wind 18 km/h, UV 4. Updated .
Know before you go
- Best conditions
- All seven springs hold about 72°F year-round; the Santa Fe River typically clears for snorkeling in summer and early fall.
- Getting in
- Privately owned park about 6.5 miles northwest of High Springs. Every guest must sign a waiver; day passes can be bought online in advance (encouraged, not required). The park opens at 8 a.m. year-round, day admission is sold until 3 p.m., and passes expire half an hour before sunset.
- Parking & transport
- General parking at all spring locations; on summer weekends day-pass guests are directed to overflow lots.
- Lifeguards
- No lifeguards on duty; swim at your own risk.
- Season
- Year-round.
- Who swims here
- A long-standing cave and cavern diving destination; tubers usually launch at Beaver's Landing and float about an hour to the Twin Spring exit.
- Watch for
- Shallow rock bottoms: no diving or jumping from decks, banks or trees
- The Santa Fe River is a navigable waterway; snorkelers in the river must carry a dive flag and float
- Underwater caves and caverns (divers must register; the most dangerous part of the Ginnie Ballroom cave is grated off)
- Facilities
- General store with snorkel, tube and paddle rentals · Free life jackets · Bathhouses · Charcoal grills · Tent and RV campground
Sources: ginniespringsoutdoors.com, ginniespringsoutdoors.com, ginniespringsoutdoors.com, en.wikipedia.org
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Details
- Location
- High Springs, FL, United States
- Type
- river
- Coordinates
- 29.8362, -82.7003