Christopher Meindl remembers going on family trips as a child to Ocala, where they’d visit Juniper Springs. “It’s a fabulous looking place,” Meindl, who is associate professor of geography at the ...

With nearly 300 days of sunshine per year, white-sand beaches, and crystalline water, Bonita Springs, Florida, has all the ingredients for a perfect beach vacation. Add to that an abundance of parks, ...

The park was founded by a former U.S. Navy diver who envisioned a unique underwater spectacle that would bring people from ...

Robert Knight was 5 years old the first time he saw a spring. His grandparents drove him two hours to Silver Springs from the Naval base in Jacksonville where his dad was stationed. He was born in New ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — At Rock Springs, just north of Orlando, water gushes from a limestone cliff. Hundreds of gallons of water pour from an opening in the rock every second. Mike Cliburn, with ...

Shangri-La Springs reopened to the public in 2015 after being closed for two decades. Celebrities used to flock there in the 20th Century.

A Florida congressman’s proposal to stitch together a patchwork of springs in North and Central Florida into the country’s 64th national park won’t help protect the state’s outstanding, and crucial, ...