Springs and Waterways in Marion County

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All Buyers and Sellers Realty of Florida presents a look at some of the springs and waterways in Marion County Florida. There are so many beautiful springs, runs, lakes and rivers it's hard to count them all.

Dunnellon, where the Rainbow and Withlacoochee rivers come together

RAINBOW SPRINGS & RIVER-- This popular spot is canoed and rafted by over 200,000 people annually! A hot spot for the locals is the small public beach on the W. side of the river's junction with the Withlacoochee River. There is also what appears to be a sunken barge or steamer on the E. side of the same junction. On the upper river, look for rope swings, dive platforms, nails in trees where climbing ladders once were. The best way to see and dive the river is to take a boat from the Withlacoochee boat ramp (Hwy. 41 bridge over Withlacoochee in Dunnellon) and go East until you see the clear Rainbow Spring's Run (Blue River) about 1 mile East of the ramp.

Rainbow River

Silver Springs and the Silver River, where there are wild monkeys living in the forest Silver Springs flows into the Oklawaha River near the Ocala Boat Basin

SILVER SPRINGS-- are visited by millions annually, and this site is mentioned in Spanish and English documents from the 1500's on! William Bartram is known to have dropped coins in the main spring to judge its depth. In the Silver River, near its confluence with the Oklawaha River, are the remains of the 1800's river steamer METAMORA, which sank March 19, 1903, with the loss of two lives (so it sank suddenly). To reach the river, go E. of Ocala on Hwy. 40 to the Oklawaha River crossing, and look for the boat ramp on the S. side of the bridge.

Salt Springs forms the Salt Springs Run which flows into Lake George

SALT SPRINGS-- another site in the vast Ocala National Forrest visited by hundreds each day in the summertime, this spring is at the head of Salt Spring's Run, which is littered with ancient pottery shards and spear-points all along its three-mile length! There is a boat ramp off Hwy. 19 in the town of Salt Springs that offers excellent access to the millpond and spring. Salt Springs has a marina with boat ramp close to US 19

Shell middens on Salt Springs Run show it has been a popular piece of real estate for a long time

Towards the lower reaches of Salt Springs Run, there are the remains of three ancient shell middens that are commonly used as swimming sites by boaters and campers, rope swings come and go with the seasons.

Shell midden or mound on Salt Springs Run

Salt Springs Run flows into Lake George past an ancient shell mound

Silver Glen Spring forms Silver Glen Run which flows into Lake George

SILVER GLEN SPRING-- was probably a Spanish Mission Site, though this is still under study. The spring was one of the ones visited by William Bartram in the 1700's, and he would habitually drop coins in the springs to determine depth. Bartram mentions this one specifically in his literature. Today, thousands of people swim in the spring and its run to Lake George each year. Easy to visit, it is just off Hwy. 19, 5 miles north of the Hwy. 19 & 40 intersection.

Fore Lake is in the Ocala National Forest with public beach and picnic facilities

FORE LAKE-- (N29° 16.30 W81° 54.94) Fore lake is off Hwy. 314 (Salt Springs Highway) which connects Hwy. 40 out of Ocala and Hwy. 19 out of Palatka.