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Aerial view of circular blue spring bowl with limestone walls and clear water
Hidden Spots

Madison Blue Spring — The Panhandle's Hidden First-Magnitude Cathedral

Two hours west of Gainesville, a perfectly circular 90ft limestone bowl pumps 64 million gallons a day of 70°F gin-clear water into the Withlacoochee. No cap, no crowd, no cell signal. The least-known first-magnitude spring in Florida.
Crystal-clear water of Vortex Spring with the cavern opening visible below the surface
Outdoor Sports

Vortex Spring — The Panhandle's Cavern-Diver Training Ground

A 50-foot basin in the Florida Panhandle that pumps 28 million gallons of 72°F water a day and hides 1,600 feet of cave behind a steel gate. Open-water divers swim above the gate. Cavern students train through it. Cave divers, with the right card, pass it.