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Hidden Spots
Ichetucknee Springs in Winter — When the Tubing Crowd Leaves and the Springs Open Up
From November to April the tube concession is closed and the river belongs to paddlers, divers, and exactly one manatee herd. The Blue Hole alone is reason enough to drive here from anywhere.
Wildlife
Manatee Springs — The Quiet Alternative to Crystal River
Levy County's first-magnitude spring on the Suwannee, named by William Bartram in 1774. Ten to forty manatees on a January dawn — not five hundred — and almost no one watching with you. The quiet alternative to Crystal River.
Outdoor Sports
Suwannee River Wilderness Trail — 207 Miles of Florida's Last Wild River
207 river miles from the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp to the salt marsh at Cedar Key. Tannic black water under thousand-year cypress, eight elevated river camps, no permits beyond a bunk reservation. Florida's official long-distance paddle trail — and the most committed one in the state.