Wekiwa Springs State Park

Latitude: 28.711554 / Longitude: -81.464609

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Wekiwa Springs State Park is a 7,000-acre (28 km2) Florida State Park in Apopka, Florida. It is located 20 minutes north of Orlando, off Interstate 4 at exit 94, near Altamonte Springs and Longwood. The park also contains the head water of the Wekiva River. It also serves as the headquarters of one of the state's five AmeriCorps Florida State Parks chapters. Although the springs are spelled Wekiwa Springs, the river and most subdivisions and streets in Seminole County use the Wekiva spelling. Wekiwa is the Creek word for a spring, but contrary to popular belief that Wekiva means "flowing water", it was actually an alternate spelling used by developers.

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Camping, swimming in a spring, kayaking Wekiwa - Blog

By: Fasttimes (10/7/2015)

Date: 8/21/2015 - 8/23/2015

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Arrived at Wekiwa Springs just after lunch. It's about a 4 1/2 ride from my house in Miami and just 20 min north of Orlando. Very nice shaded campsite, we had site #38 which had access to the bath house from the rear of the site. It was a steamy time of the year and rainy as well. But as long as you started your day early you were good to go. The spring was packed with weekend folks. The water nice a cool flowed from a crevice in the bottom of the swimming area. I brought a mask and would free-dive to the bottom and rush into the flow to be thrown back out. Very cool and refreshing for sure.