Rock Springs Run State Reserve

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name = Rock Springs Run State Reserve
iucn_category = Ib

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caption =
locator_x = 229
locator_y = 152
location = Lake County, Florida, USA
nearest_city = Sorrento, Florida
lat_degrees = 28
lat_minutes = 42
lat_seconds = 54
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 81
long_minutes = 27
long_seconds = 00
long_direction = W
area = 14,000 acres
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governing_body = Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Rock Springs Run State Reserve is a 14,000 acre (57 km²) State Park in the U.S. state of Florida, located about 30 miles north of Orlando in Sorrento, 3 miles west of the Wekiva River bridge on State Road 46. The park contains a number of Indian mounds, pine flatwoods, swamps and artesian springs, and a number of creeks and rivers. Among them are Seminole Creek, Wekiwa Springs Run, Rock Springs Run, the Wekiva River, and Blackwater Creek.

Activities include bicycling, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, horseback riding, hunting and wildlife viewing. Among the wildlife of the park are Florida black bear, Florida scrub jay, sandhill crane, indigo snake, gopher tortoise. Amenities include a canoe and kayak, rentals, swimming, tubing, about 17 miles of trails, access to the Rock Springs Run and the Wekiva River, primitive canoe and equestrian camping facilities. The park is open from 8:00 a.m. till 6:00 p.m. year round.

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External links

* [http://www.floridastateparks.org/rockspringsrun/default.cfm Rock Springs Run State Reserve] at [http://www.floridastateparks.org Florida State Parks]
* [http://www.abfla.com/parks/RockSprings/rocksprings.html Rock Springs Run State Reserve] at [http://www.abfla.com Absolutely Florida]
* [http://areas.wildernet.com/pages/area.cfm?areaID=FLSPRO&CU_ID=1 Rock Springs Run State Reserve] at [http://www.wildernet.com Wildernet]