Rainbow Springs State Park near Dunnellon in Marion County is a great place to go tubing and learn some history.

Manatees are a common sight in Florida, but this city near Orlando is home to a state park where hundreds congregate during the cool winter months.

But the pirates’ gold at Walt Disney World isn’t the only buried treasure that awaits visitors to Florida. About a 70-mile ...

The Path to Florida Springs National Park Act has yet to attract a Senate sponsor or get a hearing before the House Committee ...

Florida is a state with so much aboveground beauty—sparkling oceans, mangrove-lined wetlands, inland lakes, dense ...

A proposal to study turning Ocala National Forest into a national park has been met with both support and opposition. Opponents fear the change would increase tourism and development, disrupting the ...

Our editors' top picks to read today. Many Florida springs suffer from reduced flow and habitat loss, as well as excessive algae and heavy pressure from human use. Lafayette Blue Springs State Park, ...

A Florida park with the deepest freshwater cave system in the country is celebrating 78 this week. Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, home to the world-famous mermaids, first opened to the public on Oct ...

Reigning state champ Winter Park overwhelmed a good Hagerty girls volleyball team to punch its ticket for another final four ...

What gives Gilchrist Blue Springs its special under-the-radar status is its relatively recent addition to Florida’s state park system in 2017. Before that, it operated as a private park for decades, ...

Ruth B. Kirby Gilchrist Blue Springs State Park in High Springs isn’t just another Florida attraction – it’s nature’s masterpiece, a living canvas that changes with the light and seasons while somehow ...