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| | Blue Spring Lafayette County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) |
 | | The spring is the focus of Blue Spring State Park, which offers swimming, snorkeling, scuba, trails (including a 4-mile loop), an historic site, camping (51 sites, 27 with electric, plus additional primitive camping), cabins (6, fully equipped), picnicking, restrooms, boating, a boathouse, fishing, canoeing, tubing, consessions, and nature study. |
 | | Blue Spring was visited and described by John Bartram (father of William Bartram, who immortalized Florida’s springs a generation later) on January 4, 1766. |
 | | Blue Spring is the largest spring along the St. Johns River, with an average flow of 162 cfs or 105 million gallons a day. |
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