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Hundreds of manatees seek refuge from the cold at Blue Spring State Park

The cold weather across Central Florida this week brought hundreds of manatees to Blue Spring State Park in Volusia County.
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Pictures: Blue Spring opens to swimmers after year-long closure

In time for mid-summer afternoons cooling off in the 72-degree water, Blue Spring State Park in Orange City has reopened its popular magnitude-one spring run — best known for hosting hundreds of ...
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This Florida state park has a Caribbean-blue, spring-fed swimming hole and is a gathering site for hundreds of manatees

Blue Spring State Park is Florida at its finest. Located west of Orange City and north of Orlando, the 2,600-acre destination centers around the eponymous first-magnitude spring that discharges more ...