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Florida's natural swim spring on the Gulf Coast with seasonal manatees and Caribbean-colored waters

Thanks to its warmer temperature, this gorgeous swimmable spring transforms into a haven for endangered manatees every winter ...
Yahoo Style Canada

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 ...
Yahoo

This Stunning 'Caribbean Blue' Spring Is One of the Prettiest in the U.S.—and It's Compared to The Bahamas' Blue Holes

Blue Spring, in Missouri's Ozark National Scenic Riverways area. Missouri’s Ozark National Scenic Riverways was the first national park area in the U.S. specifically created to protect a river system, ...
Newsweek

Swimming with Whale Sharks in Mexico

Shawn Heinrichs was on an expedition filming sailfish bait balls in waters off Isla Mujeres, Mexico in 2008 when casual talk with local fishermen spurred his interest. His captain related that he ...
Houston Chronicle

Huntsville's Blue Lagoon, scuba site, among Houston area's top summer swim spots

Roughly an hour north of Houston, tucked into a pine-tree-lined enclave, is Huntsville's The Blue Lagoon. The former limestone quarry features spring-fed crystal-blue water that almost looks ...