Blue Spring State Park
State park · Volusia County ·

Blue Spring State Park

State park · Volusia County ·

Swim in clear springs, kayak, & see manatees in winter

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"During cooler months, manatees gather in the park's clear waters, viewable from a boardwalk." - Travel + Leisure Editors

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"Manatees Migrate to Blue Springs In the winter months, manatees seek the warmer, shallow waters of Blue Springs State Park. An observation deck allows for viewing of the manatees. It's quite a sight—seeing the gentle, endangered species. I was invited to canoe with a manatee researcher for Save the Manatees. Massive manatees came up to and swam under our canoe, while the baby manatees stayed shyly close to their mothers. Paved paths, hiking trails, and canoe and kayak rentals are available."

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Blue Spring State Park

Rickey Maxey

Google
Blue Spring State Park is beautiful! The spring runs into the St. John's River and pushes out 100 million gallons of water a day. The boardwalk is wide and elevated with several lookouts that provide expansive views of the spring and aquatic life. If you love observing manatees, this is the place for you. On the day that I visited manatees were all over the place, even at my feet. Hundreds of fish were visible. The park is a great place for canoeing, kayaking, snorkeling, scuba, and camping. I am going back to stay in one of the cabins. The park is also a great place if you enjoy primative camping but there is a bath house, water spigot, and fire pit. My advice? GO!!!

Rob Haworth

Google
Excellent park, well maintained walk up and down the inlet for about 1/2 mile each way. Saw a mother and child manitee from a distance, hard to see in dark areas of the water. Best to kayak 🛶 or snorkel to get a close up view.

Michelle Daylong

Google
Blue Springs is a gorgeous state park with lots of Manatees in the winter months. The water is always around 72 degrees Fahrenheit so it’s great for swimming before November 15th. At that date they no longer allow swimming or tubing. There are many wild birds and fish as well. It only cost $6 to get in.

C B

Google
Great state park with lots of wildlife and things to explore and do. On my visit we saw 3 manatee there hard to spot in the river that is black but you can see the movement of the leafs on top of the water getting eaten. Look for there mouths mainly sticking up since hard to spot there entire body in dark water. If you go to the clear water definitely easy to spot but can be limited in numbers due to people swimming. We did see 1 in clear water and 2 on the boat tour.

Brittany Balusik

Google
Very clean walk ways and bench areas, well placed signs and cool picture opportunities. We mostly walked around with my toddler because the water looked deep. I definitely will be coming back for the glass bottom boat tours

Milena Stötzel

Google
Very unique experience! We spontaneously decided to drive up here during our stay in Orlando. We enjoyed the boardwalk, got to see manatees and even one gator when we took the 1h boat tour. Our guide Lee was very funny and we learned a bunch about the area and St Johns River. Restrooms were clean and well maintained.

madhu flew

Google
Lovely boat ride through the natural spring . We saw alligators, manatees and many birds. Everyone was very nice with there were 2 cafe with good food and a store and trails to walk on.

Marissa Brown

Google
183 was manatee count. Quite a few baby manatees. Went late morning. No wait into park. Plenty of parking. Great viewing areas. Lots of cool fish and birds. Boat and kayak tours also were available.