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Away from the hustle and bustle Visitor Information Natural North of everyday life, Natural North Access the Visit Natural North website (naturalnorthflorida.com), Facebook page Florida allows you to move at (www.facebook.com/naturalnorthflorida), or call Florida the speed of nature. 877.955.2199 for more information. Contact any of the offices listed below for more county-specific information. Replenish your spirit by day frolicking in the Natural ALACHUA COUNTY LAFAYETTE COUNTY springs that feed the world-famous Suwannee Alachua, Archer, Gainesville, Mayo River, and by night experience the music and Hawthorne, High Springs, La Crosse, 386.294.2705 Micanopy, Newberry & Waldo www.lafayettecountychamber.com cultural venues of Gainesville, the home of the 866.778.5002 LEVY COUNTY www.visitgainesville.com University of Florida. Bronson, Cedar Key, Chiefland, Facebook: Visit Gainesville, FL Fanning Springs, Inglis, Otter Creek, Natural North Florida is home to natural BAKER COUNTY Williston & Yankeetown Macclenny & Glen St. Mary 877.387.5673 springs, award-winning state parks and old- 904.259.6433 www.visitnaturecoast.com fashioned rural towns ready to be explored. www.bakerchamberfl.com Facebook: Levy County Visitors Bureau BRADFORD COUNTY MADISON COUNTY Located approximately 150 miles north of Brooker, Hampton, Lawtey & Starke Greenville, Lee & Madison Orlando, the region spans from Monticello, 904.964.5278 850.973.2788 www.northfloridachamber.com www.visitmadisonfl.com Facebook: Madison County (FL) home to the historic Old Jail Museum, to COLUMBIA COUNTY Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Lake City & Fort White Edward Ball State Park, the Facebook: Visit Madison County, Florida 386.758.1312 world’s deepest and longest freshwater spring, www.springsrus.com PUTNAM COUNTY to Micanopy and its National Historic District, Facebook: Visit Columbia County, FL Crescent City, Interlachen, Palatka & Welaka DIXIE COUNTY to the and the quaint fishing 386.328.1503 Cross City, Horseshoe Beach, Jena, www.putnamcountychamber.com villages of Cedar Key and Steinhatchee. Old Town & Suwannee 352.498.1426 SUWANNEE COUNTY www.visitdixie.org Branford, Live Oak & Wellborn We invite you to explore a place Facebook: Visit Dixie 386.961.4092 www.visitsuwannee.com that brings back memories of a simpler time, GILCHRIST COUNTY Bell, Fanning Springs & Trenton TAYLOR COUNTY when roads weren’t nearly as congested, 352.463.3198 Keaton Beach, Perry wildflowers grew in abundance on the www.visitgilchristcounty.com & Steinhatchee 866.584.5366 HAMILTON COUNTY roadsides and nature was literally all around www.taylorcountychamber.com Jasper, Jennings & White Springs Facebook: Taylor County Tourism us. Welcome to Natural North Florida — the 386.792.6829 www.hamiltoncountyfl.com/tourist- UNION COUNTY state’s original tourist destination that still development-council/ Lake Butler, Raiford & Worthington Springs offers a glimpse of Old Florida. JEFFERSON COUNTY 904.964.5278 Monticello, Lamont & Lloyd www.northfloridachamber.com Inside this brochure you’ll find visitor services 850.997.5552 www.VisitJeffersonCountyFlorida.com WAKULLA COUNTY information, a map of the region and a listing www.monticellojeffersonfl.com Crawfordville, Panacea, of springs, rivers and attractions you’ll love Facebook: Monticello, FL/ Sopchoppy & St. Marks Jefferson County 850.984.3966 County Roads to explore. www.VisitWakulla.com Facebook: Visit Wakulla State Highways naturalnorthflorida.com 877.955.2199 • 352.955.2199 Federal Highways

Interstate Highways Funding Provided by the Florida 877.955.2199 • 352.955.2199 Department of Economic Opportunity. @naturalnorthflorida @naturalnorthFL naturalnorthflorida.com Springs! Lakes! History! Natural North Florida is home to the The region is also well-known for its freshwater • San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park largest collection of first magnitude lakes which provide excellent fishing, including: in Wakulla County is the site of the second springs in the world, which are great • Alligator Lake landing by Spanish explorer Panfilo de Narvez in places to swim and camp. • Cherry Lake 1528. Self-guided tours and a museum interpret Here are just a few: • Lake Butler Spanish, English, Union and Confederate ruins. • • Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park • Monticello is well-known for restored and (world’s largest & deepest freshwater spring) Rivers! • Great places to tube, fish and paddle. • Lake Rowell registered historic homes and buildings. Peruse • Fanning Springs State Park the moss-covered, oak-lined city streets, while • Gilchrist Blue Springs Try your hand at canoeing or kayaking our • Lake Sampson • Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park river unspoiled flatwater rivers, including: • Lochloosa Lake boat tour along the is one of the taking the Self-Guided Walking and Driving Tour. • Ginnie Springs Do not miss the 1890 Monticello Opera House. • Hart Springs • • St. Marks River • Orange Lake most visited destinations in the area. The guided • Ichetucknee Springs State Park • • and • Santa Fe Lake & Upper Santa Fe Lake 60-minute wildlife-viewing event takes visitors • Island Hotel & Restaurant, located in Cedar Key, • Lafayette Blue Springs • Suwannee River on a three-mile loop downstream and back was constructed of seashell tabby in 1859. It has • Madison • Lower Withlacoochee Wilderness Trail Wildlife Viewing! among majestic bald cypress trees, elegant changed little over the years except for hosting 13 wading birds, and toothy alligators. alleged friendly ghosts. • Springs State Park (winter home to River • • Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park located hundreds of Florida manatees) • • adjacent to Gainesville, was named Florida’s • Micanopy, founded in 1821, is the oldest inland • Otter Springs • • Wakulla River best spot to view alligators. (Keep a safe Camping and RV Parks! town in Florida. Virtually the entire town is • Poe Springs • • Withlacoochee distance, please!) Walk the La Chua Trail starting Natural North Florida contains over 60 designated as a National Historic District. • River North • Wes Skiles Peacock Springs State Park at the north rim of the prairie for the best campgrounds and RV parks. Whether it’s camping • Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, Biking, Hiking and Horse Trails! • gator viewing. Visit our Ultimate Springs Guide at on the Gulf, along a riverbank or at a state park, situated on the banks of the legendary Suwannee Natural North Florida is popular with bicyclists and naturalnorthflorida.com/springs-guide. Download our Guide to State-Designated Paddling • St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge provides you are sure to find a starry night. Download River in the Town of White Springs, honors the hikers who have discovered the many lightly traveled Trails as well as our Suwannee River Wilderness wintering habitat for migratory birds. With more our Campgrounds and RV Parks brochure at memory of American composer Stephen Foster, who roads and miles of wooded public trails, including the The region is well-known to experienced divers Trail Paddling Guide. For the more adventurous than 70,000 acres on the Gulf Coast, the refuge naturalnorthflorida.com/trip-guides/. wrote Old Folks at Home, the song that made the Florida National Scenic Trail. Touring companies in the from around the world, who come to explore paddler, download our guide Segments 5 and 6 of river famous. offers miles of trails and many exceptional Also, download our Guides and Outfitters brochure area offer tours, rentals and routing information. Popular the caverns of a vast underwater world. Popular the Florida Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling wildlife viewing locations. at naturalnorthflorida.com/trip-guides/ for listings • Olustee Battlefield, located 16 miles east of bicycle trails include: cave diving-locations include: Trail. The guidebooks can be downloaded at • The 53,000-acre Lower Suwannee National and locations of all sorts of guides, outfitters and Lake City, is the site of an annual reenactment • Four Freedoms Trail • Devil’s Den Springs and Blue Grotto naturalnorthflorida.com/trip-guides/. Wildlife Refuge was established to protect one rental locations for fishing, paddling, boating, in February of the Civil War Battle of Olustee. Madison – 25 miles (40.2 km), paved • Ginnie Springs of the largest undeveloped river-delta estuarine bicycling and horseback riding. Scenes for Civil War movies, including the Fishing and Gulf Coast • State Trail • Little River Springs State Park systems in the United States. Its headquarters 1989 movie Glory, have been filmed during the Chiefland, Cross City, Fanning Springs, • Madison Blue Spring State Park Fishing Villages! is located approximately 16 miles southwest of reenactments. Olustee Battlefield has a visitor Antiquing and Unique Shopping! Old Town, Trenton – 31 miles (50km), paved • Wes Skiles Peacock Springs State Park Eager to cast a line? Try any of our rivers or local Chiefland on County Road 347. center with historical information and artifacts. lakes and ponds for bass, bream or catfish and, of Shopping for unexpected treasures is part of the • Putnam Lodge, located in Cross City and built in • Suwannee River Greenway at Branford course, the Gulf Coast for its saltwater bounty. Boat fun of visiting our towns, where you’ll find shops the 1920s, will remind visitors of an old National Branford, High Springs, Lake City, Live Oak – ramps and bait and tackle shops are found in many filled with enticing bargains in collectibles and Park-style hotel with its pecky cypress interior. 12 miles (19 km), paved locations. Guides and charter boats are available antiques, and affordable souvenirs, gifts, folk arts The Dixie County Cultural Center is also located in • Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail at various coastal fishing villages, including Cedar and crafts. Cross City. Tallahassee, St. Marks – 20.5 miles (32.9 km), paved Key, Horseshoe Beach, Keaton Beach, Panacea, Steinhatchee and Suwannee. Visit our Ultimate Bicycle Guide at naturalnorthflorida. Located between Steinhatchee and Keaton Beach, com/bike-guide. Download our guide. Better yet, join Hagen’s Cove Park is one of the few places you can our Ride with GPS bicycle club and download our turn- wade for scallops without need of a snorkel or a by-turn GPS-enabled bicycle routes to your cell phone! boat. It’s also a great place for fishing, kayaking and bird watching.