Water in Florida

Discover 18 water in Florida.

A white pelican with a bump on its bill is pictured here standing next to the brown pelican, a state symbol, which are often only a third the size of white pelicans.

Placida, Florida

White Pelican Island

Every winter, this tiny islet on Florida’s Gulf Coast is swarmed by some of the largest birds on the continent.

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Stilt House No. 6 is known for its large American flag mural.

New Port Richey, Florida

Pasco County Stilt Houses

These simple structures are living monuments to the fishermen who built this community over a century ago.

Anclote Key, Florida

Anclote Key Lighthouse

Though it may look like it’s missing its outer shell, this skeletal cast-iron tower was built to withstand wind and waves.

The house sits on a thin sandbar off the Florida coast.

Stuart, Florida

Gilbert’s Bar House of Refuge

In a time before lifeguards, this house was a sanctuary for the shipwrecked.

Cedar Lakes Woods.

Williston, Florida

Cedar Lakes Woods

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

Oriskany two years after sinking.

Pensacola, Florida

USS Oriskany

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

Christ of the Abyss

Key Largo, Florida

Christ of the Abyss

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the depths off Key Largo.

Wakulla Springs.

Crawfordville, Florida

Wakulla Springs

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

Spongeorama sign

Tarpon Springs, Florida

Spongeorama Sponge Factory

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

The bathhouse on the Suwanee River.

White Springs, Florida

White Sulfur Springs Ruins

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

The performances include a rendition of 'The Little Mermaid.'

Weeki Wachee, Florida

Weeki Wachee: City of Live Mermaids

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Key Biscayne, Florida

Neptune Memorial Reef

An underwater city for the dead.

Ecopassage wall

Tallahassee, Florida

Lake Jackson Ecopassage

This divisive system of turtle tunnels was built to save animals stranded after a highway split a lake in half.

Falmouth Springs

Falmouth, Florida

Falmouth Springs

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

Williston, Florida

Devil's Den

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

Ponce de Leon, Florida

Vortex Spring

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.