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Portions of the following information were taken from Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 66.
Sheppard Spring is located in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge approximately 22 miles south of Tallahassee. From the intersection of Capital Circle (US 319) and SR 363 (Woodville Highway), travel south 13.2 miles to US 98. Turn west (right) and drive 3.4 miles to Wakulla Beach Road. Turn south (left) and drive approximately 1 mile to the Florida Trail crossing. Park in the Florida Trail parking area. The spring can be accessed by canoeing/kayaking to the head of Sheppard Spring Creek from Wakulla Beach via Goose Creek Bay. The spring can also be reached by hiking to it on the Florida Trail (access point on Wakulla Beach Road). No roads lead to the spring, however, the Florida National Wild and Scenic Trail system has a spur route leading to the spring from the north. From the Florida Trail parking area along Wakulla Beach Road, walk west on the Florida Trail approximately 3 miles to the spring.
Description - Sheppard Spring pool is slightly ovoid, measuring 90 ft east to west and 105 ft north to south. It is 25 ft deep near the center, with steep, sand sides. Two vents have been recognized. The water is clear bluish-green. Long filamentous algae cover the majority of the soft sand bottom. The spring has an abundance of fallen logs and a detritus layer covering most of the bottom. No boil was observed on the spring surface during the November 2002 visit. Plants and trees completely surround the spring pool and its run. The spring run averages 2 to 3 ft deep, 15 ft wide, and meanders southward for over a mile. It empties into Goose Creek Bay, approximately 4 miles west of the mouth of the St. Marks River. Sheppard Spring is a pristine, wild spring situated within the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. The surrounding Gulf Coastal lowlands are heavily forested with palm, hardwoods, and pine.
Utilization - The spring is undeveloped and remote, surrounded by National Wildlife Refuge land.
Sheppard Spring is located in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge approximately 22 miles south of Tallahassee. From the intersection of Capital Circle (US 319) and SR 363 (Woodville Highway), travel south 13.2 miles to US 98. Turn west (right) and drive 3.4 miles to Wakulla Beach Road. Turn south (left) and drive approximately 1 mile to the Florida Trail crossing. Park in the Florida Trail parking area. The spring can be accessed by canoeing/kayaking to the head of Sheppard Spring Creek from Wakulla Beach via Goose Creek Bay. The spring can also be reached by hiking to it on the Florida Trail (access point on Wakulla Beach Road). No roads lead to the spring, however, the Florida National Wild and Scenic Trail system has a spur route leading to the spring from the north. From the Florida Trail parking area along Wakulla Beach Road, walk west on the Florida Trail approximately 3 miles to the spring.
Description - Sheppard Spring pool is slightly ovoid, measuring 90 ft east to west and 105 ft north to south. It is 25 ft deep near the center, with steep, sand sides. Two vents have been recognized. The water is clear bluish-green. Long filamentous algae cover the majority of the soft sand bottom. The spring has an abundance of fallen logs and a detritus layer covering most of the bottom. No boil was observed on the spring surface during the November 2002 visit. Plants and trees completely surround the spring pool and its run. The spring run averages 2 to 3 ft deep, 15 ft wide, and meanders southward for over a mile. It empties into Goose Creek Bay, approximately 4 miles west of the mouth of the St. Marks River. Sheppard Spring is a pristine, wild spring situated within the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. The surrounding Gulf Coastal lowlands are heavily forested with palm, hardwoods, and pine.
Utilization - The spring is undeveloped and remote, surrounded by National Wildlife Refuge land.
Date | Submitter | Visbility | Remarks |
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Description | Type | Date | Author | Remarks |
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System | Depth | Cave | Cavern | OW | Last Report | Distance (mi) |
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Madison Blue Springs | 130 | True | True | False | 4/2/2024 | 66.8 |
Sandbag Spring | True | False | False | 3/20/2024 | 72.2 | |
Little River | 110 | True | True | True | 3/15/2024 | 79.4 |
Twin Caves | 100 | True | False | False | 3/4/2024 | 68.6 |
Cow Spring | 110 | True | False | False | 1/20/2024 | 70.1 |
Cypress Spring | 70 | False | True | True | 11/25/2023 | 91.1 |
Edward's Spring | 145 | True | False | False | 10/27/2023 | 68.8 |
Telford Spring | 80 | True | False | False | 8/17/2023 | 66.9 |
Cherokee Sink | 80 | True | True | True | 6/18/2023 | 6.2 |
Ruth Spring | 50 | True | False | False | 6/11/2023 | 78.8 |
Peacock Springs - Peacock III | 214 | True | False | False | 3/12/2023 | 68.9 |
Jackson Blue Spring | 105 | True | True | False | 2/27/2023 | 68.5 |
Manatee Springs - Catfish Hotel | 105 | True | True | True | 2/27/2023 | 90 |
Morrison Springs | 50 | False | True | True | 2/4/2023 | 103.2 |
Hart Springs - Black Lagoon | 80 | True | False | False | 1/14/2023 | 85.9 |
Jug Spring | 80 | True | True | False | 1/12/2023 | 91.9 |
Suwannee Springs | 140 | True | False | False | 1/8/2023 | 82.8 |
Lafayette Blue Springs | 100 | True | False | False | 11/26/2022 | 63.3 |
Peacock Springs - Peacock I | 175 | True | True | False | 11/17/2022 | 68.9 |
Royal Spring | 50 | True | True | True | 11/15/2022 | 72.4 |
Sunbeam Spring | 80 | True | False | False | 10/15/2022 | 91.7 |
Charles Spring | 80 | True | False | False | 7/30/2022 | 63.1 |
Alligator Rescue Spring | True | False | False | 5/20/2022 | 66.9 | |
Lafayette Blue - Kitty Sink | 100 | True | False | False | 5/9/2022 | 62.8 |
Hart Springs - Little Hart | 80 | True | False | False | 5/7/2022 | 85.7 |
Peacock Springs - Orange Grove | 175 | True | True | True | 3/30/2022 | 69 |
Bozel Spring | 110 | True | False | False | 12/29/2021 | 74.6 |
Harvey's Cave | 280 | True | False | False | 10/13/2021 | 3.7 |
Ginnie Springs - Devil's Ear / Eye | 173 | True | True | True | 9/28/2021 | 97.2 |
Leon Sinks - Emerald Sink | 180 | True | True | False | 8/9/2021 | 12.4 |
Manatee Springs - Friedman's Sink | 105 | True | False | False | 7/13/2021 | 90.2 |
Vortex Spring | 157 | True | True | True | 2/23/2021 | 108.6 |
Troy Spring | 70 | False | True | True | 9/16/2020 | 77.5 |
Syphon Creek - Myrtle's Fissure | 95 | True | False | False | 2/29/2020 | 94.7 |
Owens Spring | 45 | True | False | False | 10/7/2019 | 74.6 |
Gator Hole Spring | 115 | True | False | False | 6/7/2019 | 100.9 |
Gator Hole Sink | 115 | True | False | False | 5/18/2019 | 101 |
Suwanacoochee Cave | 125 | True | False | False | 4/22/2019 | 68.9 |
Hole In The Wall | 110 | True | False | False | 3/3/2019 | 68.9 |
Ginnie Springs - Ginnie Spring | 60 | False | True | True | 9/25/2018 | 97 |
Allen Mill Pond | True | False | False | 10/11/2017 | 62.4 | |
Jess's Hole | True | False | False | 7/4/2017 | 99.6 | |
Anderson Spring | 80 | True | False | False | 7/2/2017 | 67.4 |
Mcbride's Slough | 90 | True | False | False | 6/22/2017 | 8 |
Pot Spring | 70 | True | False | False | 6/18/2017 | 67.1 |
Lineater Spring | True | False | False | 12/8/2016 | 70.5 | |
Lafayette Blue - Trap Sink | 100 | True | False | False | 11/21/2016 | 62.7 |
Indian Springs | 110 | True | False | False | 10/20/2016 | 8.9 |
Suwannee Blue Spring | 40 | True | False | False | 6/28/2016 | 72.8 |
Ebro Blue | True | True | False | 3/12/2016 | 96.9 | |
Convict Spring | 30 | True | False | False | 11/23/2015 | 71.1 |
Powerline Cave | 60 | True | False | False | 9/17/2015 | 63.6 |
Church Sink | 67 | True | False | False | 8/17/2015 | 18.1 |
Wilson Spring | True | False | False | 7/18/2015 | 92.7 | |
Mearson Springs | True | False | False | 6/6/2015 | 75.6 | |
Rock Bluff Spring | 65 | True | False | False | 5/10/2015 | 84.9 |
Peacock Springs - Peacock II | True | False | False | 4/8/2015 | 68.9 | |
Cathedral Sink | 200 | True | False | False | 12/29/2014 | 70.6 |
Ginnie Springs - Dogwood Spring | 43 | True | False | False | 9/7/2014 | 96.7 |
Shangri-la Springs | 40 | True | True | True | 5/31/2014 | 68.7 |
Falmouth Spring | 200 | True | False | False | 1/1/2014 | 70.6 |
Peacock Springs - Waterhole III | 55 | True | False | False | 9/26/2013 | 68.8 |
Holmes Blue | 90 | True | False | False | 3/25/2013 | 107.7 |
Leon Sinks - Promise Sink | True | False | False | 6/15/2012 | 11.6 | |
Maund Spring | 70 | True | False | False | 5/12/2012 | 70.1 |
Leon Sinks - Upper River Sink | True | False | False | 2/9/2012 | 11.1 | |
Gator Hole | 42 | True | False | False | 9/28/2011 | 69.2 |
Cassidy Spring | True | False | False | 9/11/2011 | 22.8 | |
Morgan Spring | 208 | True | False | False | 9/4/2011 | 67.5 |
Rose Creek - Sink | 165 | True | True | False | 7/4/2011 | 95.1 |
Ginnie Springs - Little Devil's | True | False | False | 7/1/2011 | 97.2 | |
Syphon Creek - Resurgence | True | False | False | 6/23/2011 | 94.7 | |
Fanning Springs | False | False | True | 6/12/2011 | 89.1 | |
Leon Sinks - Whiskey Mill Sink | 220 | True | False | False | 6/11/2011 | 10.8 |
Rose Creek - Swallet | 40 | True | False | False | 2/5/2011 | 95.1 |
Bathtub Spring | 20 | True | False | False | 2/5/2011 | 71 |
Crazy Horse Sink | 60 | True | False | False | 1/30/2011 | 63.6 |
Leon Sinks - Go Between Sink | True | False | False | 1/19/2011 | 11.6 | |
Otter Springs | 55 | True | False | False | 1/17/2011 | 87 |
Little Blue Spring | True | False | False | 8/21/2010 | 22.7 | |
Peacock Springs - Baptizing Spring | True | False | False | 8/15/2010 | 68.6 | |
Adams Spring | True | False | False | 8/4/2010 | 68.3 | |
Williford Spring | True | True | True | 6/16/2010 | 78.4 | |
Hatchet Sink | True | True | False | 4/9/2010 | 3.8 | |
Leon Sinks - Little Dismal | 250 | True | False | False | 1/18/2010 | 13.6 |
Leon Sinks - Big Dismal Sink | 250 | True | False | False | 1/18/2010 | 13.7 |
Leon Sinks - Gopher Hole | True | False | False | 1/18/2010 | 13.2 | |
Branford Spring | 101 | True | False | False | 1/16/2010 | 82 |
Leon Sinks - Innisfree Sink | True | False | False | 12/5/2009 | 10.7 | |
Sun Springs | True | False | False | 11/14/2009 | 86 | |
Bonnet Spring | 48 | True | False | False | 8/15/2009 | 68.6 |
Rose Creek - Mccormick Sink | 150 | True | True | False | 3/1/2009 | 95 |
Indian Washtub | 82 | True | False | False | 11/3/2008 | 68.7 |
Turtle Spring | True | False | False | 12/26/2007 | 85.7 | |
Hidden Spring | True | False | False | 6/1/2006 | 70 | |
Gunpower Sink | 120 | False | True | False | 97.8 | |
Firecracker Cave | 120 | True | False | False | 68.1 | |
Kelly Sink | True | False | False | 13.2 | ||
Tanner Spring | 130 | True | False | False | 67.9 | |
Ryles Spring | False | False | False | 141.4 | ||
Alapaha River Rise | True | False | False | 74.6 | ||
Holton Creek Rise | True | False | False | 76.4 | ||
Lime Spring | True | False | False | 69.1 | ||
Sawdust Spring | True | False | False | 96.7 | ||
Chip's Hole | 120 | True | False | False | 11.2 | |
Cypress Sink | 145 | True | False | False | 65.5 | |
Coffee Pot Sink | 65 | True | False | False | 68.5 | |
Meeting House Sink | True | False | False | 10.5 | ||
Charcoal Sink | True | False | False | 3.8 | ||
Leon Sinks - Cheryl Sink | 110 | True | True | False | 12.6 | |
Ames Sink | True | False | False | 13.4 | ||
Jade Hole | 162 | True | False | False | 69.7 | |
Coffee Springs | 65 | True | False | False | 68.6 | |
Running Springs | False | False | False | 69.9 | ||
Syphon Creek - Track One | True | False | False | 94.9 | ||
Syphon Creek - Lil' Awesome | 80 | True | False | False | 95.3 | |
Goul De Tannerie | False | False | False | 67.9 | ||
Leon Sinks - Split Sink | 45 | True | False | False | 12.5 | |
Aquarius Sink | 128 | True | False | False | 70.6 | |
Leon Sinks - Wakulla Springs | 320 | True | True | False | 7.6 | |
Little Otter Springs | True | False | False | 86.4 | ||
Thomas Spring | True | False | False | 63.1 | ||
Syphon Creek - Big Awesome | 110 | True | False | False | 95.6 | |
Double Sink | True | False | False | 81.4 | ||
Leon Sinks - Turner Sink | True | False | False | 10.2 | ||
Leon Sinks - Sullivan Sink | 225 | True | False | False | 13.4 | |
Sally Ward Spring | 350 | True | False | False | 8.1 | |
Syphon Creek - Swallow Hole | 188 | True | False | False | 95.1 | |
Rossetter Spring | True | False | False | 68.2 | ||
Spring Creek | True | False | False | 4.1 | ||
Owl's Eye Spring | 40 | True | False | False | 67.4 | |
Big Bamboo Sink | 148 | True | False | False | 69.8 |