This state park needs help. Your action can help ensure the continued health and beauty of one of the world's best swimming holes. First, I direct your gaze near the spring basin. From the top of the tower overlooking this famous basin, all appears right. Swamp tupelo and cypress trees enfold the blue heart of this park with a lush cloak of greenery.
Intrepid swimmers throw themselves off the tower.
Snorkelers follow schools of mullet. The beach is lined with families and summer camp groups. The glass-bottom boats make their popular runs. The water color varies with depth and the presence or absence of aquatic plants. Rangers on the glass-bottom boat tours direct your gaze to the submerged bones and ancient tree trunks that have helped make this park well known.