Jan 14, 2025 · De Leon Springs State Park offers visitors a Florida experience that includes a recreational swimming area and a fascinating history. Take a walk through this majestic park before enjoying the crystal springs.

Jan 14, 2025 · During periods of high visitation, visitors may experience long lines to enter De Leon Springs State Park. The park frequently reaches capacity and may temporarily close. Closures occur intermittently and for an unknown duration of time. Pedestrians and bicyclists will not be allowed to enter until the park reopens. Thank you.

Jan 14, 2025 · During periods of high visitation, visitors may experience long lines to enter De Leon Springs State Park. The park frequently reaches capacity and may temporarily close. Closures occur intermittently and for an unknown duration of time. Pedestrians and bicyclists will not be allowed to enter until the park reopens. Thank you.

Welcome to DeLeon Springs State Park, named for the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon who sought the Fountain of Youth in the 1500s. Visitors can swim in the beautiful, tranquil spring boil. Lifeguards are available during the summer months. Canoes and kayaks may be rented at the park concession. A boat ramp and boat dock are available.

Visit the De Leon Springs visitor center where exhibits feature the park's 6,000-year history starting with the Native American inhabitants called the Mayaca through the 1960s attractions era. A touch table with bones and shells, park photo albums, printed information and a children's area ensure there is something for everyone.

A visit to De Leon Springs can be an invigorating experience and why people have been drawn to these waters for centuries, seeking out it's clear waters to revitalize the mind and body.

De Leon Springs State Park offers a half-mile, wheelchair-accessible paved nature trail with interpretive signs. The trail passes through a floodplain forest with cypress, hardwoods and other plants native to this area, including a cypress tree that is more than 600 years old.

Splish, splash and escape the summer heat at De Leon Springs State Park! Swim in our refreshing 72-degree spring water where depths range from 18 inches to 30 feet at the spring boil.

De Leon Springs State Park has a great variety of trails. There is a paved, wheelchair-friendly nature trail, as well as adventurous trails that thread deep into wetlands and floodplain forests.

De Leon Springs State Park is well known for the Sugar Mill Restaurant and swimming in the springs but just around the corner from those is a memorable experience waiting to be found. The park’s trails are located on the north side of the spring and start with a ½ mile paved loop.