Cypress Springs

[Blackchains]

Are Cypress Springs accessible by canoe or kayak if so, where do you put in and how long does it take to paddle??

I have gotten mixed information about this one????

Thanks again....

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Yes, Culpepper Landing, depends on how bad you suck at canoeing/kayaking(takes me 20 min and I suck at paddling - its about a mile upstream from the launch).

[Blackchains]

Is it worth it?? Anything to see?? What do you do with your boat once you get there, I am assuming you don't tie up to adjacent land?(Anchor or tree??)

Any idea of conditions there now?

Thanks!

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Depends on your expectations, I beach the boat on the little sand beach thats within the floodzone or tie it off to a tree. Conditions would be fine there right now, the creek has to be crazy high before it blows out since it pushes so much water.

Probably the prettiest OW basin(smallish though - bigger than Ginnie's basin but far more interesting, smaller than Vortex but far more natural) in Florida, nice little cavern, nearly non-existant/tight cave. I go there a few times a year and enjoy it.

[Blackchains]

Cool thanks for the info and the picture.

We are going to give it a try on Saturday, and a quick jaunt at Vortex.

[LiteHedded]

man that's pretty
florida is awesome

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Its just as colorfull underwater too with eelgrass, water lettuce, some red plants(??), etc. Usually alot of fish as well as the spring isn't dived much.

[GLENFWB]

Its just as colorfull underwater too with eelgrass, water lettuce, some red plants(??), etc. Usually alot of fish as well as the spring isn't dived much.

Okay, I can't stand it. I have to post a few of my favorite pictures from Cypress:

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Oh Nos! There's giant banana spiders at Cypress!

[OutlawCaver]

For some strange & unknown reason, the state of Florida allowed a water bottling company to buy this pristine site from Harold Vickers instead of the state purchasing it. Oh, but let's make sure we keep divers out of Sally Ward.

I have boycotted bottled spring water for decades. Okay, I realize that my boycott has absolutley no impact on the bottled spring water industry, I know this. BUT it does permit me britchn rights and makes it easier to look at myself in the mirror knowing I am not lining their pockets to buy up the next spring somewhere. I believe that my logic on this one is inescapable.

Who would have ever thought that bottled water from a spring would cost more than gasoline?