Rainbow Springs State Park

[Smitty]

Some pictures from our camping trip this past weekend. Rainbow springs and Rainbow river. Did some tubing down the river.

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[Onk]

Awesome pics Ken!!!

Looks like fun!

[4XLGator]

Great pics Ken, thanks for sharing.

Gotta love waterfalls in Florida.

I love the cool, clear, spring-fed waters.

[SmokedRam]

AWESOME...we were gonna go up to there and tube this coming weekend, but now were going to Ft. Desoto instead.

[Fla 66 cuda]

Great photos, i miss my fifth wheel [may it rest in pieces].

[Storm Rider]

Great pics Ken. Looks like your family had a blast.

[Smitty]

Great pics Ken, thanks for sharing.

Gotta love waterfalls in Florida.

I love the cool, clear, spring-fed waters.

I do believe those falls were all man made. The park used to be an amusement park (something like Cypress Gardens) from the late 1930's up to the 70's. Then the state bought the land in the 90's and made a state park out of it.

The water was clear and cool...72* all year round.

[AWE Daniel]

Looks like fun

[NOTPAID4]

Awesome pictures!

[BAD HABIT]

I floated the river Saturday with the family, while hanging a sem shirt on my float...

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[Smitty]

I floated the river Saturday with the family, while hanging a sem shirt on my float...

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When we were doing it.

[BAD HABIT]

Damn wish is have known...
We should do a sem family float at kp hole 4hd float I think it'd be sweet and fun for all of us

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[Smitty]

Damn wish is have known...
We should do a sem family float at kp hole 4hd float I think it'd be sweet and fun for all of us

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We did the 2 hour one. All I wanted to do...lol

[BAD HABIT]

That's what we did Saturday, it just wasn't long enough for me...I love the river....

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[Smitty]

That's what we did Saturday, it just wasn't long enough for me...I love the river....

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There was some of our group that did the 4 hour and they said it was to long. I guess the current slowed down some and it was slow going for awhile.

[BAD HABIT]

Really, that must have been down river cause from the state park it was rippin from 11a til we got down river a bit...I'm gonna start a thread and see if everyone wants to go 1 day soon....

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[Smitty]

Really, that must have been down river cause from the state park it was rippin from 11a til we got down river a bit...I'm gonna start a thread and see if everyone wants to go 1 day soon....

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Yes, it was down river around the 3rd hour.

[ramn it]

I love that park ! I never floated the river but the wife is talkin about it, we did the trails. they have an abandoned zoo there that is really creepy cause it looks like a prison .

[Smitty]

I love that park ! I never floated the river but the wife is talkin about it, we did the trails. they have an abandoned zoo there that is really creepy cause it looks like a prison .

Yep. Rainbow Springs used to be an amusement park, something like Cypress Gardens. Had a Zoo, rodeo, gardens, etc. It was built back in the late 30's and closed in the 70's or 90's cant remember. The state bought the land back in 1999 and made it into a state park.

[SmokedRam]

Yep. Rainbow Springs used to be an amusement park, something like Cypress Gardens. Had a Zoo, rodeo, gardens, etc. It was built back in the late 30's and closed in the 70's or 90's cant remember. The state bought the land back in 1999 and made it into a state park.

Thats interesting....I never knew that

[Smitty]

Thats interesting....I never knew that

You can walk all through it, see where the zoo was (reminded me of Lost). See the foundations for all the old buildings. Still has some of the old outside furniture etc. Seemed like a ghost town when you are back away from the main buildings and it was quiet/no one around.

[4XLGator]

I never knew that either, and like Adam I've lived here my whole life.

[Smitty]

I never knew that either, and like Adam I've lived here my whole life.

I only knew about it because of the signs at the park.

[OklaHemi]

You can walk all through it, see where the zoo was (reminded me of Lost). See the foundations for all the old buildings. Still has some of the old outside furniture etc. Seemed like a ghost town when you are back away from the main buildings and it was quiet/no one around.

that would be wicked.

[AWE Daniel]

There are quite a few old parks that were shut down around the time disney got huge