ORIGIN - Weeki Wachee River
N 28° 31.027 W 082° 34.408
17R E 346026 N 3155497
Expreience the river origin by swimming in it at the water park or watching the mermaid show under it's surface.
Waymark Code: WM9NHR
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2010
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from Wikipedia:
The Weeki Wachee River is a river in Hernando County, Florida. It flows 12 miles westwards from Weeki Wachee to the Gulf of Mexico at the Weeki Wachee estuary. The name is derived from the Seminole: uekiwv /oykéywa, wi:-/ "spring" and -uce /-oci/ "small", signifying either a small spring or an offshoot of a town named Spring. The river is best known for its spring, and the Weeki Wachee Springs attraction built on the premises. The spring is the surfacing point of an underground river, which is the deepest naturally occurring spring in the United States. It measures about 150 feet (46 meters) wide and 250 feet (76 meters) long, daily water averages 170 million gallons (644 million liters). The water temperature is a steady 74.2° F (23.5° C) year-round.
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