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Located in North Central Florida in a wooded enclave of homes, directly on the river. The home is convenient to the town of High Springs, Gainesville and surrounding communities of Alachua, Newberry and Trenton. Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville and Tallahassee are all about 2 hours away. There is an airport in Gainesville. St. Augustine is 1½ hours from High Springs. High Springs is a short drive to Gainesville. In High Springs the local springs and river are a main attraction, offering swimming, diving, fishing, tubing, kayaking, boating activities. Poe, Blue and Ginny Springs are less than 10 minutes. The crystal clear Itchnetunknee River and springs are around 12 miles away. Scuba instruction is available for all levels, the area is known as the "cave diving capitol of the world" and has the largest concentration of freshwater springs in the world. The town has numerous antique shops, a few really good restaurants, including The award winning, Great Outdoors Restaurant and an art...
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Located in North Central Florida in a wooded enclave of homes, directly on the river. The home is convenient to the town of High Springs, Gainesville and surrounding communities of Alachua, Newberry and Trenton. Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville and Tallahassee are all about 2 hours away. There is an airport in Gainesville. St. Augustine is 1½ hours from High Springs. High Springs is a short drive to Gainesville. In High Springs the local springs and river are a main attraction, offering swimming, diving, fishing, tubing, kayaking, boating activities. Poe, Blue and Ginny Springs are less than 10 minutes. The crystal clear Itchnetunknee River and springs are around 12 miles away. Scuba instruction is available for all levels, the area is known as the "cave diving capitol of the world" and has the largest concentration of freshwater springs in the world. The town has numerous antique shops, a few really good restaurants, including The award winning, Great Outdoors Restaurant and an art guild gallery. There is a turn of the century movie theatre showing current releases 3 nights per week and a small community theatre. You can buy local produce at the once per week farmers market. Tubing down the Itchetucknee River is a summertime favorite. In Gainesville, there is the Natural History Museum, Harn Museum of Art, planetarium, Hippodrome State Theatre, Butterfly Rainforest, Botanical Gardens, many unique State Parks, Phillips Center for Performing Arts and numerous other performance theatres in town. There are lots of great restaurants and of course, lots of sporting events associated with the "Fighting Gators. Ichetucknee Springs State Park, Oleno State Park (where the Santa Fe goes underground for 3 miles), the River Rise (where it reemerges), Ginnie and Blue Springs, Rum Island Park and Sandy Point (where the Santa Fe joins the Suwannee) are all close by.
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