A young girl has fun floating in a truck-size tire inner tube down the spring-fed Ichetucknee River in northern Florida, USA. Tubing is the favorite recreation of thousands of summertime visitors to Ichetucknee Springs State Park, where eight major crystalline springs join together to create the six-mile () river. People of all ages make leisurely rides on ring-shaped inflatable rubber or plastic tubes in the pristine waters that were declared a National Natural Landmark in 1972. Along the way on quiet days, tubers may glimpse the park's varied wildlife.


A young girl has fun floating in a truck-size tire inner tube down the spring-fed Ichetucknee River in northern Florida, USA. Tubing is the favorite recreation of thousands of summertime visitors to Ichetucknee Springs State Park, where eight major crystalline springs join together to create the six-mile () river. People of all ages make leisurely rides on ring-shaped inflatable rubber or plastic tubes in the pristine waters that were declared a National Natural Landmark in 1972. Along the way on quiet days, tubers may glimpse the park's varied wildlife that includes beaver, otter, garfish, softshell turtle, wild turkey and wood duck.


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Location: Ichetucknee Springs State Park, near Fort White, Columbia County, Florida, USA
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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