- Scale -3rd magnitude
- Scenery - fair-good
- How Pristine? - very pristine
- Swimming - no
- Protection - unknown
- Crowds - none
- Access - fair-difficult, by water then foot
- Facilities - none
- Safety - fair
- Scuba - no
- Cost - free
Summary of Features
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For maps, latitude/longitude data, driving directions, satellite imagery, and topographic representations as well as weather conditions at this spring, go to Greg Johnson's informative "Florida Springs Database" web site at the following address: http://www.ThisWaytothe.Net/springs/floridasprings.htm#Florida
Spring Description
This spring group consists of several small flows and seeps in an area
of deep floodplain forest adjacent to Holmes Creek. The main spring
pool is about oval and about 300 by 60 feet. Some sand boils are
visible in the main pool, which has a muddy bottom and a depth that appears
to be shallow but which was difficult to determine visually because the
water was not very clear and was a brownish color.
Besides the boils in the main pool, the overall spring flow is supplemented by at least additional springs. One is at the upper end of the spring pool and forms a small seep pool. This pool is oval, perhaps 8 by 15 feet, about 1 foot deep, and had a mile sand boil. Another is on the right side (as one walks along the spring pool from the river downstream) and forms a small creek that flows about 100 feet from a grassy-swampy area into the spring pool. The whole springs area is set in heavily vegetated floodplain forest.
Note: a short distance upriver of Shellcracker Springs, on the same (east) side of the river, are a number of small sand boils in the shallow water near the bank in the riverbed of Holmes Creek.
Use/Access
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