![]() ![]() The spring consists of a narrow channel leading into an open area with three separate groups of spring vents-Pretty Sister Spring, Big Sister Spring, Little Sister Spring. Manatees can easily be viewed in the springs crystal clear water from a boardwalk which circles the spring. The spring is located on a 57 acre refuge in the middle of the City of Crystal River. Part of Kings Bay, this group of springs is about one-acre in size and surrounded by trees. One of the most important springs for wintering manatees in Florida. Next to the Crystal River Archaeological State Park ( updated Feb 2015) Fish and Wildlife Service sanctuary is a protected manatee habitat that includes the spring that forms the headwaters of the Crystal River. One of the best places to see endangered West Indian manatees that migrate each winter along the "Manatee Coast" north of Tampa Bay. 28.8875 -82.6 3 Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge.Next to the Crystal River Preserve State Park. Enforced restrictions apply prohibiting airboats, hunting, fires, and camping. ![]() The Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge is only accessible by boat. Birdwatchers may spot cormorants, great blue herons, green-backed herons, ospreys, white pelicans, laughing gulls, wood storks, peregrine falcon, ducks, coots, and songbirds. Other wildlife includes alligators, raccoons, river otter, deer, turkey, black bear, bobcat, green turtles, gopher tortoises, and Eastern indigo snakes. Originally established in 1943 as a waterfowl sanctuary, it is now also critical habitat for West Indian manatees. Over 31,000 acres of musk grass, widgeon grass, oaks, cypress, and red cedars stretching between the Homosassa and the Chassahowitzka River. ![]()
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