Some Florida Facts

Back in some of the earliest days of our RV adventures in 2007, we had our first encounter with some of Florida's freshwater springs, starting with Troy Springs.

We have since visited a number of other such springs, including several in the vicinity of Salt Springs where we spent the early part of November.  We have discovered that there are in excess of 900 of these springs in Florida, with some located offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and some producing a flow in excess of 65 million gallons of water per day.  It is also interesting to note that there are at least 14 "something Springs" towns in the state.

As we traveled South to our current location in Frostproof, passing lake after lake along the way, we wondered just how many lakes there might be, especially since there are several surrounding us here.  The answer is an astounding 30,000, give or take a few, ranging in size from what we might call a large pond, to the 730 square miles of Lake Okeechobee which is located not too far to our South.

Finally, another major feature of this area is mile upon mile of orange groves.  There are about 8,000 citrus growers in the state working 550,000 acres which include over 74 million orange trees.