Naked Spring

Naked Spring is in the Gilchrist Blue Spring group, located east of the main spring a few hundred feet.  Gilchrist Blue is a state park about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of High Springs.

Naked Spring discharges from the east of Gilchrist Blue about 100 feet (30.5 m) from the main Gilchrist Blue pool.
Naked Spring has a robust discharge from its multiple vents that is almost equal to that of its nearby neighbor, Gilchrist Blue.
Naked Spring's estimated discharge today is around 30 cubic feet per second or about 20 million gallons per day ranking Naked Spring as a robust 2nd magnitude spring.
 Naked Spring consists of two spring pools.
The main spring pool is oval shaped and measures 99 feet (30.2 m) north to south, 77 feet (23.5 m) east to west and 14.3 feet (4.4 m) deep.
Water flows from a limestone fissure on the west side of the pool.  It was here that historically there was a floating dock which has since been removed and all swimming and foot traffic has been prohibited.
There is a boil visible over the vent.
Aquatic vegetation, including Hyudrilla and aquatic grass, covers a maybe 75% of the pool's bottom.
There is a second pool to the southeast of the main pool.  This circular pool has a diameter of approximately 20 feet (6.1 m).  On this day in 2020 the pools form one large, clear waterbody with multiple visible boils.
Both pools have excellent water clarity, and are a blue-green color.  The bottom of both spring pools is composed of limestone covered in a veneer of sand and silt.
Naked spring was once a popular swimming area for obvious reasons and remains surrounded by a dense floodplain forest.  Today swimming and indeed foot traffic is prohibited as humans have greatly degraded the area around the spring pool.


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