Guidebook for High Springs

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Guidebook for High Springs

RESTAURANTS IN HIGH SPRINGS

Tasty, fresh, solid Mexican food! Cocktail bar and utside patio. Our favs: Alachua Chicken (with pineapple!) and Cancun (seafood) fajitas. Least fav: tamales.
20 locals recommend
El Patio
60 High Springs Main Street
20 locals recommend
Tasty, fresh, solid Mexican food! Cocktail bar and utside patio. Our favs: Alachua Chicken (with pineapple!) and Cancun (seafood) fajitas. Least fav: tamales.
Old-style diner atmosphere with plenty of menu! Superb locally made fresh Clam Chowder is offered on Friday only. Closed on Sunday. Closes at 3 pm, except Thurs. & Fri: open till 8:30 pm.
10 locals recommend
Bev's Burger Café
18732 NW US Hwy 441
10 locals recommend
Old-style diner atmosphere with plenty of menu! Superb locally made fresh Clam Chowder is offered on Friday only. Closed on Sunday. Closes at 3 pm, except Thurs. & Fri: open till 8:30 pm.
73 locals recommend
Great Outdoors Restaurant
18587 High Springs Main St
73 locals recommend
2 blocks walking distance; next to Florida Springs Institute.
7 locals recommend
Spins: Sweet & Savory
23677 West U.S. Highway 27
7 locals recommend
2 blocks walking distance; next to Florida Springs Institute.
Pink Flamingo Diner: Open 7 days a week at 11 am. Vegan options, cocktail bar, plus mini golf out back! Open till 11 pm Fri & Sat.
27 locals recommend
The Diner
19726 US-441
27 locals recommend
Pink Flamingo Diner: Open 7 days a week at 11 am. Vegan options, cocktail bar, plus mini golf out back! Open till 11 pm Fri & Sat.
Pizza, salads, Philly cheesesteaks and more! Take out with picnic tables on front lawn of Main Street.
The Steakout
Pizza, salads, Philly cheesesteaks and more! Take out with picnic tables on front lawn of Main Street.
All kinds of fresh stuff from the garden! Take out or picnic tables out front on Main Street.
15 locals recommend
Bambi's Country Market & Cafe
18592 High Springs Main St
15 locals recommend
All kinds of fresh stuff from the garden! Take out or picnic tables out front on Main Street.

SWIMMING, KAYAK RENTALS, TUBING AND CANOEING

Picnic and Swim
64 locals recommend
Poe Springs Park
28800 NW 182nd Ave
64 locals recommend
Picnic and Swim
Beach area to walk in gently.
124 locals recommend
Gilchrist Blue Springs State Park
7450 NE 60th St
124 locals recommend
Beach area to walk in gently.
Popular, local favorite. Tube rental and camping. Go early as there may be a line to enter.
219 locals recommend
Ginnie Springs
7300 Ginnie Springs Road
219 locals recommend
Popular, local favorite. Tube rental and camping. Go early as there may be a line to enter.
Tubing with a shuttle to take you back upstream.
179 locals recommend
Ichetucknee Springs State Park - Southern Entrance
U.S. 27
179 locals recommend
Tubing with a shuttle to take you back upstream.
Kayak and canoe Rentals. Canteen-style restaurant with Art Gallery and outdoor music venue. Find live event dates online.
24 locals recommend
Rum 138
2070 SW County Rd 138
24 locals recommend
Kayak and canoe Rentals. Canteen-style restaurant with Art Gallery and outdoor music venue. Find live event dates online.
13 locals recommend
Anderson's Outdoor Adventures Santa Fe River Park
8500 FL-47
13 locals recommend

ESSENTIALS - LOCAL GROCERS

441 North about 2 miles from the house.
13 locals recommend
Winn-Dixie
20303 US-441
13 locals recommend
441 North about 2 miles from the house.
A three-block walk to fresh market food and eats. Picnic tables on Main Street.
15 locals recommend
Bambi's Country Market & Cafe
18592 High Springs Main St
15 locals recommend
A three-block walk to fresh market food and eats. Picnic tables on Main Street.

HIKING TRAILS

52 locals recommend
O'Leno State Park & River Rise
410 SE Oleno Park Rd
52 locals recommend
Hiking trails and horse trails.
22 locals recommend
San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park
11101 Millhopper Rd
22 locals recommend
Hiking trails and horse trails.

ENTERTAINMENT AND ACTIVITIES

Live plays!
6 locals recommend
High Springs Playhouse
23416 W U.S. Hwy 27
6 locals recommend
Live plays!

SIGHT-SEEING

$5 entrance fee. Small, easy to walk, 10-acre zoo with rescue animals - monkeys, lemurs and more!
29 locals recommend
Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo
3000 Northwest 83 Street
29 locals recommend
$5 entrance fee. Small, easy to walk, 10-acre zoo with rescue animals - monkeys, lemurs and more!
Very beautiful gardens that may take two visits to see it all!
77 locals recommend
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
4700 Southwest 58th Drive
77 locals recommend
Very beautiful gardens that may take two visits to see it all!
A Don't Miss walk-through rainforest full of live butterflies and button quail!
Florida Museum of Natural History-Exhibits
A Don't Miss walk-through rainforest full of live butterflies and button quail!

WALKING DISTANCE OF INTEREST

All about the Springs! Conservation and Ecology.
Howard T. Odum Florida Springs Institute
18645 W U.S. Hwy 27
All about the Springs! Conservation and Ecology.
6 locals recommend
High Springs Museum
23760 NW 187th Ave
6 locals recommend