This Florida State Park Has ‘Mermaids,’ Manatees, And A Spring-Fed Waterpark

This Florida State Park Has ‘Mermaids,’ Manatees, And A Spring-Fed Waterpark

Courtesy Florida's Adventure Coast Visitors Bureau Mermaid with manatees at Weeki Wachee Springs.Less than an hour’s drive from Tampa is a gushing first-magnitude freshwater spring with water so clear it’s like liquid glass. But that’s not the only sight to behold at Weeki Wachee Springs. Here mermaids swim underwater, joined by manatees, turtles, and fish—and visitors can have a front-row seat to it all. Many of Florida’s freshwater springs are…