Rainbow Springs State Park Tour & Review | Florida Vacation | Florida Springs
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- Rainbow Springs State Park is a Florida State Park located about an hour and a half from Orlando, 30 minutes from Ocala in Dunnellon, Florida. This Florida Spring features an incredible swimming area, Kayaking on the Rainbow River, a beautiful Campground, and a tubbing run with a shuttle back to the camping area! This is a top 5 Spring to camp at in Florida in our humble opinion. This can also be a great day trip option for people as there are beautiful walking trails with waterfalls and kayak rentals right on site. Add this Florida Spring to your list!
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We just bought an acre a couple of blocks away from Rainbow Springs across from 40W. Wanted to check out the neighborhood! Thanks! Just for future reference...NEVER paddle under trees in wet areas of FL you can end up with a water moccasin falling on your head!
Lived in Alaska for the last 28 years and I'm moving down towards that area can't wait to visit all these natural springs it's going to be so cool when I get down there
Hope you get to enjoy them all! We did a Top 10 Springs in Florida episode you may want to check out as well. We hope to get out there to Alaska and do some episodes, we have never been!! Welcome to Florida!
I live 20 minutes from here. This was my first introduction to the beauty of Florida state parks.
Love Rainbow Springs! TY for watching and commenting!
Hey David check out our New "Top 10 Springs in Florida" video and leave us a comment telling us what you think of it, you can see it here..ua-cam.com/video/xenBkPpv87Q/v-deo.html
My grandparent use to live in dunnellon, going here was a huge part of my childhood
Thats so great! Check out where Rainbow Springs landed in our Brand New "Top 10 Springs in Florida" episode right here..ua-cam.com/video/xenBkPpv87Q/v-deo.html
Thank you for a great video.
Wish you had mentioned NO DISPOSABLE ITEMS are allowed on Rainbow River. It is patrolled and there are fines. Water, snacks, and other food must be in reusable containers. No paper products or throw away straws. It's why the river is so clear and clean.
Great points, glad you brought them to the comments thread!
Yes ! Thanks
Stunning waters! Relaxing vibe. Thank you for putting this up.
Hey so glad you enjoyed it!!!
Really enjoyed the flow of this video. Makes me home sick especially with that great footage of my home state!
Well then I say, I love your hometown too. This is in my top 3 state parks that have a spring!!!
Thanks for the high quality video, definitely helped me plan what Spring to hit up this weekend, much appreciated and safe travels.
So glad it was helpful and Rainbow is one of the very best in the state to check out!!
Wonderful nature, crystal clear water
One of the clearest springs I've ever seen! It was incredible how far it stayed that way kayaking down the Rainbow River! Thanks for stopping by, happy camping!
I was so excited to see this video, we’ve got camping reservations for October and I’ve never been here before. Now I’m even more excited to get there!! I can’t wait to swim in and paddle on that water!! Thanks!! ☀️
Oh good for you! You will enjoy it!!! One of the nicest springs in Florida! Enjoy your time there!
Great video! I loved to see all the beautiful scenery especially the crazy clear underwater shots.
Thank You Jackie! Those shots definitely work for the springs videos we have been on lately!
This place is absolutely beautiful! This video inspired me to take a trip there myself!
That is so great! TY so much, we are happy it was helpful to you! Thank You for watching our channel!
@@CampTravelExplore I actually have a short video that I uploaded from my trip. If you could please check it out, that would mean so much to me! Thank you
Great job, Tom & Cindy! This video had wonderful flow from start to finish. The campsites look spacious, well-spaced and private! We paddled the Rainbow River ourselves way back in the late 1990s or early 2000s from the head springs downstream for a number of miles, and have fond memories of that day. Thanks for bringing those memories back! The clarity of the water and the colors underwater are absolutely remarkable.
Thank You Grand Adventure! You set a great standard with your videos!! We appreciate your support!!!!
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Not sure if it’s because Dunnellon is my hometown, but this video was perfect! The springs, kayaking fun, beautiful campground... The colors of the spring!!! Loved this video. Like how the complete review is all together!
Thank You so much for your kind feedback! What a hometown spring for you with so much to do there! Grateful for your support!
Always had something to do:-) It never got old!
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I live 3 miles from the head springs. It is so breathtakingly beautiful!! We treasure our beautiful river!!!!
One of the best for sure!!
This video help get my 6 year old little girl get super excited about camping! Thanks so much
That is so great! She will love it, that is such a great park and the kayaking is tremendous!!
This video is awesome! Thank you for sharing this great spring that as a native Floridian I was not aware of! My family and I will have to check this out soon!
Thanks Kim!! It is beautiful. You need to take up kayaking, you will love some of these springs for that!!
@@CampTravelExplore yes
We enjoyed our visit there. Great job again.
Oh Good! Thank You for your kind words! Happy Camping!
Very nice place and very clean and clear lake can see through in the bottom wil plan to c next time come to Florida, or if go olendo will try to stay at this state park thank you for sharing.
It is a must see in Florida!
When I leave NY in Winter, This is where I go, I put the vision in my head and Drive until I get to Rainbow Springs, park the Car and swim in Paradise!!!!
Such a great place, especially in the winter!!
Great tour! Thanks for sharing.
Thank You so much, I am glad you enjoyed it!!
Thanks! Nice video!
Appreciate that feedback, TY!!
Beautiful ❤️
One of the best for kayaking and swimming!! Thanks for checking it out!
You get an Oscar - Great Video - We were able to tag a site in June for our anniversary. Again Video was excellent.
Thank You so much for your comments and we wish you a great time celebrating in June!!!
Tubing on the Rainbow River is refreshing, especially since it's spring water. We saw otters playing, birds diving in the water and could count the pebbles on the bottom.
Rainbow River is some of the best kayaking we have done! TY for your feedback!
Hey Michele, we hope you will check out our New "Top 10 Springs in Florida" video, leave us a comment and tell us what you think of it, you can see it here..ua-cam.com/video/xenBkPpv87Q/v-deo.html
Your Florida Spring videos have cemented my view on Florida's water ways. I live on the South Fork St Lucie River . To all vacationers stay North of Lake Okeechobee. Water ways off Lake O have been ruined. My river is one of the worst in Flori da. On the opposite realm of these beautiful waters you have shown.
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Great video, thank you so much. After reading your comments I too would like to send tent sites in a little more information as to what is allowed and perhaps the pricing thank you, again great video
Thanks so much and we will try and mention more for the tent campers as well in the future!!
This was a very helpful video. Well done!
TY for your kind feedback!
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I am new to your channel it looks beautiful what was the temperature of the water and what month was it when you were there love the channel keep up the great work👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Welcome to the channel! Water temp was 72 degrees and that is year round! I believe that was the April area of the year if I remember. We love feedback so thank you in advance!!
Thank you for such great videos I would like to ask you for one thing some people have kayaks with rudders paddles fins and small props when you're suggesting great kayak areas is there any chance for you to start putting in possible deaths for those of us that are curious if we will be able to get through without hitting bottom all the thank you again for all your wonderful videos.
TY so much Chris! Ok so if I understand, you want depths on the kayak runs that we film so you know how deep most of the way?
I like when you do a full pan of the sites to give an idea of the privacy, etc.
Thank You for this feedback! It always helps us put out better content, keep the feedback coming!
Hey Bart, hope you will check out our New "Top 10 Springs in Florida" video, leave us a comment on it and tell us what you think, you can see it here..ua-cam.com/video/xenBkPpv87Q/v-deo.html
You didn’t mention if they had sewer or a dump station. That is a great fact to add on any of your videos- which you have done on others. I am really enjoying your reviews! Thanks.
We are trying to incorporate that info moving forward, TY for your feedback!
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Awww still one of my favorites and so glad I live 10 min away! Loved your perspective and footage! The whole River is incredible and some great little secret passageways/spots that are so clear you can't tell you are even in water! Did y'all see any gators while staying there? On quieter days you can usually see them sunning on logs on the banks by all the turtles. Crazy to think they actually had a zoo there for years back in the day!
Rainbow is really something, it seems clearer than the other springs we have filmed. So nice that you live so close by! Are you all in Ocala?
@@CampTravelExplore no we are in Citrus Springs it sits right between Dunnellon and Crystal River. We are in Ocala a lot I prefer it to Gainesville. In the hot months we stick more to springs because we are used to cold water coming from San Diego. In the fall, winter and spring we hit up the beaches more. We did just go to Fort De Soto yesterday and that was absolutely gorgeous! Much cooler than a lot of the other beaches. Maybe 80 which is doable for us but high 80's and 90's just isn't refreshing in this FL heat lol.
Citrus Springs ok got it! We love Fort DeSoto, we are scheduled to be there in October I believe. You sound like you are hitting all the best spots!!
@@CampTravelExplore yes it is nice being central and just a few miles inland from the gulf except for when Hurricanes hit😉 What is your most favorite place you have visited in FL so far? Still trying to figure out where we should travel to this weekend but to many to choose from lol.
Great video
So glad you enjoyed it!!
Kayaking on Rainbow River... now THAT sounds like an awesome adventure. Thanks for sharing, just subbed :-)
Thank You so much! Welcome to our channel!!!
It is awesome, we live less than an hour from here and kayak down the river several times a year.
Kayaking on the rainbow river is awesome , done it twice...one of my favorite springs
Just last Wednesday took my first kayaking trip and it was there. I now have a new addiction and my husband and I have two new Kayaks ordered and on the way! It was a beautiful amazing place.
@@tammychewning8689 Awesome! I are you going to share the kayak arrival on UA-cam? And your first voyages in the new kayaks. SO MUCH FUN!!!
Amazing,😍new friend here, I really love your channel 💕❤️😍
Welcome and so glad you are enjoying it so far! We put out 2-3 videos a month so come along for the adventures!
I went there and rainbow springs tubing yesterday
So great, I need to do the tubing run there!!
@ 2:23 This is a great way to pick up snake from above !!! :) LOL #BeenThereDoneThat
lol
Good video, didn't seem to be a lot of people there which is kind of nice
We have been hitting the springs on Mondays and Tuesdays, and sometimes we have the whole place to ourselves it feels like!
I cant wait to go because I'm from florida we rented cabins next june and I heard there's manatees, also how far is it from Golf Port??
Im not sure where Golf Port is
I love your videos. Do you fish? would be cool to know a little about what the fishing rules are in some of these spots.
This is great feedback, I will start mentioning some of that!! TY!
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Im born and raised here. Best fishing is on withlacoochee which rainbow empties into. Me and my son have caught 8lb on river in some coves off main river though. 10+ is down river in the "With"
I love it amazing beautiful awesome ❤️ how much is it to camp out there for a weekend?
I love it amazing beautiful awesome ❤️ how much is it to camp out there for a weekend?
What camera are you using ? It’s very nice
Believe it or not, our whole channel is shot with an iphone!!
@@CampTravelExplore omg lol wow!
Me and my family are going there next week
Oh you will love it! Enjoy!
CampTravelExplore thank you
I am looking to stay here shortly. I came across something I did not expect that I need to look into a bit though. I have a 4 person Tube 110 inches across. Now the entrance point of tubing is not controlled by the park and tubes over 60 inches are not allowed at the start point so it looks like I am buying a different set of tubes with a cooler that is within the range that can be connected. It just guts me that I can not use the other one.
I also will ask you here, I understand there is canoe launch sites up river but I just heard a person can launch within the state park.
Can I launch within the state park itself? I rather not use a area out of the park.
I know you can launch from the campground with is separate from the headspring, about a couple miles away. I would call them just to be sure of your question. You can rent kayaks from the headspring as well as the campground! Hope that helped.
@@CampTravelExplore .....That helps alot and thank you. I start working part time (retire type job to keep busy) in the field at a camp rental company in two months that provides everything from pop up campers to watercraft and all in-between. So I have access to it for nearly nothing. I will be taking up a pair of Gheenoes with small motors I guess to the camping area being downstream. But thank you for responding, I will call them shortly for sure.
If you had to choose between this or ginnie springs what you pick?
Those are the top two for sure! Rainbow is a little more family oriented with better kayaking for me, but Ginnie as several different springs to check out! Cant go wrong with either!
It was only 4 bucks for admission in 2008, very enjoyable.
We love it there at Rainbow Springs!!
How far is the Springs swimming are from the tent sites?
You have to drive over from the campground, as the campground is separated from the springs a couple of miles. You can kayak up to the springs from the campground though!
I snorkel down the river.
Was curious, are there alligators in the spring where people swim and if not how do they keep them out?
There is nothing there to prevent them, but like at most any springs, gators tend to be up the river a ways. That has been my experience. This is a popular swimming hole, so I would feel completely safe!
I've heard they're up the river further. Don't know how they're kept out..
Gators like to be warm, much unlike the cool spring water
I’ve been to this spring multiple times and out of literally 14 times I’ve been there I’ve seen an alligator twice and they were large. I told the people at the kayak renting area and they have people that catch the gators and put them somewhere else that’s what they told me. But it’s true gators usually like murkier warmer water and probably less noisy areas full of humans too.
hello, I see on the map a tram at the campground. Is this tram going to the spring?
I believe that tram is for your tubing run as I recall
@@CampTravelExplore thank you!
Is the swimming area located close to the kayaking areas or springs?
The swimming area is close to the spring and so is the kayak rental area, you can also rent kayaks from the camping area! Hope I helped!
4:44 looks like a banded water snake
Thanks for the insight!
I have a daughter who is handicapped. How is the accessibility for wheelchairs?
They have ramps down to the spring area for sure, don't remember getting into the spring itself specifically. I would call the ranger station to get the details you would need.
@@CampTravelExplore we are planning a three week camping vacation to Florida in January and we are in research mode. No one ever mentions accessibility! From what I could see it looks pretty good. Did you remember if the boardwalk had a ramp? We are accustomed to making do in most places but sand and wheelchairs don't mix well. So hiking trails can be a bit tricky.
I was just there, there is a ramp leading to submerged stairs that should be accessible by wheel chair into the water. All trails to the swimming area and the nature trails are paved and easily managed. It is a beautiful place, go for it!
Do you bring your own kayak or do you rent one?
We just rent one at all of the state parks we visit.
14 thumbs down? So 14 people don’t like nature, sunshine and clear water?
I hear ya, We say the same thing on some of these thumbs downs. I cant think of how I would have filmed it better. Thank You for checking it out for us!
@@CampTravelExplore you did very good. Captured the beauty and did not have to use half naked girls to get more likes. I’m in Ohio and am ready to come down in the spring.
you forgot to show us the tent area :(
Im so sorry! I will remember this moving forward, Thank You for your feedback! The tent area was right next to my fav pull through site, site 50 if that helps. I feel bad now. How did you like the rest of it?
Question is tubing allowed?
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We were jus there in August and that is not what the swimming area looked like. The water was over 6 feet at the most shallow, off the deck they installed. It also was less than half that size. I wonder if they had to change the size or location of the main swimming area. It was not that close to the more shallow area. That area was packed with adults and young kids trying to learn to swim. It was very disheartening, we had company and heard such good things about Rainbow Springs that we went to swim. I'm the only one that got in. I'd love to find out an update on the swimming area.
I was there in April, Is there any chance you were in a different area? I have had folks go since then and thank me as well. I may go check it out!!
@@CampTravelExplore it was near the front, where you can park. We paid our admission and went down a path and the area to swim had a very long narrow deck. Is that the same place? The area to swim was bouyed and was quite small. It was packed but the area to swim was 6 feet deep at the deck. Does that sound about right?
Hmm, It sounds like you were at the right spot. I will have to check into it, as you can see from my video, i even kayaked up to it to film the area under water. I will have to go there over the next month and check it out!
@@marlysmithsonian5746 was it just a busy weekend? or like a group trip?
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Do they have cabins please
They do not, only RV and tent camping sites at the state park.
That little snake friend you saw was a very venomous cottonmouth
Lol, yes we have since come to learn that, the crazy thing is how he was right on the walk path prior to me getting him on film and nobody seemed to care.
Very interested but are there alligators in there ??
Gators dont hang out in the swimming area, they are usually upstream in the river.
Never heard of, myself.
I'm paranoid of alligators!
Don't be, the gators hang out way up river where its warmer. Thats been our experience!
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Are there Alligators or snakes here. I hope not, it soo nice
We have filmed fifteen springs now and our experience is that gators are never at the spring-head because its too cold, they tend to stay up river where its warmer!! The springs are so great, hope you get out there and check them out!!
Love your videos but the music is killing me.
Great feedback, thank you! Check out some of our 2020 & 2021 videos and let us know if we have improved in that area if you would.
can you swim outside the swimming area? lol
don't think so, but many paddle up river and as they get out of the state park, some do.
Nice video, music repeating itself every 30 seconds is a tad annoying
Duly noted. I think our music we have gone with over the last 6 months has improved, TY for your feedback!
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Are there alligators there?
Have never seen a gator in the swimming area of any spring we have filmed. I here they stay up river where it is warmer.
Not informative!
TY for your feedback, we will keep working on getting better!!
Video is much better muted
disagree, music works well with the content
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I loved the music. It was only on for part of the time.