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Points of Interest:

• Lake Okeechobee:
  Lake Okeechobee is a remnant of a shallow sea, known as the Pimlico Sea. Although large in surface area, Lake Okeechobee is a shallow and probably contains less than two cubic miles of water. It is the fourth largest natural lake entirely within the United States, covering 700 square miles in five counties. It is the second largest fresh water lake wholly within the United States. Average depth is less than 20 feet with some areas in the center less than 6 feet.
• Highest Point:
  The State Bureau of Geology says the highest known surveyed elevation in Florida is located in the northeastern part of Walton County. That elevation has been fixed at 345 feet and is just south of the community of Lakewood.
• Springs:
  The total number of springs in Florida is not known, but there are more than 200. Florida's springs represent overflow from the State's vast ground water storage and circulation system. Their combined flow is about 11,000 cubic feet per second or about 7 billion gallons a day. Florida has 27 first magnitude springs, those having an average flow of 100 cubic feet per second. Wakulla Springs, located south of Tallahassee, has the greatest instantaneous measured flow in the world at 1870 cubic feet per second. Florida has more first magnitude springs than any other state.
• The Keys:
  The limestone floor of the Everglades continues southward beneath the shallow waters of Florida Bay and emerges again in the Florida Keys. There are 882 islands or "keys" in the Florida Keys which are large enough to be shown in the hydrographic maps of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Florida has an additional 4,510 islands 10 acres or larger, second only to Alaska's total island acreage.
• Rivers and Streams:
  There are 1,711 streams, rivers and creeks in Florida. The total length of all streams combined is about 10,550 miles. Some 277 streams are named after people, 200 after animals, 49 after trees, 44 after colors, 7 after towns and 3 after states, including the improbable California Creek.
  The longest river is the St. Johns with a length variously calculated from 273 miles to 318 miles primarily because of its ill-defined origin. The St. Johns, which flows north, runs from Sanford to Jacksonville in Northeastern Florida. The most famous river is the Suwannee, near White Springs, which was the basis of the State song, "Old Folks at Home," written by Stephen Foster.
• State Parks:
  Florida has 157 state parks geographically located from Big Lagoon Park near Pensacola in the panhandle to Bahia Honda Park in the Florida Keys.
• Pennekamp Underwater Park:
  Pennekamp Park, off Key Largo, is the nation's first underwater park. Covering 75 square miles in the Atlantic Ocean, the area is a combination of state lands and federal holdings preserved as a reef of living coral.