A couple of hours north along the coast from Tampa lies the small, quiet town of Crystal River, famous for being one of the few places where you can swim with manatees.
The warmer waters of the Crystal River are fed by hot springs keeping the water temperature at 20°C (68°F), providing ideal conditions for the manatees in winter when the waters in the Gulf of Mexico cool down.
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Places near Crystal River
- Clearwater 67 miles away
- Tampa 67 miles away
- Orlando 78 miles away
- Anna Maria Island 98 miles away
- Florida 101 miles away
- St. Augustine 104 miles away
- Sarasota 109 miles away
- Cape Canaveral 126 miles away
- Fernandina Beach 140 miles away
- Tallahassee 147 miles away
- Fort Myers 163 miles away
- Jekyll Island 166 miles away
- Sanibel Island & Captiva Island 172 miles away
- Naples 198 miles away
- Panama City Beach 213 miles away
- Savannah 237 miles away
- Miami 263 miles away
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Manatees in the Crystal River, Florida
