“Florida's Pre-historic Underground Spring”
Don't be fooled by the name "Devil's Den"-- the pre-historic underground spring is actually quite lovely. But how did this magical-looking place get such a sinister name? According to legend, early settlers to Florida saw steam rising from the rock formations around the perpetually warm spring, and they, assuming they had discovered a portal to the netherworld, christened it Devil's Den. Unfortuntately, the pioneers weren't scuba-certified, so they couldn't fully explore all the cavern spring, which usually hovers around a toasty 72 degrees, has to offer. Nowadays, Devil's Den attracts divers from all over to swim amongst the stalactites and ancient fossil beds. Some of the more insane fossils found here include extinct Pleistocene animals and the bones of a man dating to around 75,000 B.C. Who knows what other hidden treasures await explorers willing to scuba into the crystal blue depths of the spring! -Roadtrippers One of North America's most prehistoric places, Devil's Den, an underground spring inside a dry cave in central Florida. The remains of many extinct animals from the Pleistocene Age (2 million - 10,000 years ago) were discovered at Devil's Den, including the bones of early man, dating back to 75,000 B.C. The pleasant year-around temperature of 72 degrees in the Den allows comfortable diving, winter or summer. On cold winter mornings you can see steam, like smoke, rising from the cave's chimney. Hence, the early settlers called the place Devil's Den. You'll find open water and cavern diving at its best & will be fascinated by the rock formations with stalactites and 33 million year old fossil beds, truly a natural wonder. On a cold winter morning you can see steam, like smoke, rising from the chimney. Thus, the early settlers gave the name Devil's Den. Crystal clear water, year round 72 degree temperatures, ancient rock formations with stalactites, fossil beds, and much more. Devil's Den is truly a natural wonder. Bring the family and enjoy a day of fun and relaxation at Devil's Den. All divers must be Open Water certified, sign release, have proper training, and follow rules and regulations.
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Verizon 4G/5G
Confirmed by 6 users | Last reported on October 15, 2022AT&T 4G/5G
Confirmed by 6 users | Last reported on December 27, 2023T-Mobile 4G/5G
Confirmed by 3 users | Last reported on April 14, 2022Went with my family so they could snorkel I am disabled and tried to sit on a bench while my family waited 3 hours to get in and they told I couldn't sit down that I had to stand in line with my family for 3 hours even tho I wasn't diving. I can't stand for 10 min. They have no sympathy for disabled people. They make you stand in line in the sun and won't let you in the park until 30 people come out and then let 30 people in. I don't recommend this place unless yup have all day to stand in line and get heat stroke
I've heard this place is an awesome experience - walking down the staircase and then slipping into the cold water. It is a great place to practice different basic underwater dive skills for the beginner. They have a few different platforms at varying depths that make it really easy to practice for those who might be a little more nervous to flood their masks (etc.) in the open water for the first time. Don't expect to dive to deep, but their are plenty of little pockets and swim throughs that give you the "feel" of cave diving (if you think you might be interested in getting into cave diving, it is a good place to try see what it kind of "feels like").
Bring a snorkel, mask and fins and you can swim too!
I went here and was really excited to try it. When I got to the office the girl basically sold me into not doing it lol. She said it was too cold, too expensive and too crowded. Ended up just walking around the grounds in the back where they have the horses.
I still want to go down one day, but I'll be back.
This place is amazing. At first it though it will be too deep and I'm not much of a diver but then it was a relief that it wasn't too deep as I expected. The gears are good conditioned. The staffs are very friendly and professional.
Sounds like an awesome place to visit
I liked it, but someone stole our picnic table (and our slide was grazing the table at the site next to us). But I wouldn’t sit outside anyway because there were so many giant spiders and spiderwebs all around and above me. I’d rate it higher if it weren’t for the spiders - ha!
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Days Stayed: 1
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{Location} Convenient to natural spring on the property
{Price} Extremely overpriced
{RV Park} extremely unkept and dirty, lots of debris like cigarette butts plastic forks and garbage on the ground, appears to have been there for years, also appears the staff here does nothing except for take peoples money and sit there and play on their cell phones. There’s branches and fallen limbs that are falling from the trees in here that could damage your RV so be careful. It’s extremely quiet, and open, when I was here there was three other campers, but there was five RVs the two extra RVs appear to be vacant or abandon. The one nice thing about here was I could let my dogs go out and run around and there’s no problems
{Security} is what you make of it
Bottom line the only reason I gave it more than one star was because it’s a great spot for my dogs to run around otherwise it’s a real dive
Nightly Rate: $38.00
Days Stayed: 1
Site Number: 12
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon 4G
Best to call the office before arrival to obtain your site number - no place to pull over rigs to go into the office for check in.
Pull through level dirt site and FHU. Couldn’t ask for more. Well kept grounds and friendly staff. Surrounded by beautiful horse and cattle ranches. Good place for bicycles. Recent price increase since we booked to $45 per night.
Cell service is good in the am and weakens toward late afternoon and evening.
No negatives unless you need Wi-Fi, don’t like FL (bugs) and don’t mind a little dust.
Enjoyed it!
Nightly Rate: $37.00
Days Stayed: 4
Site Number: 18
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AT&T 4G
T-Mobile 4G
This place gave us a ghost town summer camp vibe that probably was cool in the 90s. We went the week after Hurricane Ian passed through FL, and it was dead. More people might make this place more fun, but that wasn't our experience. The campground is just average. No level sites, pads, nearby trash or bathrooms. This place takes themselves too seriously and it shows by the excessive amount of signs around the property with rules, warning, and threats of lawsuits. The spring is cool but the other springs are definitely more beautiful. We can't speak to their campground though.
Nightly Rate: $32.00
Days Stayed: 7
Site Number: 19
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon 5G
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