Silver River - East Ocala Florida

Just about a half mile down river from Mammoth Spring. Mammoth Spring is the largest spring in the park and exhibits a rocky ledge above a vast cavern. Glass bottom boat rides provide visitors an opportunity to view this underwater wonder. The rock formation exposed in Silver Springs is called the Ocala limestone and was named for the city of Ocala where the limestone was first described. The Ocala limestone is a white, chalky, highly fossiliferous limestone that was deposited in a warm, shallow marine environment more than 35 million years ago