Five springs pump an estimated 52-million gallons of water each day down the four-mile Salt Springs Run into Lake George--the state's second largest lake.

The Ocala National Forest comprises about 386,000 acres in Marion, Lake, and Putnam counties, with less than ten percent being fee simple (or privately owned) through Spanish Land Grants from centuries ago. The Forest contains several lakes within their entireties such as Kerr, Delancy, Bryant, and Wildcat. It also borders others including Lake George, Lake Ocklawaha (Rodman Pool), Dexter, and Dorr as well as the Ocklawaha River.