In Florida, rivers don’t always flow like you’d expect. Some disappear underground. Others reappear miles away, as if trying to sneak around the map.
At O’Leno State Park, the Santa Fe River does both.
Tucked just north of High Springs and about 45 minutes from Gainesville, O’Leno (short for “Old Leno,” a vanished 19th-century town) is one of Florida’s most unique parks—where geology, history, and solitude converge under the shade of massive oaks and loblolly pines.…